I am reading 09/29/2010
Hey everybody.. I hope you're all enjoying this nice fall weather we've been having. I know I have. I've had a good couple of days. My allergies are kind of bothering me, because of being around all the trees and the wind has been blowing a lot around here, but it kind of goes with the territory of where I live. It's worth it just to have clean air to breathe. I am doing great! My mom and dad wanted to share with everybody that I am reading more and more. We've put new videos up and there are 2 on there of me reading !!! WOW. It's a pretty big deal I guess considering a year and a half ago I was diagnosed as severely autistic and non verbal. HA. Recovery is awesome and healing is amazing! My sister got home from school the other day and she is in kindergarten. When she brought over her homemade book to show my mom, I grabbed it and just started reading it. It was about swimming, and running, and reading of course. My parents put new video up of me reading, please check it out. The US Autism and Aspergers Association Conference is this weekend 10/1 - 10/3 in St. Louis, MO at the Airport Hilton. You can check it out at www.usautism.org. Temple Grandin is the keynote speaker. She has autism also. My parents will be attending the conference, so say Hi if you do go and see them there. It is their anniversary this weekend and they are going there to see if there is any other helpful information out to keep me going strong on my journey. Well, I guess that is all I have to say for now. Have a great weekend everybody. xoxo Clint 1 Comment Getting ready for preschool 09/22/2010
I went this week to go and get the paperwork set up for my IEP to go to preschool. I had fun and even showed off my new sentence structure skills. I noticed that Mommy had a bag of carrot sticks in front of her and I said, "I want a carrot please." The teachers got a real kick out of this. I will go in October for a whole bunch of academic, speech and language tests and then I will get to start going to school. My sister Megan couldn't understand why I was going into her school. Now she asks in the mornings if I am going too. She kept saying,"He is too little to go to school" She didn't understand that my preschool is in the same building as her Kindergarten. Boy, she is hardheaded sometimes. Hee hee. I am doing well with everything else and so are my brother's and sisters. Cody was crying the other day and I went up and talked to him and I said, "It is o.k. Baby, don't cry" Then he calmed down. I have a soothing effect on him. I am also doing better with not getting angry at Caleb when he screams and won't stop. Daddy put up my swingset the other day and it has been raining so I haven't gotten to play on it too much. I also got to go spend time with Mommy at the park just me and her after my evaluation at school. I like to swing. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get to go and play on my swingset that Maw maw and Paw paw got me. Well, I will post more later and for now I am going to bed. Nite Nite ! xoxo Clint I read my own website! 09/09/2010
Today was a great day as far as speech is concerned. I climbed up in my mom's lap today while she was working on posting some videos and I just began to read the words on my website. WOW. Not only am I talking a lot, I can read at 4??? Recovery from Autism is great! I am so excited to be feeling better. I hope this spreads a little bit of hope to everybody. I am doing so well and the Lord is healing my body. My parents keep walking around the house saying things like "did you hear that" or "listen listen listen" and then they just stare at me and grab the camera. It is truly amazing. Have a great week!!! xoxo Clint Labor Day Blessings 09/05/2010
What a great weekend we've had!!! I have been showing off God's handiwork this weekend. My mom and dad have been in tears all weekend. I am talking more than I ever have. I sang the whole veggie tales song. Then I had my dad put on Thomas and Friends game for me and I actually played with it. I also got the answers all right. Earlier today I counted to 20 with my mom and I was reading my letters out of my book. We went outside and played and I took my tonka truck and filled it up with dirt out of my mom's flower pot and scooped it up with the scooper. It was fun :) Everytime my mom and dad ask me a question I respond with an appropriate answer also. She is going to post some videos soon. My mom says never give up hope!!! She says I am a real miracle!!! Not bad for a kid that was told a year ago that "He would never talk in sentences, never play like a "normal" kid (whatever that is) and would have to be institutionalized. Thank you so much for all of your support and we'll keep posting more. Have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend!!! I sure am enjoying mine. xoxo Clint xoxo This was a huge day.... 08/31/2010
