Monday, August 15, 2011

How one mom -- with three autistic daughters -- finds hope and happiness

How one mom -- with three autistic daughters -- finds hope and happiness

4 comments:

Allison said...

I am in the process of reading All I can Handle. I am a 24 year old mother and wife, with a few days shy of 2 year old little boy named, Joseph. He was diagnosed ASD 2 weeks ago. I have jumped in full force in true Autism mother fashion. The library of books I've read (I'm on bed rest for a tonsillectomy, great timing right?) includes your book, all of Jenny McCarthy's and anything the local library shelf had with the words developmental delay, speech delay, or Autism. I am on TEAM CUREBIES! Your book has helped me put my own situation into perspective, and to have some coping tools. Thank you for the blog and the book,
Forever your family will be in our Prayers,
Allison

Wendy said...

I wandered by here from Stephen Parrish's blog. I thought you might want to know about this lady (if you don't already). She has autistic triplets.

http://myfivemen.blogspot.com/

A friend of mine's son was just diagnosed with Aspberger's. We're all learning a lot these days!

Natalie Nichols said...

Kim,
I am almost through reading All I Can Handle. I have learned so much about autism and Aspergers. My niece has Aspergers and knowing so much more will help me be a better aunt. (I hope.)

I don't know how to say this, without sounding like it is at the expense of your lovely family. (I hope I can express this in a way that makes you know how deeply affected I am by your story.)

I know everyone has their share of hardship in this world. My husband is disabled and has been unable to work for over 10 years. There are ongoing medical bills involved as well. But he is a wonderful father. We have 4 children who are growing up and leaving the nest. For the last 9 years we have had one, two or three kids in college. My only daughter and 2 of my sons are engaged and getting married. With the economic downturn it has been a real challenge to manage the costs. (That's a nice way of saying I have been a nervous wreck for almost a decade, trying to meet these costs.)

Your story absolutely stopped me cold. I said an extra prayer of thanks that my kids were able to go to college, and ultimately head out on their own. For the first time in a while, I let the worry and stress go, and just let myself feel grateful.

I admire the advocate that you are for your children. You have given my lots to think about. I intend to do a great deal of research on vaccines, before I have grandchildren.

Thanks for sharing your story.

devansh said...

DR WILLIAMS CURED 7 YEARS AUTISM
I am sharing this testimony for my daughter who suffered autism for 7 years. I am doing this, because I was her mother and caregiver  during her dark days and am very happy to share it so that others can be helped through  DR WILLIAMS HERBAL MEDICINE. It was a tough a battle for her; I was not actually the one who hard autism, but bearing the burden makes me understand what parents whose children and love with autism go through.
Lesia now 19 and was diagnosed with autism at the age of twelve, for seven years, she fought against her diagnosis. I must admit it was never easy for us as a family; we had to constantly watch her, and answer questions that we couldn’t explain. On several occasions, she asked if she will ever stop having speech delay and get well like her school mates and be the best swimmer she dreamt of becoming. She was a very happy child; and had a ‘normal’ childhood and there was no suggestion that she would later on develop autism. 
She refused to accept defeat and fought autism. She religiously kept to her medications in spite of their side effects. We all wanted a cure, so that she can chase her dream and live a normal life like every other child. But the more she takes these medications, the more her school grade drop. She couldn’t concentrate and we noticed that her memory was being severely adversely affected. Each time we went back to the hospital, her medicines were changed to a different one. Seems like, each change of drug brings about change in side effects. After about 6 years on   Abilify ,  Geodon  , and other medicines, it seemed the autism started to increase in frequency. I had to make effort to reduce her medicines with plans to eventually stop it all. We found an alternative treatment in homeopathy, which was better than her English drugs. Gradually, I reduced her drugs, and her autism were no longer as frequent as it was as when she was on conventional drugs.
With our little breakthrough with homeopathy treatment, we made further search for natural cure. Fortunately we saw testimonies about herbal medicines which cure autism. We saw a lot of claims though, contacted them and didn’t get a useful reply. Lucky for us, we finally got a reply from Doctor Williams, he directed us to his blog where we saw a lot of information about his herbal medicine . Without further delay I made a purchase for her, I switched her over to it. We had great breakthrough, that in 3 weeks, her autism reduced. After 1 months as Doctor Williams promised , all autism symptoms stopped. It was like a miracle for us. since all this days now Lesia became autism free. Her story is quite lengthy, I hope it also help someone out there.for more information you can email Dr Williams on drwilliams098675@gmail.com