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Letter from a parent in Pakistan

"By just following the results of food allergy test, where only low level of reactivity was reported in Wheat and Sugar, I just minimized these two elements from the environment under the supervision of our food nutritionist in Pakistan and within 15 days I have witnessed that my Son has started to sit calmly for short noticeable time spans and his impatient violent movements also started to appear to have slightly eased out. Even this change has also been acknowledged by the special school.

After the receipt of Gluten / Casein Peptide test report we plan to initiate comprehensive follow-up in the light of other reports with the help of our nutritionist and I am sure that the little progress signs witnessed in my son are quite encouraging and my son will soon be a part of normal life. Any parents of an ADHD / Autistic child in Pakistan can get in touch with me to have first hand feel of my personal experience through my cell No 0092-300-8414169."

-Father of an autistic son from Pakistan.

Positive Impact

"First of all I want to thank Great Plains and report on a remarkable success. In April 2003 you performed the urine peptide test for Roan C. in connection with his diagnosis of autism. He tested VERY positive to gluten and casein intolerance, so very often a part of the autism spectrum. We immediately deleted these two items from his diet. Within a week, Roan went from almost no speech, to talking, an incredible decrease in stimming and tantrums, and other remarkable progress.

His progress was so remarkable that the head of special services in our local school system indicated that if Roan could handle full days of school, five days a week in a regular class setting during the summer 2003 session, he should be able to begin kindergarten in the fall session right on time! He completed summer school with flying colors and is right on track in his current kindergarten class. The first day of school, the class was observed by five different teachers, and no one was able to pick out the "autistic child"!!!!

I thought you would like you know what a big part you have played in this little boy's life.

Obviously the gluten/casein intolerance plays a large part in autism's manifestations, at least in Roan's case. He has accidentally grabbed his brother's "regular milk" on three occasions since April with no apparent results, but eating one breaded chicken nugget off his brother's plate and being fed ready-to-eat breakfast cereals twice at his father's caused the same reaction as a drug "come down"...the first occasion with the cereal lasting for THREE days. Roan's aide at school and the school nurse both verified this behavior. We we are very, very watchful of his intake.

...We also had a 96 item food allergy scan done and Roan was allergic to apples, bananas, green beans, cabbage, egg yolks and whites and a few other things so we have also been avoiding them."

- Roan's family, United States

"I would like to tell you that thanks to the Organic Acids Test done in your lab we already have a diagnosis for our son F. of 6 years old.

He has a disorder of the fatty acids b-oxidation (metabolic error) known as the Deficit of the short-chain AcylCoA dehydrogenase). He is now on the very low fat diet (only polyunsaturated fats), rich in carbohydrates, vitamin B2 and avoiding any fasting. He improved extraordinarily and has shown changes and important progress in the language, which would characterize him as almost normal, and his behavior is also almost normal now, except for his sensitivity.

Thanks to the Organic Acids Test we have managed to save our son who had various autistic characteristics, which he no longer has. We wish to give this testimonial to many parents who can benefit by doing metabolic testing for their children and find out if anything inside them is malfunctioning."

- Susana M., Chile

"Your lab has a very appropriate name that suits its mission: "Great". I would like to thank you for the excellent consultation I received and friendly and knowledgeable customer service assistance. It is especially nice for the clients to receive the service in their native languages! I consider your laboratory not regular, but special, and it's great to have these non-traditional tests available."

- Anna P., New York, NY

"We have noticed....much improvement in hyperactivity, more eye contact, increased vocalization, better sleep pattern, better concentration, decrease of compulsive behaviors and self injury."

"The positive impact of your findings on our son's life and our family cannot be described in words." 

- A.E., father of a child with autism in Paramus, NJ

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Thanks for your help!

"Thank you so much for all your help! Thank you also for taking the time to talk to me on the phone. J...has had an incredible breakthrough! He is in a more receptive mood, better eye contact, language et cetera! Thank you for helping my son to feel better and his body to work more efficiently! We look forward to taking your test again and seeing where he stands in a few months. Thank you again! You should feel so good to know that you're helping so many children to reach their potential."

- Parents of a child with autism in Burlingame, CA

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Dramatic Increase in Social Language

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Improvements in an Adult with Autism

"...[J.] currently was found to have elevated metabolites from colonic yeast, [detected by] urine testing performed by the Great Plains Lab. This led to treatment with Nystatin and the disappearance of what can be major behavioral problems!! If medication is missed the behavior problems reappear! The potential to function as a more normal person has increased. Much more with reality, little self-stimulation, good eye contact usually and sometimes affectionate.  Since the Nystatin treatment, understandable speech has increased: this is still an area in which much work is needed. Example - Last night, with deliberate effort, J. said, "It's time to go home."  Nystatin has been the ONLY thing that has truly been helpful over the years. Since this therapy has been significantly helpful, it gives one hope that further help is yet possible, despite the fact that J. is no longer a young child."

- Parents of an adult with autism

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More comments

"I would like to thank you from my heart for the way you've helped our kids. Especially Dr. William Shaw, may God bless him and all of you and give you a thousand years to live for continuing to help our kids to leave this cloudy road of autism and related disorders. Again, a thousand thanks!"

- Mother of a girl with autism in Venezuela

"I would like to thank you for the orientation and tests that you provided for my son …, who since starting the recommended diet improved greatly in his language abilities. The constant irritation on his skin, which showed his allergic reaction, also disappeared."

- Father of a child with autism in Caracas, Venezuela

"I congratulate the members of your laboratory for thinking about making this testing process so simple and practical! I thank you greatly for answering all my questions."

- Mother of a child with autism in Morocco

"Thanks for answering me, you don't imagine the inspiration that you provide, the hope for an opportunity that will improve the lives of our angels, I strictly follow the diet and recommendations, and the changes are noteworthy…"

- Mother of a child with autism in Chile

"I've seen the importance and magnitude of your work, and I know that we as therapists have hope since I witnessed your work on two children A., 5 years old, and C., 9 years old, who carried out treatments recommended by you, and I witnessed their incredible progress. C. especially calmed down a lot, looks at me with meaning and smiles when I play with him. You help to bring back these children to this world! …

Dear Doctor (Shaw), there are still many countries for you to visit, many corners of the world that need your help since your discovery is marvelous and absolutely necessary for us to prevent this disease in some way, and for those who already have it, help to improve the quality of life."

- Student of Psychology from Colombia, resident of Mexico

"I like the work of Great Plains, and the book and conferences by Dr. Shaw. I have sent samples of my patients (names omitted) for detection of organic acids and morphine peptides in urine and now they are improving greatly with the results you have recommended."

- Pediatrician from Barcelona, Spain

"I would like to tell you that the attention I received seemed magnificent to me, I've even encouraged many other parents I know to do these tests, which are indispensable for their kids' improvement and better future!"

- Mother of a child with autism in Mexico

"We did the IgE and IgG food allergy testing on our son last August and the tests came back positive to 55 allergies combined! Some of them were very, very high. We have done our best to keep him free of the higher allergens and he is so improved now.

None of the doctors ever suggested that we try food allergy testing. They all admitted that we were dealing with a neurological problem and it was bad but nobody wanted to find out WHY!! I thank God that I didn't give up searching for answers and that I was led to your web site and so much information.

We are thankful that we now have a mostly happy 4 year old who is enjoying his life so much more. We are so thankful to all of you at the lab, you are all doing such a worthwhile work!!!!!!!"

- Family in Colorado