RE: Slashing Your Grocery Bills!

<h3>After having read so many posts from different people who are sharing their
praise and stories about the program being offered at <a
href="http://spendlessclub.com">http://spendlessclub.com</a>  I
decided to share my very own experience with this program. Back in 1999 I was
bringing my oldest son Andy to Gymboree. One day when we arrived there was a
large group of moms gathered around a shoebox on top of a table. I still
remember hearing the moms shout WOW. I went right over to see what was going on.
One of the moms had a shoebox full of grocery store and department store
receipts. The receipts were all showing huge savings. Kristen, the mom with the
shoebox told us she gets these savings using the sampler program from the site
above. I went home that afternoon and signed up too. Ever since that day the
savings have been nothing short of spectacular!

I wish all of you a happy and safe holiday!

Mary</h3>

Looking for something fun to do this weekend that will benefit AUTISM?

Join the Enforcers Hockey Club as they play an exhibition game against the
Eagles at the LEAFS Ice Centre in W Dundee (randall and 72).  Doors open at 3:30
and at 4 pm the ceremonial puck will dropped by a student from Alexander Leigh
Center for Autism to start the game.

There will be a silent auction and raffles (including 4 club seats to the Hawks
game on 12/9) with proceeds benefiting Alexander Leigh Center for Autism.

Game is this sunday Dec 6. Tickets can be purchased at the door and cost $10 for
adults, $5 teens and kids under 12 are free.

Come on out and have some good family fun for a great cause!

Santa video helps ease visiting anxieties plus holiday links

In this issue:
http://www.oneplaceforspecialneeds.com/newsletters/2009_december.html
Links to articles, social stories and visuals on Santa, Christmas, Hanukkah,
Kwanzaa,  modified activities and just for fun winter themed Internet games.

What's different about Santa? video plus links to find Santas specially trained
to interact with special needs kids and an online Santa web cam site.

The economy and state budget cuts are putting many area non-profits into a
crisis situation.  We're asking that you consider giving locally to help your
community.  Our quick search makes it easy for you to find local non-profits
accepting tax deductible donations.

One Place for Special Needs is a free resource for special needs families.  We
make it easy to learn about programs, services and events in your area.

And recovery story...worth passing and checking out!

http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/11/an-autism-moms-video-response-to-
the-chicago-tribune-story.html

Autism rates are huge and they are growing, unfortunately, research is not
keeping up and now many families close to Autism are calling it an epidemic.
Why? Because 1:150 children in the US now have Autism and you can see why
families of Autistic children are so concerned, they often ask such things as;
"Autism is a Big Issue - Why Don't People Care?"
You see, it's not that people do not care, they really do, in fact once you have
a talk with them you can see the concern on their face, many will say;


"I never knew that,"
"I didn't know," or
"I had no idea."

So, it's up to us, you the reader, me the writer and those in the Autistic
Community to make personal contacts, to get the dialogue going and increase
awareness. It is time that America had a national discussion on this very
serious and growing problem. Of course, it's not easy competing for the
attention of such a society, which is bombarded constantly with all sorts of
other messages. Sometimes it takes something drastic to raise awareness, and
well, that's exactly what one man decided to do, something drastic, something so
over the top, that he made national news.
One man out of frustration set out to walk across the United States for Autism
and to raise awareness to the fact that 93% of the Health Insurance Companies DO
NOT cover Autism. Did you know that if your child is born with Autism, you might
just be totally on your own and the cost per year to support an Autistic Child
is about $85,000 per year, for most middle class families that is simply not an
option; it's simply not economically feasible.
Learn More about Autism; www.Autism.org

To Assist My Children In Keeping Their Power And Self Dignity In Tact -
http://kerricasp.key.to/

Hi everyone,

The Chicago Tribune is planning on running a story on biomedical treatments for
autism this Sunday and Monday. The pieces will not be favorable on chelation and
other treatments we do with our kids.

Please start preparing your letters to the editor. Let them know that these
treatments can work, and our kids can get better.

Please also consider canceling your subscription to the Tribune right after the
story runs.

Let's send a strong message.

