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Day 11
Last night I offered Emma a chicken dish I’d prepared with butternut squash and golden raisins on coconut rice. “Just taste it Em.” I placed it in front of her and then walked away. As I was washing...
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Day 12
I’m feeling discouraged. I know. It hasn’t even been two weeks. I know. If a friend of mine told me they were discouraged after less than two weeks, I would say – No! Are you kidding? You have to...
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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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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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Pizza and the Art of a Low Key Response
Emma ate a slice of pizza last night. That sentence required some space. It needed to be written by itself with nothing else. For most of you, this may seem like an excuse-me-while-I-yawn moment....
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Food: Friend or Foe?
Food understands emotions in ways no words can, but sometimes the body disagrees and chaos ensues. Mind begins to roar and everyone feels misunderstood. Trying to appease all parties is impossible....
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