About The Author And Our Family

About The Author And Our Family's Story

I am the mother of a now 5-year old boy, Zachary, who is autistic. He has come a long way!

We used no therapists, no doctors, no social services in caring for Zachary. Everything we did, we did on our own, through a lot of reading and simple trial and error - which, when you really think about it - is all anyone can offer you. No one can tell you for certain they can "save" your child... but, there certainly is hope out there for all children with autism. I know Zachary will improve greatly and I wanted to share our story, freely, with all of you who have also been devastated by this disorder.

What I am advocating here is not a cure or treatment for these children. The information I provide will give your child coping mechanisms and will bring sanity back to your life in that you will so much more completely understand your child. To provide a cure, the aspect of their brain dealing with these areas would have to be "fixed" or "rewired" somehow. I don't believe anyone knows how to do that. The brain is such a complicated, intertwined organ. Yet, we have many "behavior labs" and of course, the pharmaceuticals who are quick to tell us they understand so much and have the perfect drug. To any parent who would be quick to believe the many "half truths" that come out of these organizations, I encourage you to read the following very very carefully... and in whole. This link, Question Everything, will help you see things in a whole new light when it comes to "what we know of the autistic brain" and "how to fix it"... or what we know of the "normal brain" for that matter!

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Copyright 2002-2008 All materials I provide on this site including several key words and phrases are copyrighted materials. All rights reserved. Please see Use of Materials for more on this issue. For general comments/questions, contact me at mj@autismhelpforyou.com.

Things have a tendency to disappear on the Internet, but I can often find where the information has been moved or find replacement links addressing the same issue. There is a lot of information provided on this site and any assistance with broken links is most appreciated. My site has now been hacked twice. If you get bounced to sites for online drugs, etc., report this to me at once using the above email as this is a result of hacking on my site. This had nothing to do with me and/or my site. Read more on hacking issue.

DISCLAIMER - The statements here mentioned and/or found in my materials have not been evaluated by the FDA or any other government agency or person in the medical field or in behavior therapy and are not meant to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent any illness/disorder and/or behavior. This information is not intended as medical advice or to replace the care of a qualified healthcare physician or behavior therapist. Always consult your medical doctor or behavior therapist. All information provided on this website is for INFORMATION PURPOSES and to GENERATE DISCUSSION ONLY and should not be taken as medical advice or any other type of "advice". Information put forth represents the EXTENSIVE RESEARCH and OPINIONS of a mother based on her experiences and research and provides information as it relates to one family's journey with autism in hopes that other families may benefit from this experience and/or research. The creator of this site is not responsible for content on other sites.

DISCLAIMER - PART II - Now... for those of you who think "mother at home researching" means "uneducated person with unfounded information"... I have 10 years of university... 3 degrees... and over 30,000 hours of research into these areas. For anyone who thinks my research is "unfounded"... read the RESEARCH FILE posted on my home page... with its over 1,000 references ... for your reading pleasure... because... quite clearly... you haven't read it yet!