We are a family of 4 living in Manitoba trying to live well on a gluten free, casein free diet. I have two boys – Nathan is 6 and has PDD-NOS, which is on the Autism Spectrum. Eric is 4 and is neuro-typical with excema.
We don’t live anywhere near a major centre (like Winnipeg) so sourcing food and supplements requires lots of research, planning and shopping online. It is my hope that you will find valuable information on my blog that will help you in your journey too.
Being GFCF is not easy, especially at first. We are coping as best we can, learning every day and hoping that this lifestyle will be of benefit to the entire family.
Thank-you for sharing our journey! You might also like to visit my other site – All About Potential. That’s the story of our family. I try to keep it focused on the positive, good parts about Autism & our lives. It is so easy to get bogged down in the negative, instead of celebrating our children as they are – perfect beings just as they are.
It is my firm belief that Autism is not something to manage or cure. Autism is simply a different way of looking at the world. It is my hope that one day being Autistic will be simply a way we categorize people, as in: Sarah is extroverted, Emmit is artistic, Michaela is intuitive, Michelle is organized, Nathan is autisic.
Until that happens, Nathan must navigate a neuro-typical world that is largely intolerant of his differences. He is currently in occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy & a modified education program to help him catch up to his peer group. Nathan will always have autism but we hope he will not always need special education services. Our dream for Nathan is that he will find a place in the world where he is happy, accepted and successful. I think that is the dream every parent has for their child.
Posted by Crystal on March 30, 2009 at 4:28 pm
I’m so happy to have found another GF/CF Canadian blogger! Just want to say hello!
Posted by Kim, The Food Allergy Coach on June 23, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Fellow gluten free blogger,
I’m staring a carnival blog as a one-stop shopping place for gluten free information. A blog carnival is like a magazine of articles that gets published on a schedule. Every 3 months (I hope it catches on so that we can do this more often – at least monthly), bloggers submit an article related to the GF lifestyle from their blog. The submission will be combined with all others onto 1 carnival page, which will include links to each participant’s article on their own blog (so you retain the rights to the post, and your trademarks stay intact). We can all take turns being the host blogger (if you are interested in hosting, let me know!). We hope that we can all learn from each other and introduce our readers to other gluten free sites out there.
If you’d like to see a sample carnival, check out http://allergickid.blogspot.com/2009/06/living-with-food-allergies-blog.html.
Joining the community of contributors is a great way to get more readers to your blog. It’s easy to do. Just follow the below link and fill in the quick form linking one of your best blog posts to the carnival page. Topic areas will include recipes, tips, research, advice/support, etc. Your post will be posted along with contributions from other GF bloggers.
http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_7356.html
The deadline for the next carnival is July 25, 2009. Be sure to let your readers know about the first carnival. It’ll be posted on August 1st at http://thefoodallergycoach.blogspot.com/.
Looking forward to reading your post,
Kim