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Love all of your pics!!! Indeed our children are gifts from God! My daughter was diagnosed in July of 08. She is a twin, but the twin is typically developing! I see that you are having 'issues' with accessing ABA in your state. We are from MI and it's difficult with the schools...they don't even want to acknowledge that ABA exists in our district! So, we have started a home program with our daughter and we are now beginning to work with a BCBA that will guide us more appropriately...Very costly in a state that won't cover ABA under insurance!!! But our daughter is worth every cent!!!

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Well, thank you very much for the warm welcome. And your slideshow is so cute. Hannah is little miss photogenic!

I think maybe we should arrange a phone call.

Talking about biomed, that is...

oh my...I should warn you. When I get started, it is mighty hard for me to stop!

WOW!!!! You just descibed what my daughter eats almost to a T! All meats, rice, potatoes, and a few fruits. Amazing. But now we have snacks down pat. Been doing this diet for 3 years so I'm pretty good at it. (Toot toot goes my horn haha)

What kind of sensory issues does Hannah have? She like soft or crunchy? I'm assuming crunchy. Let me know I will make you a LONG list of what works for us. I use this for her lunchbox at school also.

We have been seeing Dr. Harum since Belle was 22 months old. Belle really fit the description of a "gut" kid from the beginning. If you are starting bio-med and what a little advice getting started, let me know. I am willing to share what I have learned. But like I said, I never push my views on other parents.

When is your appt with Dr. Harum. I'm also assuming you are taking I-40 to Wilmington from Raleigh. Warsaw is exit 364 on I-40. There is a McDonald's there that Belle loves to play at. Maybe we could meet.?

I was "lucky" we got diagnosed so early but it was really obvious. Belle had the regressive type. She developed on track up to 14 months old (complete with words and non-verbal communication skills) and then it just dissppeared. I expressed concerns at her 15 month ped appt that she was not doing all of the things was used to but was told that she was mastering walking and that kids work on one skill at a time. By 16-17 months everything was gone! I demanded my ped see her and he admitted my concerns were legitimate. Probably had something to do with her playing with a doorstop for 20 mins without answering to her name. He referred us to a dr in Duke as well as the local Childrens Developmental Center in Wilmington. The CDCenter had a opening 1 month away so we took that. She was originally diagnosed as mild but it was so odd because she was having a really good day! I expected it to be moderate really. But she really has made great progress since.

Of course no ABA to be found around here. So all the therapy the state of NC thought she needed was 30 minutes of speech and 1 hour of a program called CBRS (Community based Resource Service). They had a person come in and perform "play" therapy with her.

I was lucky to meet someone that had been an ABA therapist and she came and showed me the discreet trail methods. So from that point at 19 months old thru 3 years old I performed mommy style ABA-ish therapy everyday as much as I could. At 3 she started Special Needs Pre-K thru the school district. That has been good for her social skills.

I should say that we use some bio-medical. We follow a gluten free, casien free, egg free, and now peanut free diet. Besides diet we use a few supplements but not alot. We have a DAN dr and do regular testing. I do not use every treatment method out there. Some scare me! But I will say that diet has been very dramatic for us. But I don't push my views on others.

I only have one child so she gets all my attention.

I would be happy to talk anytime you need to question, vent, and just need a friend that understands!

Forgot to mention, your daughter is adorable!