COVID-19 Increased Stress on Autism Spectrum Disorder Families
Monday, 07 March 2022 02:40 PM
Company Update
Autism Remission Founder Offers New Ways to Cope
DAYTON, OH / ACCESSWIRE / March 7, 2022 / "The day I mounted a car seat to the wall to restrain my autistic, non-verbal toddler from injuring himself and, or his baby brother again, was the day I decided Autism was bigger and stronger than me. It had me by the throat, choking me, killing our family. I thought, how would I physically manage my son's behaviors at 13 if he was almost as strong as me at age 3? I could not accept behavior management, speech therapy, and medication were all I could do. I believed his constant screaming, headbanging, and biting was communication he was in unbearable pain."
Kara Ware, founder of Autism Remission and a National Board-Certified Health Coach for over 20 years, remembers this day well. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, she has heard an increasing number of similar stories from desperate parents seeking answers to help their ASD child.
An online patient survey published in June 2020 showed the pandemic was a challenging period for 93.9% of ASD families. Many reported increased difficulties in managing daily activities, and children presenting with more intense and more frequent behavior problems.

Ware says, "parents and siblings were at their wits end before COVID trying to "manage" tantrums, sensory meltdowns, picky eating, and aggressive behaviors. Covid put a spotlight on the problem, and many parents are looking for alternatives to psychotropic medications and behavioral therapy."
A JAMA Pediatrics 2022 article states, "for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), pain is a highly understudied area, perhaps owing to the misguided historical impression that children with ASD have lower pain sensitivity." A 2016-2017 National Survey of Children's Health showed the prevalence of pain was 8.2% for children without ASD, 15.6% for children with ASD, and 19.9% for children with ASD and at least one developmental comorbidity.
Autism Remission offers parents conventional and functional methods to deal with a child's pain. The program teaches parents how to identify and remove sources of inflammation that may be initiators of illness and chronic pain. Parents learn to create personalized nutrition and lifestyle family care plans and implement the changes incrementally based on current ability. Ware says, "I believed that if my son felt better, he would behave better despite being autistic. I wanted to know - how can I ease his pain?"

The COVID-19 pandemic is subsiding, but ASD cases continue to break records. Today, Autism is the fastest-growing, serious developmental disability in the US and affects 1 in 44 children.
More ASD parent-mediated interventions and parent-focused support groups are coming into the mainstream seeking new solutions to help their children live better lives. Kara Ware's Autism Remission offers hope. 'I help parents embrace the idea to support the child's health rather than try to manage the behaviors. I've witnessed the benefit of removing sources of inflammation and ending the outbursts and terrifying behaviors. The child can learn, be social, transition, and families can once again enjoy life together.
ABOUT AUTISM REMISSION
Autism Remission has served families living with Autism for the past 9-years. The group coaching series has helped numerous families find solutions for easing their child's pain, and many have seen improvement in their child's behaviors. Founder Kara Ware has worked in conventional and Functional Medicine practices for the past 20-years. She is currently a Business Advisor to PureGenomics and Functional Medicine practice owners, a podcaster, and a National-Board Certified Health Coach offering the Group Coaching Series: Autism Remission. For more information about Autism Remission, visit https://karawarecoaching.com.
CONTACT
Kara Ware
937-367-9953
[email protected]
SOURCE: Autism Remission