When I first heard about this diet I didn't think it was very 'do-able' for us because Liam's main diet is very limited, and wouldn't you know that it all contains wheat and/or dairy. But then a friend, who also has a child with Asperger's Syndrome, told me about a book called Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders by Kenneth Bock, Cameron Stauth. Reading this book, that is full of scientific reasons and explanations for the sudden 'outbreak' of Autism, really has me thinking. I have seen improvement with Liam since he's attended Preschool and with our Reward System in place. But what if by changing his diet he can conscentrate a little more, improve his repetitive behaviors, make his speech a little clearer, and maybe even rid him of his nummular eczema and his inflamation on his cheeks. I feel that if I can help him in any way then why not try it?! I have started to switch him over to gluten free cookies (with no complaints) and I'm gradually going to introduce more gluten free products and then hopefully after the break in his school schedule in March then I can send him to school with his own lunches. Atleast there's more choices in the stores for buying gluten free/casein free foods. I have bought gluten/casein free breakfast bars, cookies, noodles, and whole grain bread mix. The thing that will be the hardest for him is his love for cheese! I'm hoping that with this new exploration in food choices that he will be more open to foods and maybe helping his symptoms and giving him a better life. Liam has gone from being bogged down with such emotion that he was hurting, to being free and acting like a kid should. We go through a pattern of 2 weeks of a 'normal' acting kid to 3 weeks of an emotionally tortured kid. I am trying my hardest to have that silly, imaginitive, smart kid come out and play every day!
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