Jane's Place

Thank you for inviting me to Texas :)

WWP invited me to read your blog. Is there anyway I can actually read that article that you have a picture of? The OpEd piece seemed to be about the Poling case.

I am the big autism blogger on the Fox26 Houston website. Fox 26 has dedicated this whole week, kicking off actually on Friday night, doing another story Sunday night and then during each segment of their morning broadcasts from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and then in the evening, they are featuring stories about autism. Fox 26 did our story about a year ago about special needs and finances. It's still on their web site.

If you want to see the pieces, they are on
http://www.myfoxhouston.com and then go to search area and type in autism. There is one link that will give you all the links to all the stories. We are so lucky to have had such a commitment from Fox 26 Houston since the fall of 2007 about our kiddos (and other children with disabilities), both the positives and the negatives. I hope we'll see you there.

We used to live in New York (both my husband and me). Still have family throughout the tri-state area. You guys have it much better education wise than here in Texas. Hardly any parent wins down here in due process hearings because most of the IHOs are former lawyers for Texas Education Agency -- not quite an independent body.

I have this great "Physician Warranty" that people can take to their doctors. It's in a Word document. If you are interested, email me at HildaBowen@aol.com and I'll send it to you. It a riot.

Thanks for your link, too. That doctor is my new hero. The one thing nice about Texas is that we can ask the state to send us a form that says we object based upon moral conscience (which might include religion). All you need to do is have it witnessed by a notary. I can't take back my decision that led to the harm of my child. I'll have to live with that for the rest of my life.

Yes, they will let them attend with an exemption. Of course, there was an outbreak of whooping cough in my son's school last week and I had to try to decide whether to keep him home to avoid him getting it, or send him to school because his risk of exposure to this individual was slim (he is in a self-contained classroom most of the day and only has contact with other schoolmates during lunch and for a short time in PE, a new thing they are trying to get him some more exposure to loud noise something he has difficulty tolerating. It's the ONLY thing that is good about Texas public education. I got really worried when I saw parents being arrested in Prince Edward County, Maryland and then saw NJ and NY passing laws.

Honestly, I probably need to test him again. I tested him early on. I just had my own hair analyzed. Interestingly, they didn't pick up that my iron stores were about gone. I've been going once a week for 5 weeks (I'm on week 3) to get my iron replaced by IV. I'm so broke it isn't funny. We already have a second mortgage and more than $60,000 of credit card debt (which we had more to show for it!). You know the deal, pay therapy with cash, charge your groceries. I'm thinking of doing auditory integration training again. We did Samonas last time and it did help (he used to throw up at the sound of a leaf blower, lawn mower, plastic bag opening up, paper tearing, etc.)

Ah, that might be it. He is 12 and he started needing to wear deodorant (aluminum-free of course) and has started getting pimples on his face. I didn't think that his sound sensitivity might come back with the puberty hormone rush. Thanks for thinking of that.

First girlfriend? That is so sweet.

Patrick is very low functioning (speech about 12-14 months of age; fine motor about 12-24 months of age and gross motor about 24-36 months of age). He has a few other disabilities that compound his problem.

Thanks Aila...

Are either of you up on detox foot pads?

http://www.purifyyourbody.com/

This site is one of hundreds selling the detox foot pads that claim to pull heavy metals amd toxins out of your body while you sleep. I heard about this many years ago but didn't believe it, so I never bothered to buy it. However, the proof is on the foot pad after it is used, so it really does work.

If you eat Tuna or other large-fin fishes often, you probably would test positive for high mercury levels, and in addition to neurological disorders, other symptoms are:

Memory loss
Speech difficulties
Hypertension
Fatigue
Aggression
Irritability
Depression
Chronic fatigue

What are your thoughts on this?


Jane

Now I am experimenting with ribose from Nutrabio.com. It is a body building block. After 4 days, I am impressed. Calculated Angel's weight and she is also on it - the company has never heard of anyone using it on pets. But, they agreed that the cells of dogs and humans are similar. I am definitely impressed with it.

Problem can be is that I have been making kefir yogurt from grains I got from Germany for 2 months now. Angel loves it and I have found a remarkable difference in her breath and eyes. I put the ribose into the kefir for both of us.

Then I thought I was doing nothing but sleeping at night, so I decided to also experiment with their Colatine. That is definitely a WOW! Morning congestion caused by sinuses and a mild headache are definitely gone. Again, it has only been a week.

I usually do not combine new stuff but I do not feel they would contradict each other. I have not used them long enough to realize how long they should be used. I prefer to HELP the body get itself together and the body then continue to work properly without these supplements. Too much of anything is not good - well, can you have too much money? Yea, if you horde it and do not share it, I guess.

I will have to read on kefir..... I never heard of it. What does it do for you? I heard of those exotic fruit probiotic drinks like Monavie. People claim it has a positive effect on reduction of inflammation. Is that the sae thing? I actually tried it once. It tastes like grape juice and vinager and sand.


Jane