In Search of Angels

Jenny Mccarthy has a website called Generation Rescue. It's a great first step to familarize yourself with the initial steps to take when your child is first diagnosed with ASD. She has a section called "rescue angels". These are other parents (or even professionals) who are knowledgable on the bio medical movement and can offer support and guidance. It's great because she has it broken down by states. I think I emailed the whole list of people in a panic of what my next step should be! From all my research, Isma'il is at a critical age where intervention would greatly increase his chances of possible recovery. I need to get the ball rolling! The clock is ticking!

Crying in the Grocery Aisle!

Who knew it would be this hard? I searched 3 grocery stores and found myself in tears wondering what to feed my boy! I was ready to begin to go gluten free. There are far more products now available due to the rise in celiac's disease so this brought me some comfort. It took a few weeks to try out different snacks. Unfortunately these groceries can get pricey so I always crossed my fingers when trying something new. He seems to love the following snacks:

Fruits

Enjoy Life Snickerdoodle cookies

Lay's Potato Chips (plain)

Ener-G Pretzels

FoodShouldTasteGood- Multigrain

Trader Joes was a saver since I was able to find brown rice pasta and GFCF frozen pancakes (which taste great too!). PCC, and Whole Foods also have many items listed as gluten and casein free. It definitely involves a lot of label reading since "dairy free" doesn't always mean casein free, and "wheat free" doesn't mean gluten free. I highly recommend to parents who are new to the diet to research and make a list before going. I made the mistake of not doing this the first few times which is why I ended up in tears! Very overwhelming!