The Debate on BIomedical Including the GFCF Diet

There seems to be an ongoing debate between parents of autistic children, doctors and even friends about the GFCF diet and other biomedical treatments.  I have met mothers and fathers who are open to trying anything,  parents who are scared and overwhelmed about making any kind of a change and other parents whose doctors have told them that it won't work.  To those doctors, I say shame on you.  Shame on you for destroying the chance that a child with autism could get better and shame on you for destroying the hope of a parent.   I know my own personal convictions on biomedical.  I've been to these 'doctors' and heard their lack of belief.  These are also the same doctors who told me that nothing was wrong with my daughter and that vaccines are not harmful.  Here is my response,  "There is hope and healing!".  For us, the diet, supplementation, therapies and schooling have been her miracle treatment.  In Dr. Bock's book he talks about developing a healing program.  This is ours and thanks to it we have a totally different daughter then we did a year ago.

The problem is not in whether the diet works, but in the support we give one another.  Not just between parents of autistic children who do and don't practice the diet but also between spouses.  One of the things I am so grateful for is that my husband had his doubts, but was willing to try.  Before we had read all the books and were convinced in the science behind biomedical, we knew we had to try.  The question became, what is the worst that could happen?  She'd try different foods, get good quality supplements and we'd be out a little money.  In the long run it seemed like a small price to pay for a ray of hope and the chance at recovery.  Today I am so grateful that we tried.  

I have to point out that the diet, supplementation and therapies aren't the answer for everyone. For some children it won't have the same results that we have had.  For some the healing will be more moderate, but for some it will be truly a miracle.  The best part is that it won't hurt your child.  Your child won't get sick from taking out the gluten or dairy.  They won' t get worse.  The great news, they just might get better.  Isn't that worth the chance?