Care4autism

Recently somebody send me the recipe for panniyaram. This is one another mother sharing her GFCF experience with her son. Although off GFCf, I still cannot resist a GFCF recipe when I come across one. Habits die hard! This is her mail to me. I have put it here with her permission.For those who have second thoughts about discontinuing the diet, here is a word of caution from this mother. Hai viji, actually i was shocked after reading ur post " All Clear" i started to worry. that's why i sent a mail to u Being a parent u know which is good for Ramam ,still i want share our experience so that it will give u an idea My son Ramesh(9 years old) after the diagnosis at the at the age of 4 immediately we changed the diet. Last 5 years he is on the diet.Being a tamil south indian it is easy for me to change diet with idli dosai, idiyappam, paniyaram, sambar , pongal vadai etc etc Like u we have also done the food allergy test for my son before two years and came to know he ...

Spreading awareness on Autism, Vivek oberoi, is all set to teach dance to children with autism in Mumbai. Arts in motion will be conducting its annual festival in Chembur. The theme will be "Dance with Joy, Accepting Responsibility, and Understanding Autism”. To know more click http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20100146672&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&cp . When we were in Pune, Shiamak Davar’s foundation had a separate group that worked with children with special needs. Ramam did a stage show with them. Recently now during the summer vacations, in Bangalore, when I checked for Ramam and my daughter Isha, they did a fees waiver for Ramam. They even wanted to take him in along with his age group. It is heartening to receive such  a warm response when you call.

After the initial diagnosis, the heartbreaks we eventually accept the problem and stat working with our children. Then somewhere along the line, we decide to start academics. We usually begin with matching, sorting….But there have been many a times I or rather me and my husband have wondered how is academics going to help him. We used to get these constant nagging doubts that   if he cannot take a simple command to fetch a spoon, switch off the fan, close the door………………what is to be achieved by him doing activities across a tabletop. But at all those times we were given assurances to keep working on his commands, we were told he will learn gradually. In introspection, had I waited to teach him academics after he stared taking commands, he would have been nowhere.                                    I have been readi...

I had written an earlier post on autism friendly websites. Here are some more for children in the age group 4-6.Thank you, Gina for the link. Have fun. http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html http://funschool.kaboose.com/ http://www.rapidtyping.com/ http://www.elbuhoboo.com/eng.php http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm l. Ramam enjoyed the fruit shoot games on this site. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ Check out my  earlier post for autism friendly websites

  I have been getting some google   searches looking for Dr Nandini Mundkur.   She is a developmental pediatrician. She is with the Centre for child development and disabilities Bangalore. She with her team are a group of professionals trained in ADI_ autism diagnostic inventory and ADOS autism diagnostic observation schedule. They are into early intervention. She can be contacted at 080 23342035 or 41205034 .Their website is www.ccdd.in . She is also on the panel of   consultants,  at   Samvad, Institute of speech and hearing, Hebbal, Bangalore.

Little Hearts Hospital at   Masab Tank. The  phone  number is  23372036. One can check for resources with them. Ranjeeta, she is an occupational therapist, who has specialized in sensory integration issues. Her number is 9441349168.          Also you may check my earlier post on schools in Hyderabad for more details.

Technically speaking or rather, clinically, Ramam is out of it. The blood test for Ramam has ruled out allergies towards gluten and milk. The floodgates have opened, so as to speak. My daughter has checked and rechecked with me in the last 2-3 days that is it ok for him to have noodles, wheat and milk… in that order. Can he eat dahi chawal is her BIG question. For a boy who loved his rice and curds few years back, he turned it down yesterday after my husband offered it at dinner time. After much cajoling, he hesitatingly tried a spoon of curd and fell in love with it all over again.                     Does this mean it is the end of GFCF for him and “US “too? Is it time to ring down the curtains     for jowar rotis, akki rottis, and raagi     parathas .Does it mean yes to panner at home? Is it time to watch out for Dominos flyers? Does eating out mean more than dosas, vada...