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Day 13
Today is the thirteenth day of putting Emma on the modified gluten free/casein free diet. She has found a few things she likes to eat, is slowly expanding her choices, but there are only a couple of...
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Week Three
I spoke to a woman this morning who put her child with autism on a gluten free/ casein free/ phenol free rotation diet over a year ago. About two minutes into the conversation she asked, “Have you...
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The Search for GF/CF Cupcakes
Yesterday we received a call from Emma’s school because she was hysterical and couldn’t calm down. Evidently a child in her class had a birthday and the parent sent in cupcakes, which Emma couldn’t...
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Emma – The Performer
I have a tripod with a hotlight set up for the trunk show I’ve been doing these past two days. I turn the hot light off whenever possible as it’s so bright and, well, hot. Even though the weather has...
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Three Weeks and Two Days
Today marks exactly three weeks and two days since Emma began the modified gluten free/casein free/soy free/potato free/corn free/peanut free/banana free/chocolate free/cocoa free/red, blue, purple...
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Preventative Measures
The New York Times published a piece in August of this year about the role the environment plays in the rise of autism. It begins with the question asked by many people who are hoping to become...
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The Diet
It’s been a month. Last Monday I wrote that it had been four weeks and two days, I was wrong. It just felt like it had been a month. One month ago, on October 16th we began Emma on a … Continue...
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Literacy, Diets, Progress
Dr. Marion Blank has written a terrific piece for the Huffington Post regarding the 60 minutes segment on APPs for autism and the current ways in which language is taught. For anyone with even a...
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A Look Back
When Emma was first diagnosed Richard and I decided to start noting her progress in a little leather bound book we entitled – Emma’s Hope Book. The idea was that it would be just that. A book filled...
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Nic & Emma
This morning I told Emma she had to take a shower and wash her hair. “Just Emma. Bye-bye Mommy,” Emma said as she ran into the bathroom, closing the door firmly behind her. “No wait, Em. I’m just...
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