Today my mom and dad took me to school. I got to go there and meet with a very very nice lady who showed me some of her toys. Blocks, pictures, farm houses, barns, all kinds of toys. She gave me an evaluation to possibly get me signed up for preschool. This was a really big decision for my mom and dad, but they feel like it was time for me to get around other kids and see how it goes. This school is willing to work with my mom and dad on my special diet. They said my mommy could pack my lunch for me. The cool part is I will ride the bus and it has seatbelts and I will have an aid on the bus with me at all times. Mom really liked that, because of the recent reports of the little kid getting hurt on the bus from the driver. There was also a fire drill while I was there. I got to go outside and I saw my sister in her kindergarten class. She looked like she was behaving. That made mom and dad happy. They were also given a brochure from the nice teacher about neurotoxins and kids. It was given out by the National Parents As Teachers Association and March of Dimes. WOW. It was so awesome to see some progress from these organizations accepting the connection between neurotoxins and autism. Regression stinks... 08/20/2010
Hey ya'll. It has been a busy week around here. My sister's started school this week and mom and dad have been running around like crazy getting them ready. It hasn't helped any that me and my younger siblings all have a cold. It has been awhile since we've had illness in our home. There was some herbicide sprayed around my house in my neighborhood and it has caused me to regress A LOT. Herbicides and Pesticides are full of a ton of harmful chemicals. For kids like me who have a sensitive system and can't excrete the toxins as easily it is a nightmare. We have to do Epsom Salt Baths nightly to help me cope. There has been a lot of screaming and biting and hitting around here the last few days. Mom describes it as rage. It has been awhile since we've dealt with this. They've been praying a lot with me though, so we know and have Faith that the Lord will restore me back to full health. He is our great physician. Please pray for us too. We really benefit from a lot of prayer from all of you. Take Care and God Bless ... Love Ya'll, Clint xoxo Just Breathe... 08/11/2010
This is Mom's day to post. We have recently moved and things still haven't settled down. One of the things that families affected by Autism face is losing homes, bankruptcy, divorce, extreme poverty, etc. We recently lost our home because of all of the expenses we face dealing with recovery. We have since found another home, but our resources for the diet are gone. The community with which we live doesn't have the luxuries of living in a big city. Like WF Market, and organic farmers to get grass fed/finished beef from. So I'll have to travel in and buy in bulk until I can get my own garden set up. I'm hoping to get some chickens of my own as well. We just keep praying and keeping Faith in the Lord above that he will continue to provide our needs. I know he will. We just have to get out of the way and let him work. The kids are all doing well and seem to be happier here than they were in the city. The people we've met are so responsive to what we do with our recovery efforts, they want to help, however they just don't really understand all of it. So, I can definately see lots of opportunities to teach several others what we know. I can't wait really. Clinton is doing good. He is a little more aggressive than he normally is. So is his 2 year old brother Caleb. They have been pushing each other around. When Caleb screams Clinton goes up and pushes him down and when Clinton screams Caleb just stands there and jumps up and down and screams. Then the girls decide it is their turn to ask 20 questions at the same time. Aaaahhhh there is never enough attention. Sometimes I feel like I need 8 more arms. Most days are better than this one, but when we have these it helps to just get on here and blog about it. Please continue to pray for our family. Feel free to comment on any of Clinton's blog entries. We love hearing from those we love. Please support our cause, we put a lot of effort into it. We're not going to quit fighting and we're not going away, and if you know someone who might benefit from the information on here refer them to us. Ya'll take care and God bless each and everyone of you. Stephanie Recovery is Possible.... 08/09/2010
Hey ya'll!!!Hope everybody is surviving the heat. It has been really really hot. We have been up to a lot around here. We recently moved to the country and I am now able to breathe clean air. My speech has improved a lot and things are a lot better here for my family. We didn't move too far either so I can still go see my doctor. Prayer Request 06/22/2010