Thanks,
Linda

It kills me to think of newly diagnosed families who will read this story and
decide to not try biomedical treatment. God help us.

Just a reminder to come join us as the Crystal Lake chapter of TACA presents
"Surviving the Holidays" and possibly win a Flu Treatment
Kit worth $80 from Dr. Usman and Pure Compounding Pharmacy.

We will share tips from TACA families all over the country for surviving
the holidays — GFCF recipes, handling school parties and family celebrations,
gift ideas, communicating with family, etc. Bring your own tips and traditions
to share with the group.

We will also talk about how to stay healthy during the holidays. We will be
sharing Dr. Usman's tips on how to prevent and treat the flu. We will hold a
free raffle for a flu treatment kit donated by Dr. Usman and Pure Compounding
Pharmacy that contains $80 worth of supplements to keep you and your
family healthy during the holidays.

Bring your questions and concerns, and we will brainstorm together to
make this year's holidays the happiest ever!

Hope to see you there!

Saturday, November 21, 2009
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Home State Bank
611 S. Main Street
Community Meeting Room on basement level
Crystal Lake, IL 60014

Sorry, no child care is available at meetings

For more information visit our site at:
http://meetup.tacanow.org/illinois/index.html.

Questions? Contact Linda Betzold at linda.betzold@... or
847-922-5392.

About the ion bath, and the child who had been doing that for over a year....

He was rather verbal (a bit of obsessive language, but rather functional), and the parents said he was abolutely non-verbal before the footbaths. They were also doing basic DAN protocols (diet and supplements) and implemented a very positive therapy program, not completely ABA, and it wasn't full time.

They said that his demeanor and 'with-it-ness' had improved, and they were hopeful of full recovery.

All I know was, he was lightyears beyond my kids, although still had noticable autism traits & deficiencies for his age.

I didn't know him before, I was just going on the parent report, but it all looked fabulous. The parents didn't attribute all of their success to the foot bath, but they were certain that it was contributing to his overall health, which would help any kid.

Hope that helps!
Julie

Hi, I appriciate your response but I have some questions. Did the first child
you saw do the bath have autism? What was he like before the foot bath? Was
there a noticable change in him after the footbath?

Do your own kids that you tried it with have autism? If so was there any change
in them after the footbath?

It seems to be that people try this for a variety of reasons and I'm trying to
get a grasp on whether it has any benefits for someone with autism or not.

--- In mchenrycountyautismgroup@yahoogroups.com, "valentinewiggins@..."
<valentinewiggins@...> wrote:
>
> I don't know if this is the same type of footbath we used when we were out in
Utah, but I'll share my experience.
> I typically try treatments on myself before I'll use them on my kids, and meet
the kids whose parents report improvement on a treatment. I visited a family in
Utah who did biomedical, the diet, and the footbaths for a year+.  A gal who
owned the footbath would travel around and charge $40 per bath, so I asked if I
could watch a session when she came to their home.
> I helped hold down the feet of the child (while he watched his disney movie)
during his 15 minute foot bath. The water was clear, tap water, that we'd gotten
out of the bathroom. As I was holding his knees down (so he wouldn't splash), I
watched the water become cloudy and black particles were sinking to the bottom.
> I'm a chemist, so I'm still a bit skeptical. I thought it might be impurities
in the water, or something else. At about the 11 minute mark, a small, thin worm
appeared in the water. Very pale, it looked like a parasite. It was still alive,
folding in half and opening up again. A bit after the 12 minute mark another
appeared, but by the time the parents fished it out of the water, it was dead.
It looked identical to the first.
> I knew that the pores in the feet are the largest, and that is why walking
barefoot in 3rd world countries can get you parasites... also, that is how we
would administer glutathione and allithiamine is on the bottom of the feet. It's
a great absorption spot...
> but I'd never considered it a great exit spot with the footbaths till I saw
with my own eyes, those parasites come out of the feet of that young child.
> I immediately scheduled for me and my children to get this done.
> When my children got the footbath, the water stayed clear. No difference
whatsoever. She explained that you have to work up to seeing what I saw at the
other house. It took them months before they saw something.
> When I did it for me, however, filling the bath from the same water tap that I
did for my two children, the water turned rather dark. She commented that I must
better be able to detox than my children. Usually children who have difficulty
detoxing are the ones whose water is clear initially.
> If I could purchase my own footbath, I'd probably do it, but the thought of
paying this gal $120 per visit to come to my home, when it was benefitting me
more than the kids, I just decided to stop.
> Everytime I see them at a conference, I wish I could just get it.
> If anyone ever wanted to go in on one and share, I think it would be way
easier to pass around and not damage - than a hyperbaric chamber... Although I'm
interesting in getting one of those too if we don't get the grant we were hoping
for to get one.
> I can't speak for every brand of footbath, but overall, I was pretty
impressed.
> Later,
> Julie
>
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I don't know if this is the same type of footbath we used when we were out in Utah, but I'll share my experience.

