[Alan Campbell]

Doris….

Please feel free to contact me via e-mail to discuss bio-medical treatment. You will quickly find that the FEAT BC discussion forum isn't the place for that topic.

alanandcindy@shaw.ca

Alan

[Alan Campbell]

Hi All;

I have recieved a request from Elizabeth's SEA and teachers about composing a note to the parents & kids in her kindergarten class. Just an informational letter about Elizabeth & her autism. Wondering if any of you have a letter on file or any words of wisdom I can use. Kids and parents alike are curious…and it will be a great way for us to find a classmate that would like to do some morning peer play dates! Feel free to either post here, or e-mail me directly at alanandcindy@shaw.ca
Thank-you.

Sincerely,
Cindy Campbell

[Alan Campbell]

Looking for 2 therapists to join our excellent ABA team. We have an awesome team that works under the guidance of Buffy Paul from EAP.
Elizabeth is 5 years old, very verbal & loves to play…warning, she can melt your heart.
A few afternoon shifts, and a couple of weekend shifts to fill.
We live in Langley City. If interested please contact us via e-mail at alanandcindy@shaw.ca
Sincerely,
Alan & Cindy Campbell

[Alan Campbell]

Hello All;

Just sent an e-mail to Mr. Mark Warawa (MP, Langley) inviting him to the press conferance next Friday.
I thanked him for his commitment to supporting this Bill during the election campaign and said I was certain I would see him next Friday as he is a supporter of Bill C-459 and his constituents.

See you all on the 24th,
Cindy Campbell

[Alan Campbell]

Sabrina;

Could you please e-mail me with some contact information for you, as I have a couple of important questions I would like to ask you in regards to enrollment into School District 35 for my 5 year old daughter.
You can e-mail me at alanandcindy@shaw.ca directly.

Thank-you so much,
Cindy Campbell

[Alan Campbell]

Christine;

We live in Langley and our daughter is 4 and a half and has been in her ABA program since the beginning of January. Having seen the strides she's made in various programs we have decided to hold her back from Kindergarten. We feel, as her parents, that it is more beneficial for her to recieve her 6 hours of ABA per day at home then to fight with the school board to encorporate her therapy into the system with the therapists that we have hired. We have this certain amount of funding until she is six and we want every cent to be spent on her ABA (and then some). We will not let conventional time tables tell us when she should be in pre-school or Kindergarten. These six hours a day she is recieving are priceless & just for her and we do not want them interrupted. The 'fog' she is cleared from only helps us to know we are on the right track.
This is only my opinion, and if you would like to get some parents together to discuss this further, I would be happy to be there.

Sincerely,
Cindy Campbell
alanandcindy@shaw.ca

Sincerely,

[Alan Campbell]

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[Alan Campbell]

Hi All;

I have some questions about enrolling our daughter into Kindergarten for this fall.
We live in Langley City and were wondering if anyone has any information about any particular schools, as in which ones may be better (or worse) than others.
Also, do I contact the Langley School Board directly about having our own SEA in the classroom or the individual school? Are we allowed to hire this person and if so, who pays them? Is it possible to split the cost with the school board? Our Lead Therapist is very interested in this opportunity and we can't think of a better candidate.
Any information that you have out there will be appreciated. We will check back here, or feel free to e-mail us directly at alanandcindy@shaw.ca
Thank-you.

Sincerely,
Cindy Campbell

[Alan Campbell]

I find it immensely funny……no….sad is a better word that this group who claim to have been "in the dark" all those years ago with finding information on ABA would make another group of people feel the same way about their research into "alternatives". Shame on them!!!!!! ABA was at one time an "alternative" therapy and they should remember that.

What does General Topic Discussion mean to you? Its lovely to see that the moderator of this board was quick to jump on us for the discussion but has not put a stop to the "Senior Featsters" continuing to belittle us after we have respected their wishes and stopped talking about it on their precious site. By degrading what we do they are the ones perpetuating the conversation about a Taboo subject. I will check in to see how long they can stand the sound of their own voices. But will only use this site in the search of therapists. I only feel bad for parents who are just starting out with this only to be belittled by the "toughened" and seasoned powers that be, and who get the "instructional no".

We were only sourcing out information. How "dangerous" is that? Sadly the censors have no delete buttons on their browser. If other research doesn't interest you don't read about it. I don't take every word I read on this or any other site as gospel, but I like having the option of reading it and making an informed , adult decision. My wife and I have nothing but our daughter's best interest at heart. We would all like to believe that the practice of medicine is based on scientific principles, but at least eighty percent of currently used conventional medical/surgical procedures have never been subjected to either controlled clinical trials or double blind, placebo controlled studies. Can you imagine coronary bypass being subjected to a double blind, placebo…..who gets the sugar cube there? (and yes it is the same thing you are talking about science!!!). There is great research being done in the area of autism……and Yes! there is always a purveyor of "snake oil" out there when it comes to our well being and our illness. I would hate to see the day when I don't have the option to see both.

Many of the DAN protocols advocate nothing more than good nutrition…..the addition of vitamins and minerals that these children are characteristically deficient in (The blood and urine panels actually proved it in our case) and the use of pro-biotics and digestive enzymes to deal with intestinal issues.

I am, and will continue to be an advocate for ABA therapy. I know that it works. And furthermore I am eternally grateful to the parents that came before me and have had the immense task of establishing ABA in BC. You have done a great job!!! I am forever in your debt. But regrettably I cannot stand beside you while in one breath you condemn us for talking about something and in the other feel the need to tell us why its wrong. Science is constantly evolving. There is a reason that its called Einstein's Theory of Relativity and not "Scientific Fact of Relativity".

The argument is that we were talking about the idea of removing toxic substances from our kids bodies……How bad could that be? No one ever said "cure".

I would like to retract my earlier apology that was completely sincere at the time…..and I would like to thank all of the parents (Jen, Shannon and Dee Dee in particular) that have posted on behalf of the search for free thought and the truth. I for one will continue to research and not waste any more time arguing with fellow parents. This will be my last post here.

Elizabeth's "Toughened Up" Dad

Alan

[Alan Campbell]

First off I would like to offer my sincere apologies to the Board Administrator and to offened parents for using the "General Topics Discussion" forum to express my personal opinions. I did not realize that subjects other than ABA were taboo. In future I will use the forum for ABA related material and direct all others to the Autism Society of BC's Discussion Board.

However for any interested parties who would like to further discuss this subject privately. I would like to leave my contact information and speak of it here no more.

alanandcindy@shaw.ca

604-514-4744

Again…………I apologize

Alan

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