HELP! HOW DO I STOP MY AUSTISTIC CHILD FROM DOING THIS?
HOW HOMEOPATHY CAN HELP REDUCE BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS ON THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM Is your child doing any or a few (hopefully not all) of the following: -hitting head against the wall/floor -biting -spitting -running out of the house and into the traffic -growling -teeth grinding -hand-flapping -hitting others for no apparent reason […]
WHY IS MY CHILD SUCH A PICKY EATER?
WHY ARE SO MANY AUTISTIC CHILDREN PICKY WITH FOOD? HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO Is your child only eating three or four things? Always the same ones? Are you at your wits end trying to figure out how to feed your child in a healthy way? Do you dream of going out for dinner […]
WHY IS MY CHILD NOT SLEEPING?
NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOR BLISSFUL SLEEP! Sleep is BIG issue for parents of children on the autistic spectrum or ADHD. If you are reading this, I don’t need to tell you how disruptive sleep is for the whole family, not just the child. Sleep is essential for brain development, to rest, to be able to function […]
HOW I POTTY TRAINED MY AUTISTIC SON
CAN YOU POTTY TRAIN YOUR CHILD WITH AUTISM? YES, YOU CAN! One of the questions I get asked often by parents of autistic children is how to potty train them or sometimes parents tell me they haven’t even tried yet, because they don’t think their child would understand/be able to potty train. MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE […]
IS AUTISM TREATABLE? YOU BET!
Can you treat autism? Yes you can! Perhaps your child has just been diagnosed with autism: now what? The pediatricians will tell you about speech and language therapy, OT or ABA. When my son was diagnosed he was four years old and barely verbal. He only had a handful of words, I wasn’t even sure […]
SQUEAMISH? THEN HOMEOPATHY (OR CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE) MAY NOT BE FOR YOU…
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS IN YOUR MEDICATION? It doesn’t happen very often, however, every now and then one patient will ask where their prescribed remedy comes from. This is not an issue, of course and I am happy to explain. If it is a plant remedy like Pulsatilla or Thuja or a mineral like […]
HOMEOPATHY FOR TINNITUS
CAN HOMEOPATHY HELP WITH TINNITUS? First of all: what is tinnitus? It is the name for hearing noises that are not caused by sounds coming from the outside world. Symptoms include: -ringing -buzzing -whooshing sound -music Conventional medicine has very little to offer, besides counseling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, to help you cope and live […]
GLYPHOSATE AND AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS
CAN GLYPHOSATE AFFECT YOUR HEALTH AND WHAT CAN HOMEOPATHY DO ABOUT IT? I have been seeing patients with “weird” auto-immune conditions lately. When I say “weird”, I mean chronic physical symptoms that doctors cannot explain, no matter how many tests, scans and medication, nobody can make head or tail of it. Symptoms like: sudden skin […]
TWO COMMON MISTAKES PARENTS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN MAKE
TWO COMMON MISTAKES PARENTS MAKE (AND HOW TO AVOID THEM!) As mother of an eleven year old child with (recovering) and homeopath, I have been on this road for a while. That’s why it can be frustrating for me to see parents make the mistakes that I made years ago: I wish I could save […]
ADDRESSING LEAKY GUT IN AUTISM
How homeopathy addresses the issue of gut dysbiosis and why you don’t need to force your child to change diet Many childre with autism present with GI issues, like: diarrhea, constipation, bloatedness, gas, intolerance to certain foods and very picky with food. Typically the main food type preferred by these children is carbohydrates: bread, biscuits, […]