I have come in contact with numerous families going through the same journey. What is one of the biggest, and unfortunate, commonalities between us? Not a diagnosis of ASD, but the fact that we lacked guidance on where to go beyond this diagnosis. There truly is little help. The fact that there are different beliefs in causes and treatments only adds to the confusion. In the future I will talk about what our beliefs are and why, but for now all I can say is this: Read all that you can read, research all that you can research, draw your own conclusions to what is the best course of treatment for your child and most importantly never give up. This road is long and tiring but can be full of rewards as you see just how special and truly one of a kind your child is.
Where to start:
The Basic Foundation:
Books:
The Conscious Parent's Guide to Autism
10 Things Every Child with Autism Wishes you knew
Websites:
Books:
Healing our Autistic Children - Dr. Juile Buckley (She is the biomedical specialist that Camden sees)
They Autism Revolution
Netflix Documentaries:
The Human Experiment
Forks over Knives
Food Inc,
Food Matters
Fed Up
GMO OMG
Websites:
The Autism Research Institute: www.autism.com
The perspective from an ASD child
Books:
The reason I jump
https://www.amazon.com/Reason-Jump-Inner-Thirteen-Year-Old-Autism/dp/081298515X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478375962&sr=1-1&keywords=The+reason+I+jump
Ido in Autism Land
https://www.amazon.com/Ido-Autismland-Climbing-Autisms-Silent/dp/0988324709/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478375995&sr=1-1&keywords=ido+in+autismland
It's like therapy
Books:
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising kids on the spectrum
https://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Soup-Soul-Inspirational-Aspergers/dp/1611599083/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478376063&sr=1-1&keywords=chicken+soup+for+the+soul+autism