I typically try treatments on myself before I'll use them on my kids, and meet the kids whose parents report improvement on a treatment. I visited a family in Utah who did biomedical, the diet, and the footbaths for a year+.  A gal who owned the footbath would travel around and charge $40 per bath, so I asked if I could watch a session when she came to their home.

I helped hold down the feet of the child (while he watched his disney movie) during his 15 minute foot bath. The water was clear, tap water, that we'd gotten out of the bathroom. As I was holding his knees down (so he wouldn't splash), I watched the water become cloudy and black particles were sinking to the bottom.

I'm a chemist, so I'm still a bit skeptical. I thought it might be impurities in the water, or something else. At about the 11 minute mark, a small, thin worm appeared in the water. Very pale, it looked like a parasite. It was still alive, folding in half and opening up again. A bit after the 12 minute mark another appeared, but by the time the parents fished it out of the water, it was dead. It looked identical to the first.

I knew that the pores in the feet are the largest, and that is why walking barefoot in 3rd world countries can get you parasites... also, that is how we would administer glutathione and allithiamine is on the bottom of the feet. It's a great absorption spot...

but I'd never considered it a great exit spot with the footbaths till I saw with my own eyes, those parasites come out of the feet of that young child.

I immediately scheduled for me and my children to get this done.

When my children got the footbath, the water stayed clear. No difference whatsoever. She explained that you have to work up to seeing what I saw at the other house. It took them months before they saw something.

When I did it for me, however, filling the bath from the same water tap that I did for my two children, the water turned rather dark. She commented that I must better be able to detox than my children. Usually children who have difficulty detoxing are the ones whose water is clear initially.

If I could purchase my own footbath, I'd probably do it, but the thought of paying this gal $120 per visit to come to my home, when it was benefitting me more than the kids, I just decided to stop.

Everytime I see them at a conference, I wish I could just get it.

If anyone ever wanted to go in on one and share, I think it would be way easier to pass around and not damage - than a hyperbaric chamber... Although I'm interesting in getting one of those too if we don't get the grant we were hoping for to get one.

I can't speak for every brand of footbath, but overall, I was pretty impressed.

Later,
Julie

http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/07/autism-perception-a-bump-in-the-
road.html

Come join us as the Crystal Lake chapter of TACA presents
"Surviving the Holidays."

We will share tips from TACA families all over the country for surviving
the holidays — GFCF recipes, handling school parties and family celebrations,
gift ideas, communicating with family, etc. Bring your own tips and traditions
to share with the group.

We will also talk about how to stay healthy during the holidays. We will be
sharing Dr. Usman's tips on how to prevent and treat the flu. We will hold a
free raffle for a flu treatment kit donated by Dr. Usman's office that contains
$80 worth of supplements to keep you and your family healthy during
the holidays.

Bring your questions and concerns, and we will brainstorm together to
make this year's holidays the happiest ever!

Hope to see you there!

Saturday, November 21, 2009
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Home State Bank
611 S. Main Street
Community Meeting Room on basement level
Crystal Lake, IL 60014

Sorry, no child care is available at meetings.

Questions? Contact Linda Betzold at linda.betzold@... or
847-922-5392.