Category Archives: bio-med

Take Your Head Out of the Sand

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Michelle O'Neil

When Riley was three, I was attending a weekly meeting to discuss A Course in Miracles. I’d found the book a couple of years prior, and dabbled. I felt better every time I picked it up and read a little. … Continue reading →

Posted in autism, bio-med, special needs parenting, spirituality, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Brain on Fire

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

I recently read Brain on Fire:My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan. It is about a young woman working as a reporter in NYC, who suddenly shows signs of psychosis. She spends over three weeks in the hospital experiencing mania, … Continue reading →

Posted in autism, bio-med, PANDAS, PANS, special needs parenting, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Spare Me Your Concern

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

The other day, I started reading a book recommended to me by a friend. It’s about an autism mom’s journey with her son. And before I could get very far, right there in the preface, she spoke of the poor … Continue reading →

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Hiding Dietary Supplements for Children in Foods

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

It wasn’t until last year that Riley could swallow capsules and pills. For many years our mornings and evenings were spent grinding supplements and medications with a mortar and pestle, and mixing them in food and hoping our kids wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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100% Huggable

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

I am feeling moved to write about the Berard Auditory Integration Therapy Riley received when she was little. When I have those little winks to share something, I tend to think there is a reason. This little baby was debilitated by certain … Continue reading →

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Helicopter Mom

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

It’s not that there is a shortage of things to write about. There are always a million things going on, only a teeny portion of which ends up here on the ole blog. Finding time has been the challenge. Doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Asperger's, autism, bio-med, IVIG, PANDAS, special needs parenting, Specific Carb Diet, spirituality, Uncategorized | Comments Off

She Even Bought Me Breakfast!

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Michelle O'Neil

What does author, mother of three girls with autism, and autism advocate Kim Stagliano have in common with the guys in the Cleveland cover band Almost Famous? Besides fake Slash’s curly hair? Both were on Fox News this morning. It … Continue reading →

Posted in autism, bio-med, Cleveland, special needs parenting, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

A Better Day

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Michelle O'Neil

No phenols in 24 hours and an extra long soak in epsom salts and Riley is a new person today. Happy. Playing. So engaged, dancing to Alvin & the Chipmonks in her room. Not one tear. Not one scream today. Trying not … Continue reading →

Posted in Asperger's, bio-med, Parenting | 13 Comments

It Might Be the Juice

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Michelle O'Neil

1:48 AM and I’m up because I need a fucking cup of tea. It’s a crutch in times of stress. Not the tea, the swearing. Wiped out, I went to bed at 10:00PM and tried to sleep. It didn’t take, because my … Continue reading →

Posted in Asperger's, bio-med, law of attraction, Parenting | 20 Comments

Elementals Living

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Michelle O'Neil

Recently, I spent an evening in Peurto Rico with two love birds. Betsy is mom to three children, one of whom is a teenage boy with autism. Her husband John is a physician who uses holistic biomedical therapies to help kids on the spectrum obtain optimum … Continue reading →

Posted in bio-med, law of attraction | 7 Comments