To our website, at least ;).
Welcome to The Rinnagade Experience...we might not be as cool as The Jimi Hendrix Experience, but here we are.
If you're here though, you're really here for these guys:
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| Benjamin & Jackson: Two of the Coolest Kid You'll Ever Meet |
(Just know, we're a package-deal and you're really getting everyone ;))
The Reason for This Blog
This blog was started for one reason: The Son-Rise Program (R).
In October 2015, I traveled to Sheffield, Massachusetts to find out about an autism therapy program we'd been "flirting" with for over five years.
Seven days later, my mind was blown and our lives were changed.
The Son-Rise Program (R) is like no other therapy. Its centerpiece is love. Its message is hope. Its purpose is relationships.
Our intent is this: to heal our children from autism.
Over the last five years, we've been using bio-medical intervention (specialized diets and supplementation) and have seen great results - and we will continue to use it. Bio-medical therapy is a great complimentary therapy to The Son-Rise Program and is even recommended (another thing that drew us to SR).
What we began to realize through bio-medical was this: the challenges the boys have are reversible. In other words, the spectrum can be moved upon.
Benjamin's original diagnosis was mild/moderate autism. He lost words. He screamed and cried as his primary language for a while. Anyone who knows Ben can attest that is not the case anymore. He had chronic belly-aches, circles under his eyes, and low muscle tone. All of this is improving because of bio-medical therapy.
Jackson received a new manual diagnosis of "autism" but anyone who knows him knows he has textbook "Asperger's Syndrome." Yet, he is in school this year without an aide and has played soccer for three seasons. He even tried T-ball this year. He has made much progress but we want to help him reach his full potential.
That's really the goal for all of our children, isn't it? To help them reach their full potential?
That's why you received an invitation; we want you to be a part of the process.
Something else I learned at the training was this: we can't do this alone.
It really does take a village.
At the meeting I'll cover exactly what the Son-Rise Program is and specific ways you can help us. I don't know how that looks for you - there's many ways you can help us out on our journey.
There are some of you who received an invitation so that you could stay in the loop of our lives; I know you are not at a place right now to volunteer and that's okay. We still need your love and support and prayers.
There are some of you who were invited because you love a child or children with autism and I want the hope of The Son-Rise Program to spread like wildfire, starting in little ol' Decatur, AL. You can help do that by sharing with others.
Some of you would be perfect for helping out with Owen and Gracie or small errands and tasks needed to make this program successful for us.
And there are others, still, who I am convinced would be perfect as playroom volunteers (don't worry, I am trained to train you ;)).
I just hope you'll commit to attending the meeting to find out if this adventure is something you want to be a part of.
I promise, you won't regret it.
Please feel free to leave comments :)
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