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Has anyone used Super - Nu Thera liquid supplement for kids on the spectrum I'd like some reviews of it it's from Kirkman lab

Hi I have heard of how chelation is good for removing heavy metal from kids with ASD. When to online and it's overwhelming
I don't know what works. Does anyone have any idea which is the best chelation product on the mArket?

Hi my son has been on the GFCFSF diet for 13 months now, we're very rigorous with it and he's compliant still no success.
My kid didn't have gut issues. ( don't think he does) he has a good appetite, eats a variety of food pretty regular. The special diet made him constipated and sometimes he'll have diarrhea. Which wasn't the case before the diet. It there anyone out there with no success on GFCF?

My son is now 16 and for the past four years has become increasingly more aggressive. He has been hospitalized short term four times now, has been on three of the atypical antipsychotics and one first generation antipsychotic with worse rage behavior occurring when on those drugs. He has been on Depakote and was on Concerta for a long period, about seven years. At this time we are working with intensive in home therapists, but he is not cooperating and is at risk for placement in a Level III… read more

English class is extremely hard for my son. He has a lot of literature to read and then reflect and answer questions about it. If the answers are in the text, great, but if it's anything he has to interpret, analyze or "read between the lines" forget it. He simply can't do it. He is a visual thinker and I've tried asking him to picture what he reads and then answer the questions that way but it only works part of the time. I'm wondering if anyone has a child or knows of one that excels in high… read more

On the therapists recommendation, we got our son a pressure vest (not weighted). He wears it no problem, but I haven't seen any difference in behavior. The OT never really gave us any indication and is off on summer vacation.
Do you use one and how often do you use it?

School here starts September 2, he will be going into 2nd grade after repeating the first grade with the same teacher. The decision to hold him back was purely mine. So he will be going into a new grade, with a new teacher, in a new building (they just built a brand new school building and it is awesome!) It is a lot of unknowns for him, which will lead to behavior issues. He has been on an IEP for 5 years now and every year the services are reduced. The IEPs in the past have been with a… read more

My son whom is 5 yrs old with ASD occasionally has meltdowns when transitioning from highly stimulated environments in public environments. As such, we popped in to the local Costco as we've done before. This time he got very excited when he some logos (his thing... likes logos and typography). Transitioned successfully away a couple times until check out where he wanted to go back.

Well as I tried everything to get him focused he meltdowns in the line up of a 100+. Well with blood curdling cry… read more

Hello everyone. This is so new and foreign and I'm trying to be sure I'm not missing vital steps. My son will be turning 3 in September and is aging out of the Early Steps Program he has only been in the program for a few months. Im confused on rather or not to see a neurologist for a diagnosis or not. Do you find that a medical diagnosis is more pertinent than the diagnosis of a therapist?