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A Different Kind of Birth Story

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I gave birth to a son on October 18, 2002.  At the time I was 35 years old and completely clueless about the business of baby, the business of pharma, the business of the medical complex and the business of … Continue reading

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Visualize, Manifest, Pray: Positive Affirmations to Surround Your Child With Autism

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About five months ago I signed my oldest son up for a tutoring program. Before he began I had a conference with the director of the center to talk about his tutoring needs. I told her about his diagnosis (autism) … Continue reading

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Thinking Out Loud: Cristal Hedrick of Generation Rescue

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  Tex Interviews Cristal Hedrick of Generation Rescue When Candace McDonald, Executive Director of Generation Rescue, approached me at Autism One and said, “You have to meet Cristal Hedrick.  She has the most amazing story”. I had no idea what … Continue reading

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Interview With Dr Darin Ingels: Sublingual Immunotherapy

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Dr. Darin J. Ingels sits down with Prima to discuss sublingual immunotherapy (also known as SLIT), it’s role in the treatment of autism, allergies and sensitivities. In his experience, Dr Ingels has had a  70% – 90% success rate in … Continue reading

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When Grandparents of Special-Needs Kids Come To Visit, Magic Happens…

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“What children need most are the essentials grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humour, comfort, lessons in life and most importantly COOKIES!!” (make that GF cookies!) Last year I wrote “The Visit” as my father and … Continue reading

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For Whom The School Bell Tolls

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Some of our eagle-eyed fellow Thinkers pointed out that the hyperlinks to yesterday’s blog didn’t work. Blame it on the early school runs, lack of caffeine, dealing with the after-school meltdowns (some of it mine) and Microsoft 🙂 The links … Continue reading

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My Favourite Month

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It’s Ramadhan, my favorite month of the year. A month that I eagerly look forward to. Not because of the many buffets and Ramadhan markets that abound, but because of the peace and serenity it brings to my soul. Ramadhan … Continue reading

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4 Facebook Updates That Annoy This Vaccine-Injury Parent

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I’ve written helpful lists for other people before. My Autism Parent’s Bucket List made the rounds on the internet a few months ago. I was inspired to write a much shorter list today. I created it with the help of … Continue reading

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When Doctors Lie…OH HELL NO!

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I am grateful that I had the opportunity to debate Dr. Koren Boggs and represent The Thinking Moms on The 504 Show in New Orleans last week. I was shocked that someone who has no background in vaccines or the … Continue reading

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When Harry Met Jenny

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I love Harry Potter. Yeah, I know, I’m not alone. But I’m one of those geeks who had my Amazon order in to get each of the last four books on the day it came out. We own copies of … Continue reading

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