Helping Your Child Shift Autism Symptoms and Behaviors

USING LOTS OF WORDS!

My life was so blank and dark. I thought my life was over, everything. Now I’m seeing hope! My son is now using a lot of words. He gives us hugs now. I feel like god sent you (Luminara) to help everyone. My mom says thank you. My husband says thank you to you. The whole family thanks you.

INCREASED IN SPEECH, INTERACTION, MORE

His testing for folate receptor antibody was positive before and is now negative. Speech, communication, vocabulary has increased significantly. He’s in 2nd grade, but reading at ‘end of 3rd grade’ level, and his vocabulary is at 4th grade level. He is more verbal and interactive with kids. If I give him instruction in advance of an event, he is ok with whatever needs to happen. I am getting him to understand more. For example, if we know we will have to leave a group event early to go to something else, I will tell him ahead of time that we need to leave early and it’s no reason to have a tantrum about leaving. Then when we have to go, he calmly says his good-byes and we transition easily. It wasn’t always like this.

INCREASED AWARENESS

My daughter is commentating on actions on a TV show for first time ever – ‘kids playing’, ‘girl swinging’. She also answered a question I asked (whereas she hadn’t done that before). She is also connecting more with her big brother, taking his hand to go do something in the house together, running around, engaging. And she told him for the first time, I love you!

MORE FLEXIBILITY, FEWER TANTRUMS

Overall he’s been awesome. Pretty flexible, less tantrums and rigidity has been better. His nervous system seems better overall – better with little kids and with dogs. When we think he will have a meltdown, he doesn’t. There has been a lot of change and he’s been great with it all. He’s been really adaptable. He is feeling better in his body.

TRANSITIONS AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENTS

Louis has transitioned well into the classroom. He is always attentive and participates in all of our lessons. I have noticed that he has been making friends and has even initiated social situations with his peers. We have a daily greeting that we do and it is nice seeing Louis start to feel comfortable with his friends.

LISTENING, RESPONDING BETTER

Sleep is better and he’s listening better and responding more appropriately. He’s using his communication book at school and therapy much more consistently! He’s eating better and gaining weight! He is wanting more independence when going from one place to another in class (instead of always holding his hand) and is following directions with less prompting.

GAINING MORE INDEPENDENCE

He is continually doing new things. Normally in the tub in the morning, I tell him to soap up, he says yes, and then doesn’t move. Today he already did it on his own. It’s a major step to motor process, be intentional and go through the process without prompting. I am seeing independence and novel communication.

BOY LESS TIRED, GROWING HAIR AGAIN

Lars had alopecia, where there is no hair growth anywhere on his body. Lars’s mood seems pretty good. He’s less tired and lethargic and has actually been waking up around 6am most mornings. His hair is still coming in, and his skin still seems like it’s doing better. He still has occasional breakouts but it seems easily controlled with his topicals. He has lost a lot of weight and seems healthier overall.

INCREASE COMPLIANCE, COOPERATION

He’s been getting ready faster and very compliant with his bathroom routine, with using the suppositories and all. He still stims by running around the living room while we are at home but at much less frequency than before. He’s continuing to have a bowel movement everyday with the help of the Pedia Lax suppositories. On occasions if we are out of town and don’t have time at night for him to have a bowel movement, he tends to go on his own the next day. There’s been a few days where he’s going on his own without any suppositories. He’s also able to wipe on his own and he not had any accidents.

COMMUNICATION, IMITATION, SOCIAL

Carly has been doing great since her last session – we are seeing a lot of progress in her speech and her ability to communicate what she wants. She also responds when we say her name and has a lot more of eye contact with people. She also started to imitate words and actions from us and the therapists and follow simple instructions, like clean up and wait. Social: she’s been doing really good too! She’s started to play with other kids. For example, on Thanksgiving she was playing and having a good time with her cousins. She’s also been a little more aware of her little brother in the house and calls him by his name now. On the sensory aspect she’s more open to touch, different textures.

