Help With Autism

One of the questions I always get, from parents with autistic children, is “Where do we begin?”.  I believe that recovery starts in the gut.  Over 70% of our immune system is from the gut.  When our children are injected with foreign substances and exposed to environmental toxins, their immune systems are heavily taxed.  What can  happen is what I call “Immune System Hyperdrive”.  The system becomes over-worked.  Alot of children with “Immune System Hyperdrive”, who later get the Autism diagnosis, experience ear infections and get antibiotics.  The antibiotics kill all of the good flora in the gut, reducing the ability to eliminate things like Candida Albacans.  Candida, then lines the gut with a film, inhibiting the ability of the stomach and intestinal linings from absorbing proper nutrition from food, further weakening the immune system.  The child develops food allergies, etc.  It is a nasty cycle. 

So, when I get asked “where do we begin”, I suggest  performing a candida cleanse.  It is crucial to clear the gut so it can absorb nutrition and begin to rebuild the immune system.  Once the gut gets better, then we begin the heavy metal detoxification process.  I will talk about that later…

Probiotics are dietary supplements containing potentially beneficial bacteria or yeasts. According to the currently adopted definition by FAO/WHO, probiotics are: ‘Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host’.[1]

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are the most common type of microbes used. LAB have been used in the food industry for many years, because they are able to convert sugars (including lactose) and other carbohydrates into lactic acid. This not only provides the characteristic sour taste of fermented dairy foods such as yogurt, but also by lowering the pH may create fewer opportunities for spoilage organisms to grow, hence creating possible health benefits on preventing gastrointestinal infections.[2]. Strains of the genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, are the most widely used probiotic bacteria.[3]

Probiotic bacterial cultures are intended to assist the body’s naturally occurring gut flora, an ecology of microbes, to re-establish themselves. They are sometimes recommended by doctors, and, more frequently, by nutritionists, after a course of antibiotics, or as part of the treatment for gut related candidiasis. Claims are made that probiotics strengthen the immune system to combat allergies, excessive alcohol intake, stress, exposure to toxic substances, and other diseases.[2][4] In these cases, the bacteria that work well with our bodies (see symbiosis) may decrease in number, an event which allows harmful competitors to thrive, to the detriment of our health.

Mike Worthley of www.HelpYourAutisticChild.com has been offering educational aids for parents of autistic children for over a year. Now he has opened www.HelpYourAutisticChildBlog.com, where those parents and other educators can come together to discuss working methods and techniques, as well as sharing their stories about dealing with autism in their families. 

When his daughter Olivia was diagnosed with autism 4 years ago, Mike Worthley dedicated himself to researching the condition and how best to overcome the limitations and difficulties it presents. His years of study on the subject led to the creation of www.HelpYourAutisticChild.com, a storehouse of information and products revolving around the world of autism. “I discovered these products, tried them with Olivia, liked them, and decided I needed to share them with the rest of the world,” explains Mike. “I find something good to share with the autistic community, then I do what I can to get it out there.”

 Autism is a growing issue, with 1 in 150 children being diagnosed with various levels of autism and related disorders. “It’s bigger than any childhood ailment, and no one is paying attention to it,” says Mike, who has grown very active in the online community of autistic parents. “There are things we can do as parents that can really help with the autistic symptoms of our kids. I’m suggesting things that I’ve tried that have had a positive effect on my own child, and I’m bringing them to market. It’s shameful that a lot of these therapies and nutritional items aren’t covered by insurance.” 

As part of his goal to help bring these products to the attention of the autism community, Mike has begun a blog at www.HelpYourAutisticChildBlog.com where his customers can read articles about his products, new studies in the field of autism, and advice from other parents of autistic children. “I’m constantly doing research, taking input from other parents as far as what is working for them,” says Mike, who hopes the blog will be as beneficial to him as it will be to his customers. “I’m hoping to bring access to things like ABA, which is a type of therapy for autistic children. We used a product that is similar to Floor Time, which is another product that’s out there. I’m looking to make sure that people have more than one resource on my site; I want to take it to the point where if you want to have a home speech therapy course, you can come to my site, find it, buy it, or get the information to find out what you can do on your own.”

Mike wants to focus equally on positive stories and informational facts. “I’m going to have a Feel Good section. There are success stories that people aren’t hearing about. My own daughter made the Honor Roll in a normal first grade class –that’s a feel-good story. I want it to be a positive, uplifting experience,” says Mike, who sees community support as vital to his business. “I plan on putting articles up, and I’m trying to put up as much independent research as I can. It’s going to be an opinion blog, of course.”

 One of the major areas of research that Mike has studied is the connection between mercury poisoning and autism. “I think a lot of symptoms of autism match up perfectly with mercury poisoning,” he explains, going into detail with his articles and giving strong opinions on childhood vaccinations and Thimerasol, as well as products like PCA-Rx, which remove harmful mercury from children. “There will be nothing on the site or on the blog that I haven’t tried personally, as a parent,” explains Mike, who focuses always on the welfare of the children. “Everything is thoroughly researched; anything on there will only go out if there have been major testimonials from parents. I’m the parent of an autistic child; that’s the number one thing.”

Autism is a perplexing disorder for which there is no standard and consistently-accepted treatment. Many autistic children are treated with traditionally-used chelation substances (like DMSA and DMPS) to counteract the abnormal effects of the disorder when heavy metal toxicity is suspected as a cause. However, PCA-Rx’s clathrating qualities have been found to work as well or even better against symptoms of autism in kids, without the side effects. PCA-Rx has also shown to be effective against symptoms of other EIs – such as angina, Crohn’s disease, Epstein-Barr virus, fibromyalgia and Parkinson’s disease, to name a few – also thought to be caused by toxic exposure.

It is thought that childhood autism could be triggered by vaccinations that young kids receive for measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) and, to a lesser degree, diphtheria (DPT). Specifically, it is thought that the measles component of the MMR vaccination and the pertussis (whooping cough) component of the DPT shot may be to blame. Most autistic children are normal and functioning well up until the time they receive their MMR and DPT vaccinations, which have been found to leave autism-triggering toxic residues in the body. PCA-Rx has proven to be a safe and effective weapon for finding and removing – through clathration – some of these harmful residues from the bodies of young autism sufferers. PCA-Rx’s additional ability to not remove any of the body’s natural minerals also results in an absence of the physiologically-stressful side effects common to other chelating drugs.

We’ve struggled with Cory and probiotics for most of his life.  Unfortunately the leading probiotic supplements for children just weren’t appealing to him, nor were they tailored to augment his specific nutritional needs.  Since we’ve found Probiotics-Rx things have changed, however.  There’s no more fighting to get him to take them and the general benefits and maintenance of his whole-body health, we believe, helps his days go by with minimum emotional turmoil.

Once again you folks have really come through for us.  There are lots of resouces out there for those of us with autistic or Asperger’s children but it’s nice to find a grassroots community offering the kind of support you do.