Vanessa may join Jonathan...

Vanessa may start on the same daycare as Jonathan starting the first week of October. We are just waiting on the review of the medical forms for the final acceptance. As you may imagine, this is a very delicate subject for us :(

3 schools for Jonathan!

OK, it's official! Jonathan is going to 3 different schools this year. First, the Elementary School Monday to Friday in the afternoons. This is a special programs for kids with learning disabilities and he is doing great!

Tuesdays and Thursdays he goes to the new daycare with his "shadow" (ABA Therapist). She told us that she is very happy with the activities and attention they provide for Jonathan and that it will be very beneficial.

Finally on Wednesdays and Fridays he goes to the S.M.I.L.E. program at the GMS Institute in Manassas (http://www.gmskids.com/smi/morningprogram.html) which is great for physical and sensory activities. He loves it!

A new school year!

Yesterday, Jonathan started preschool at the Elementary School where he will go every weekday afternoon. Today, he also started a new daycare which will be twice a week with the help of a Shadow.
Tomorrow he will start the S.M.I.L.E. program at the GMS Institute (http://www.gmskids.com/smi/index.html) also twice a week.

Balu and King Louie

Captain Hook y Smee

Goofy

Minnie Mouse

Mickey Mouse

Vacations to Orlando

We left on Thursday, August 31st driving Orlando, with a stop on Savannah, GA. and got there on the 1st.

Progress Since We started Yasko

I decided to combine some of Yasko's supplements with what I have been doing from the DAN! protocol. I did not simply stop DAN! and started stage 1.

So far I am extremely pleased with the results. I will try to give a short summary of the improvements.

• First, I added a short version of Ammonia protocol (5 drops of CCK RNA and 5 drops of Ammonia RNA, and 1/4 capsule of Yucca in the morning and in the evening) - didn't see any positives or negative

• Second, I added Intrinsic B12 and Folapro (1/4 tablet at night) - didn't see any positives or negative.

• Third, I added NADH. Saw a lot of more energy in the morning. Teachers have always complaint that Jonathan is not a morning person. But this summer school I received great reports.

• Fourth, I added TMG (1/8 tsp) - I think his language got a bit better, but I don't know that it was just this supplement that helped with that.
  

• Fifth, I added BH4 and Stress and Behavior RNAs. He became all of a sudden more social. He started showing people his Leapster toy and tried to get them involved.

• Sixth, I added dyflucan - his stool test showed a lot of Yeast. He had die-off for 3 days. Lots of crying. But he recovered nicely and has pretty normal stools and moods.

• Seventh, I added Methyl B12 this passed Thursday. Ultimate test for me. He has done phenomenally on it. This passed weekend, he would not stop talking. I realize that his language is very rote still, but the fact that he said so many new words and really tried to communicate even using his "Tarzan" language, is a big deal. He interacted so much with my aunt and uncle yesterday that they could not stop pointing out all the words, sentences that he had said. He is totally engaged and wants to play with his sister all the time. Very incredible thing to witness. He is finally methylating!!!! in my opinion. So, if he does not regress by the end of this week, I would have to say that the Ammonia protocol is working for him.

To the dentist... for the first time!

Today, Jonathan has his first appointment with the Dentist! let see how it goes. This doctor specializes in kids with Autism and other developmental delays.

Starting the blog...

Today we start this new adventure of "blogging" our experiences with autism. We'll try to give you an overview of the past two years on how we have been recovering our son!