This is the final part of my interview series with Dr. Julie Buckley, author of Healing Our Autistic Children. (Click to read Part 1 and Part 2 of the series.) I want to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Buckley for writing about and presenting on this topic in a way that has profoundly changed my perspective and approach to life. I hope that you will enjoy and take something powerful away from this interview series.
LAW: Part 2 of your book is dedicated to guiding parents through biomedical treatments with their child’s doctor; please share a little bit about the standard steps to biomedical recovery.
JB: The hard part about autism is that there is little that is “standard” about the approach we use. It is a highly individualized process – each child is unique in their genes, in their environmental exposures over the course of their short lives, and in the manifestations of the disease process. It takes a careful eye observing, and careful ears listening to a parent to find a starting point for working toward recovery.

In my last post we covered some basic questions about yeast and now I want to get into testing, treatment and what parents should know and expect. I find the kids that do great under care have parents that are willing to comply with treatment and follow through to the end. The consistency especially when treating yeast is imperative to ridding the body of it.
How can parents determine if their child has a problem with yeast ?

Growing up in special education, I endured what felt like endless years of bullying. I've been called names, tossed in lockers and closets, and had my head shoved in toilets. I've been kicked, tripped, spat on, and had gum slapped on my head I can't tell you how many times, only for my friend to cut it out with a pocket knife. And, yes, that hurt.

We took Isabella to a new psychiatrist the other day. Some of you may know about issues with my other doc (see here and here, for example), and we finally had had enough.

Okay, let’s start with a little quiz. Which would you prefer:
1) a doc who’s an expert at medication and data analysis, but who expresses little apparent concern for his patients, treating them by ranking their symptoms numerically and by adjusting their medication in a scientific though detached manner; OR
2) a doc who’s a loving, caring person but also a bit incompetent