Thursday, October 27, 2005

Taking a GFCF cupcake to a party?

If you are like me, toting a gfcf cupcake with your child to a birthday party or other event, you might be interested in this great invention: Cup A Cake!

This container was designed & patented by mothers to solve the age old problem of sending cupcakes to school or outings with their children, & will hold a frosted cupcake firmly in place even if bounced, jiggled, or turned upside down. These airtight, lightweight, plastic, reusable containers are stackable, unique, economical, & fun & can be opened by the smallest fingers. Please note: container must be hand washed. Available in 5 kid friendly colors for 2.99 each!

You can find this item on the web at www.cupacake.com, and at Miss Roben's website:

http://www.allergygrocery.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1880&Category_Code=

East TN ASA Fall Conference with David Kirby

ASA-ETC invites all Vaccine Safety concerned citizens to attend our Fall
Conference.

It will take place Nov. 5 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (former Radisson),
downtown Knoxville.

David Kirby, bestselling author of "Evidence of Harm" will speak to us
on the correlation of vaccines and autism and other behavioral
disorders.

Space is limited, please register today!!!

Call: 637-3914 or e-mail:
CAH37849@aol.com

Cost (ASA members): $15
Cost (non-members): $20

Please download a brochure at our website:
http://www.asaetc.org/index.html

Autism One Radio - Listen to Great Speakers

Did you know that you can listen to awesome interviews at your convenience? Autism One Radio has an archive system that allows you to listen to all programs at any time over the internet.

Interviewees include:

Dr. Jeff Bradstreet
Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD
Dr. Paul Offit
Karen Seroussi
Julie Buckley, MD, FAAP
Dan Olmsted, United Press International Senior Editor
Dr. Boyd Haley
and many others

Go to www.autismone.org/radio
Go to Schedule Archives and select Day/Week/Month Archive

Individual Dose,Thimerosal Free Vaccines!!

Hopewell Pharmacy in New Jersey is now carrying individual dose,
thimerisol-free vaccinations. If you have a child needing shots
this is a great resource. One parent just ordered a measles vaccine for
about $25. Not bad!
From what I understand, if they don't have what you need in stock, they
can order it. Also a good idea to check the suggested vaccine schedule in
Dr. Stephanie Cave's book, "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About
Children's Vaccinations." Hope this helps!

Contact info is:
Hopewell Pharmacy/Millennium Nutritionals
1 West Broad St.
Hopewell, NJ. 08525
info@millnut.com
Phone: 1-877-443-1669
Other: 1-305-868-0977
Fax: 1-775-942-6979

RDA Assessments from Tori Carraway

As a followup to the RDI Workshop, Tori has provided some additional information on how to get an RDA assessment and what steps follow.

Tori is available to do RDA’s. She has (most weeks) part of Thurs. and all of Fri. off. This is time I’ve allotted to do RDAs or review videotapes from families. If you schedule your RDA on a weekend with another family (or families), she would come and do RDA 1 with all the families, then come back the following weekend to do RDA 2 and 3. Please note that she has never traveled to see multiple families, so doesn't really know yet what works best. If planning to see 1 family she would do RDA 1 on Thurs or Fri, RDA 2 on Sat, and RDA 3 on Sat or Sunday, depending on time. Tori will do the RDA for $600.00. Typically what consultants do is have families sign a contract for 6 mos.
However, for out of town families you wouldn’t meet weekly and it would be difficult for you to send tapes weekly. So she plans to draw up a new contract.

If you want though, she can just do RDA 1,2, and 3, or the RDA’s and you send tapes as needed (she is willing to work toward individual family’s needs). Until Tori is certified, she is charging $65.00 per hour. Basically families need to let her know what they need and she would figure the hourly rate $65.00 at that. For the RDA’s she needs an empty room, smaller than the one at the workshop.

Tori can be reached at toricarraway@charter.net

Autism and Asperger's Conference in Nashville

You may have received a brochure for this mini-conference here in Nashville, sent out by the ASMT. If not, here's a link to the details on the web:



MyLinda Solley has contacted me to say that she is very interested in going. If you and/or any of your friends/connections are interested, a group rate is available for 5 or more people. Please contact MyLinda or Karen (for MyLinda's contact info).

Thimerosal Free Flu Shots available in Nashville

Flu Vaccine information

I just learned that Lentz Public Health Center, 311 23rd Avenue, North is offering mercury free flu vaccine (340-5630) I called and they confirmed that their vaccine is mercury free. They are open 8:00 am to 3:00 pm and you do not need an appointment. Apparently the wait is long and lines are forming each day.

June Swartz (sent via Carolyn Shindler's PAC Update)

Vanderbilt Studies for Siblings of Autistic Children

I got a letter from Vanderbilt letting our group know about a new Study that Wendy Stone is leading.

They are looking for younger siblings (5 - 23 months) of children with Autism or PDD-NOS to participate in new research at Vandy. The project is designed to examine early social development and to improve their ability to screen for autism at young ages.

See www.vanderbilt.edu/alumni/publications/pr.html

They are also recruiting children in three other groups:
1. Children with a diagnosis of Autism or PDD-NOS who are between the ages of 30 and 35 months
2. Children with a diagnosis of Developmental Delay between the ages of 30 and 35 months
3. Siblings of children with Typical Development who are between the ages of 12 and 23 months

This research is being conducted by Dr. Wendy Stone in collaboration with Drs. Tedra Walden, Paul Yoder, Julia Noland and Lynnette Henderson. Contact TRIAD REsearch Office at 936-0265 if you or anyone you know is interested.