[.ca] Special Diets for Special Kids: Understanding and ... (ISBN 1885477449)

OK peoples ! If you have a child on the spectrum - its time!:
Parents of autistic children, ADD or ADHD kids - you have to do the GFCF Diet thing! IT IS TIME. This book by Ms Lewis is a great how to get on this diet with excellent practical advice and good tested/yummy recipes for all the favorites including: CHICKEN NUGGETS, breads and food planning. This GFCF Diet is not a fad and it is not a gimic but an excellent way to you help spectrum child feel, do, be the best they can be. It all starts with proper nutrition and certain ingredient avoidances. Give it a shot! I highly recommend it and have seen enormous changes in my autistic son so much so that his ATEC went from 89 to 9 and he is now in kindergarten! I highly recommend this book (and Special Diets for Special Kids II!) What are you waiting for????

Special Diets for Special Kids:
I am researching diet/supplementation suggestions for my son who has Sensory Integration Dysfunction. This book was written well and was easy for me to follow although she does discuss scientific processes. It provided some possibilities for me to consider as to why my son behaves the way he does. The diet recommends a gluten free/casein free diet for Autism and related developmental disorders. The diet will be what I try last in my search to help my son because of its potential labor intensity. I am hoping we are successful with supplements. If you are searching for information about the link between Autism/SID/related delays and diet this is a good overview. The resources and websites have been very helpful.

Good resource for starting the gluten/casein free diet:
This was an excellent start to understand the gluten/casein free diet for children with autism and other special needs. The background information was a little complicated for people who are not in the medical field. However, the basic steps were concise and easy to follow. I especially like the recipes in the back of the book and use them often. There is also excellent resources and contact information in the book. These dietary interventions should be tried by every autistic person. It has changed my son (and my)life! Thank you Lisa Lewis!

Answers at Last:
I'm a professional who works with autistic kids, and I can tell you from experience that what works for one child will not necessarily work for another. Some children improve so dramatically with this diet, and especially with this diet and the drug nystatin, that I encourage all curious parents to try it. However, don't invest all your hopes in it, or stop other therapies, whether they be ABA, or anti-anxiety medications, when you try the diet. Autistic behaviors as well as degree of expression fall across such a wide spectrum, that I have always believed no one single cause would ever be found. I believe however, that this diet, and the theory of casiomorphins, glutomorphins, and yeast overgrowth, is the answer to one type of autism. This diet, and its history of discovery by persistent parents, is no less than another tale of Lorenzo's Oil. The only drawback to this book is Lewis' personal story. She talks in such vague terms of her son's behaviors and "improvements," that the reader has no picture of what is happening, and whether it's dramatic enough really to credit the diet. However, the diet, the recipes, the resources are brilliantly presented. Everything a parent needs to start and maintain the diet is here. You won't find yourself, wondering, doubting, or second guessing, because the coverage of the actual diet is quite clear and complete. I wish there were some kind of Pulitzer for reference books, because I would nominate this one.

the must-have book for the gf/cf diet:
There is so much information in this book I studied it for a year before my boys started the diet. I use it daily for all of the recipes. This book makes the diet more do-able than it sounds and much less scary.