Preventive Health Care

June 25, 2013

Adults with Autism: Crazy, Lying Hypochondriacs?

Sometimes people ask what drives me. Why do I push so hard to make things better, when life is already so many more degrees of difficult for me? Why am I not content with just helping a few parents, a few educators, a few adults here or there? Why can’t […]

June 2, 2013

Wakefield and Effective Whistle-Blowing

I have to believe there is room in this world to both make the world a better place, and to earn a decent living, at the same time (check out The Natural Step for a source of hope). None of us need be losers, especially those of us with the capacity […]

March 22, 2013

Beet Kvass

Many more people are beginning to make their own lacto-fermented pickles. Regular pickles bathe in white vinegar that is almost always a by-product of the petroleum industry, and steep in conventional salt that is missing most of the electrolytes — and nutrients critical to human health. Conventional pickles are almost-invariably […]

March 20, 2013

How many hangovers are medically caused?

Today is not so good — the second day after the DMSA challenge test. Detox symptoms are nigh unbearable in the way of volatile emotions, physical pain, and cognitive variability. When you do these tests for other autistics, I highly recommend that you put kits or a suggestions page together […]

March 20, 2013

Fallout from my Heavy Metal Collection

Two days ago, I did a 6-hour DMSA challenge test to take a look at my heavy metal collection (inside the body, that is). It was a period of increasing discomfort and symptoms, and I have to tell you, more than 48 hours after the test was finished, the symptoms […]