MOVING FORWARD IN SCHOOL

Her teacher said she is doing really well. The reading teacher says she has been really focused the last 3 weeks in her “Wired for Reading” program for dyslexia – it’s clicking for R; she is getting it and is moving forward vs doing a lot of review, like she was before.

CONSTIPATION GONE!

After doing the massage you recommended he went from pooping once per day to 3-4 times per day, starting with first thing when he wakes up. The dark circles under his eyes are faint now, he’s more energetic and happier!

FEWER MELTDOWNS

He continues to get good reports from school. They noticed an improvement in his joint attention and started to see him mimicking behavior. He does seem like he has been making more sounds and has been trying to get our attention when he wants something or to sign for more food which is new. Overall he is calmer with less bad days and less meltdowns/tantrums. He is doing lots of puzzles, solving more problems, and spending a lot more time out with the family rather than in his room all the time.

SOCIAL, EYE CONTACT, MATURE

He is social and interested in people, eye contact has been the best, improved in the past few months; the teachers at school see it. He is playing with little brother more, is more tolerant, tells him things. In general he looks more mature in behavior, very normal.

HAPPY AND IN A GOOD MOOD!

He’s very happy in the mornings, waking up and excited and happy to go to school everyday. He smiles getting off his school bus and greets me with a hug and kiss; he is always very excited to see me and in a great mood. This is a big gain, as he was always very moody after school. He also recognizes traffic lights – understands red is stop and wait, and green is go – and patiently waits and anticipates it.

I GOT MY SON BACK!

My son is doing well. When I came upon your program earlier this year, he was undergoing a neuropsychological evaluation, as he struggled so much with hyperactivity, inability to focus, mood swings, uncontrollable episodes of anger, and even some depression. His mood and his behavior are so much better and he is a happier child overall since starting the Transforming Autism Program. He is not having the challenges that he had before. In fact, when he returned to school last April, he did amazingly well for the remainder of the school year, and without needing his prescribed Ritalin at all (and he continues to no longer need the medication!). We did have some bumps here and there, but he came through and kept getting better. He then went on to become a model student in his class and his daily reports from the teacher were always very positive. We are now really looking forward to the new school year starting. I am very grateful that I discovered your program and gave it a try; in a sense, I feel like I got my son back!

HE'S PARTICIPATING

In general, his anxiety has decreased. Getting him to use the restroom at all was a journey of a couple of years. He was only comfortable doing it in our house. We felt a little lost because you really can’t do much when your child won’t go to the bathroom outside of the house. Since starting the protocol his ritualized behavior around going to the bathroom faded; he doesn’t do it at all. He just goes to the restroom. If we’re out somewhere it’s not a big deal. That was a giant stressor on our family. That’s been such a huge relief. Others have noticed: ‘He’s really participating (instead of freezing and tensing up), seems more carefree, singing, dancing.’ His speech therapist says ‘He’s increased his use of spontaneous conversation, has inflection in his voice, making comments that are relevant.’ His speech goals keep changing since he is improving rapidly.

FROM SHY TO SOCIAL BUTTERFLY

Puberty hit and he started being really moody, having meltdowns, was obsessive about things, anxiety level through the roof, having a hard time sleeping, sometimes going to sleep at 3 or 4 in the morning. It was exhausting everyone. I started the protocol and what a difference it made – pretty quick. Within a couple of weeks I could see a huge difference. He started to sleep a lot earlier without any of the fuss. His OCD behaviors were minimized, almost non-existent. His anxiety level and moodiness has really diminished. He was constipated and is now having 3-4 bowel movements a day without any problems. He’s trying all kinds of new foods. Socially it was like someone opened this little box and he came out of it. He tells jokes, wants to have friends, dances at parties. He went from “I’m shy, I want to be behind you, I don’t want to talk to anybody” to a social butterfly.