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a premed track and is focused on a career If you’re in autism you’re in autism recovery, you’re talking
helping others recover from autism as he healing biology and that is a process.
has. He even has his own Lyme-dedicated recovery, whether Whether it takes you one year or four years,
informational website called www. everybody’s timeline is different depending
teenlymehub.com. on the nature of their biology.”
The final step in Karen’s work with Jacob it takes you one
included brain support with supplements Global interest
and repair with craniosacral therapy, year or four years, Four years ago, Karen wrote and published a
which balances the bones of the head book on her autism recovery protocol titled
that surround the brain. These bones can Naturally Healing Autism: The Complete
easily get displaced and pushed out of their everybody’s Step-By-Step Resource Handbook for Parents.
normal movement patterns. She also started a web-based program
When that happens, the affected part timeline is called Autism Moms Mentoring Program
of the brain can’t function properly. “For that takes parents of children with autism
example, the occipital bone at the very different through a step-by-step process of recovery.
back of the head, the lower bone where Karen’s four-step program follows the
it connects to the neck, is very easily comprehensive yet holistic approach she
destabilized—in fact it’s easily destabilized tookwithJacob(seebox,page 37). Today,
at birth,” says Karen. boththebookandherprogram are being
“Displaced cranial bones can pinch on used by parentsinove r40 countries.
the vagus nerve, which affects respiration. “If fyou have a
So if you have a child who has asthma it m prehensive 360°
could be that. It also affects digestion and is a pr oach, if you have
really big contributor to anxiety.” pra ctitioner who
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misaligned, she says, speech and balance u canexpect an array
are affected. Misaligned temporal bones im provements,” says
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childhasASD that are appropriate for an • • • • Ur ine test for glyphosate
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individual with a particuular
nd other coinfections
Both Karen Thomas, founder of condition. an
Naturally Recovering Autism, The same thing is true e of Ur rine mycotoxin panels
and Dr Jodie Dashore cautioned dosages. “I cannot advise a a a a Te st for organic acids
against listing any specific any dosages,” says Das shore, part of a treatment plan. “You • • Co mprehensive stool
erb farm
’t just give a child a life
nutritional supplements to help who runs an organic herb farm, can’t just give a child a life pa rasitology
mitigate symptoms of autism. raising and producing her sentence of autism without • Nasal swabs
Since every child (and adult) own herbal treatments for her understanding that autism • Shoemaker’s protocol
is different, a supplement that patients. “Everybody has their can be a symptom, not a for chronic inflammatory
might work for one person won’t own biological blueprint. diagnosis,” says Dashore. response syndrome (CIRS)
be as effective for another. This “One drop of an herb might “It can be a symptom of diagnosis
is why in her recovery program, give a six-foot, 200-pound something underlying. So you • Mitochondrial swab
Karen teaches parents how to man Herxheimer symptoms— have to test for pathogens, • Methylation profile (normal
muscle test. detoxification die off toxins, pesticides, for anything metabolism of methionine is
Also known as applied symptoms such as fever, chills, that can compromise the critical for cellular methylation
kinesiology or manual muscle hypotension, headache and immune system and the brain.” of DNA, proteins and
testing, this purports to be an anxiety—where I might have The following is a list of neurotransmitters)
alternative health method of an 11-year-old child who’s doing tests Dashore recommends. • GI-MAP (Gastrointestinal
diagnosing structural, muscular, 60 drops three times a day. However, like every other part Microbial Assay Plus)
chemical and mental ailments It’s all about bio-individualized of the process, testing needs to • Blood work for viruses and
as well as determining the nutraceuticals.” be individualized as well. bacteria
proper foods, supplements, Testing, however, is an • Hormone panels

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