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[External Link] – Pursue medical treatment for autism, ADHD, and other neuroimmune diseases

[External Link] – Pursue medical treatment for autism, ADHD, and other neuroimmune diseases

By on August 26, 2014 in External Link, Text Post with 0 Comments

A Worldwide Medical Crisis Autism was once so rare that it did not have a name. The renowned American psychiatrist Dr. Leo Kanner described autism in a 1943 paper based on observations of 11 children. For several decades afterwards, autism was thought to afflict 4 or 5 out of every 10,000 children. Over the past […]

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External Link: Can Autism be Cured? – Dr. Mark Hyman

External Link: Can Autism be Cured? – Dr. Mark Hyman

By on March 15, 2014 in Text Post, Web Link with 0 Comments

Many people think that receiving a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder is a label you wear for the rest of your life. We don’t believe that. This post goes into some of the details that points to the rise in Autism diagnosis being more of an immune disorder, not a brain disorder. Every decision, every […]

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Rosetta, Meet Maximus

Rosetta, Meet Maximus

By on November 8, 2013 in Text Post, Video Post with 0 Comments

We are always trying new things to help Max progress and catch up what’s considered age appropriate. One of the areas I personally feel he needs the most help is with his speech. It’s pretty clear when you talk to him that he doesn’t master the English language at the same level that his twin […]

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Returning to CA and Dr. Goldberg – One Year Later

Returning to CA and Dr. Goldberg – One Year Later

By on September 18, 2012 in iPhone, Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

It was just over a year ago that we started seeing a new doctor for Max, Dr. Michael Goldberg in Tarzana CA. In just a short 12-13 months we have seen amazing progress with Max and I think we both agree that it was a great decision to start him on the NIDS treatment.   […]

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Maximus – Week 7

Maximus – Week 7

By on September 18, 2011 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

It hit me in a unexpected moment. While watching Max and Andrew interact at the eye doctors office this past weekend (we were there to get new glasses for Max), it became clear as day the distance Max still needs to go just to catch up to his own age. For a long time the […]

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The Goldberg Visit

The Goldberg Visit

It’s been just over a week since we returned from CA, and I finally have time to take a breath and add more details about our trip to California. As I mentioned previously, we feel it went very well. Preamble Skip this if you just want to know about Dr. Goldberg It ended up being […]

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Max, Meet Dr. Goldberg

Max, Meet Dr. Goldberg

By on August 1, 2011 in Photo Post, Text Post, Travel with 0 Comments

Since Max and Andrew entered early intervention just after their first birthday,  Brenda has always looked for any and all solutions that might help the boys. As time moved forward the focus would change, and of course now the focus is on his diagnoses of being on the spectrum of Autism. Brenda has read more […]

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The “A” Word

The “A” Word

By on November 1, 2010 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

The “A” Word That’s what I called it. Every time Brenda would bring it up and I didn’t want to discuss it, I would instead refer to it as “the A word”. After all I didn’t want to even hear the word unless it was our reality, which it was not. The truth is, I […]

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