I love Dr. Fasano of the University of Maryland Medical Center. He is one of the foremost Celiac Disease specialists in the world, and he recently release his findings into gluten sensitivity. He likens it to a spectrum where you have some people at one end that don’t react at all to gluten, sone at the other end with severe Celiac’s Disease and those in the middle that react differently to gluten. You can read the article here.
A beautiful story during this time of Lent from our friends at Age of Autism. I hope one day to be as forgiving.
http://www.ageofautism.com/2011/03/unbroken.html#more
I read this article a few weeks ago but forgot to pass it on. I think Vanity Fair did a great job on this and I think it brings to light yet another aspect of the Big PHARMA problem. I know a lot of people, I used to be one of them, that believe drug companies and the government only had our best interest at heart. Then I had a sick child and I learned very quickly that I used to be extremely naive. We, as a nation, deserve better.
Deadly Medicine Politics: vanityfair.com
I had the opportunity to email one of our favorite special educators this Friday. I haven’t spoken to her in a few years, but I wasn’t writing to update her on Matthew’s progress. Instead I was writing to give her a heads up that our youngest son’s referral was probably going to be making its way across her desk next week. We had just taken him to Kennedy Krieger for a siblings evaluation and he was showing a 25% delay in gross motor skills and expressive language. They strongly suggested that we contact Child Find and get services started for him.
So now, all 3 of our children will have received some sort of services. We really were hoping one, just one, of our children would develop normally. We never realized the joys of parenting meant IFSP meetings and physical therapy. But on a positive note, he was showing advanced problem solving skills ( the kid did a form board) and so far was not showing any “red flags” for autism.
Matthew's Puzzle ©2013 - All Rights Reserved