Hey ya'll... It is a heat wave here in Saint Louis this week. We stayed in the cool today and played board games. My sister Megan likes to play Candy Land, and Hi Ho Cheerio. I played outside for a few minutes, however it was too hot to stay out too long. My dad has been working with me on eye contact and it is really helping. I also have become very attached to my cat Thomas. I used to not pet him too often, but lately he feels good to me, so I spend a lot of time with him. My dad also took up playing guitar again, so I have been getting music therapy everyday. I love it. I especially like that all of the hobbies my dad has been taking up, are therapeutic to me. We had a great Father's Day. We went to church and then to my Maw Maw and Paw Paw's house. I love it there, because Maw Maw buys organic bananas and blueberries and I get to eat them even before dinner. They are my favorite. Well I hope everyone stays cool and please continue to keep me and my family in your prayers. I do have a specific prayer request.... There is a program in Massachussetts called the Son Rise Program. My parents have been accepted for a scholarship to go and learn how they can help me more. It is an amazing program. They have to come up with $1,000 dollars plus travel expenses in order to go and learn about this exciting opportunity. Check them out on the web at www.autismtreatmentcenter.org. They really would benefit from it considering my 2 year old brother Caleb, and my 3 year old sister Hannah are also greatly affected by Autism. If you're able to help in anyway please email or call my mom and dad. They are going to be posting more about it in the days to come. Thanks and God Bless, Clinton xoxo I am still here.... 06/18/2010
Hey everybody. It is definately time that we get going on this blog business again. First let me say I am super sorry for not updating any of my recovery. We have been so active lately. So much has changed. We have had a complete life change. My family is so much stronger than what we used to be. We are healing!! With the Lord's help our bodies are starting to do what they were designed to do. Our entire family has adopted the Wellness approach to life. This means that we believe that our bodies have the ability to heal themselves. Getting them to this point is the challenge. We have an innate intelligence, given from God within us to do this. We are still on a GFCFSF diet, we are also sugar free, reluctantly sugar free. Sugar is causing major yeast issues in my home. We eat everything organic and mostly raw. We eat raw fruits and vegetables.. Yes I am now eating vegetables and brown rice. I rarely have anything fried, even in Olive Oil. I go and get an adjustment every couple of weeks and so do my mom, dad, and my brothers. My brother Caleb who is 2 is doing amazingly well. He was beginning to act a lot like me when I was two. Mom and Dad started taking him to my doctor and he is now starting to say a few words also and screaming a lot less. I now can ask for what I want with sentences. I most recently asked for more strawberries. I love them. I am also potty training. This has been most challenging for everybody in my house. Some days I want to do this and other days I don't. My dad took the summer off from school and I really enjoy listening to him play his guitar. Music really moves me. I should also state that 2 weeks ago I was spotted using a spoon to eat my cereal. This was the first time I have done this since I was 9 months old and began to regress. My parents flipped out over this. I am still pretty inconsistant with this, but hey it is progress not perfection. We joined a new church in April. So, it is neat to teach other's around me of what God can do when you put faith in Him and His ability to heal us. My Grandma tells everyone there that we are a walking testimony. Then she usually cries. I got to go to Chicago last month for a rally. It was great. My parents took me to Shedd's aquarium and then I marched all the way downtown to the rally. I got to meet a personal hero of mine... Dr. Andy Wakefield. Look him up on the web sometime. He has a new book out called Callous Disregard. My Dad is reading it right now and he loves it. The rally was for Vaccine Choice and Parental Consent. I'll post some photos and videos on here real soon. So, there has been a lot happen. Now that I've caught you up I will keep on going with it. I hope everybody has a great Father's Day this weekend. I know I am looking forward to spending time with my Daddy and PawPaw. Love and God Bless, Clinton xoxo | ClintI am a 4 year old boy who loves Thomas the Tank Engine and Noah's Ark stories!!! ArchivesSeptember 2010 Categories |
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