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Autism “Awareness” Doesn’t Include the Most Common Way Kids with Autism Die

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Thinking Moms' Revolution

Jayliel Vega Batista, a five-year-old boy with autism, was found dead in the water today. I found myself shocked by the sheer ignorance of people’s comments . . . and the cruelty. People were saying this was “natural selection.” … Continue reading →

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Anaphylactic Food Allergy Is NOT Normal

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Thinking Moms' Revolution

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A Facebook friend posted this as her status last week. Many people don’t understand the severity or seriousness of life-threatening food allergy in today’s children because it is unlike anything they ever knew when they were children. We think it’s … Continue reading →

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Vaccine Bullies: A Mom Takes on Her Daughter’s Teacher

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Thinking Moms' Revolution

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Sometimes as parents who choose not to vaccinate or to vaccinate selectively, our children are faced with teachers or other people in authority who have strong beliefs that are in direct opposition to our own. Often that is not a … Continue reading →

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How to Handle the Holidays and Autism

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Thinking Moms' Revolution

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For all you “new” (autism) parents out there – here’s some friendly advice about making it through the holidays. 1. If your child wants to spend the entire holiday in a room away from all of the people, it means … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Autism

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Thinking Moms' Revolution

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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have autism? James Williams, an adult with autism, cleverly uses Harry Potter analogies in this speech he wrote for late-elementary and middle-school audiences to help them understand what life is like with … Continue reading →

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Ruth Snyder R.N., Auty (Not Naughty) Mom

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Thinking Moms' Revolution

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We here at TMR feel that everyone benefits when we can look at things from more than one perspective because there is no one person who is in full possession of the truth of anything. We all have our “spin.” … Continue reading →

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Homeopathy: Nosodes? CEASE? Isopathy? Sequential? What’s It All About?

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Thinking Moms' Revolution

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I get letters from readers of my book Impossible Cure every day — a large percentage of which are from parents of autistic children looking for guidance. I recently received the following question, and I thought my answer might be helpful … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Cancer

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Thinking Moms' Revolution

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Last month I had to say good-bye to my big brother, Bill O’Toole, or as his Missouri friends called him, Billy. As anyone who knew him would tell you, Bill was truly one of a kind – a complex human … Continue reading →

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Ending the Peanut Allergy Epidemic

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Thinking Moms' Revolution

In 1995, my one-year-old son Woody reacted violently with anaphylaxis to a taste of peanut butter. In hindsight, he was part of the “first wave” of an epidemic of life-threatening peanut allergy in children that in just 20 years has … Continue reading →

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Fermented Foods: Make Your Own (Delicious) Sauerkraut!

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Thinking Moms' Revolution

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I am a self-professed Sauerkraut Maniac. I love sauerkraut. Which is pretty ironic considering my first experience with sauerkraut came in early elementary school and I opted to take no recess over eating boiled-to-death putrid-smelling “sauerkraut” for school lunch. I spent the … Continue reading →

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