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 Established in 1999, by the Hill family of
Nogales, Arizona, Angels' Purse is dedicated to the service of families
of children with autism. In fact, this entity came into being because
of our son Walter's autism. We were told that nothing could be done for
our son. "Bring him back in another year for an evaluation." the Doctor
said "there is nothing we can do for your son." Our son had diarrhea
for three years. "Kids with autism have diarrhea." That is what
mainstream medicine had to offer us. This was less than helpful.
So, the search for answers was on. My son became
my teacher. Learning his needs led me to share the answers we found.
Thank God for the brave souls who are finding answers about the causes
and treatments that are available to us as parents of children within
the autistic spectrum. Thank God I found out about the Defeat Autism
Now (DAN) conferences, and the nutritional supplements and the diets
and the Auditory and Sensory Integration. Thanks be to heaven for
people like Temple Grandin, whose book "Thinking in Pictures" opened up
the door for me to see the world from Wally's point of view.
Thank God became my mantra and the manifestation
of my gratitude for ways to help Wally became this entity called
Angel's Purse. Because the only thing worse than not knowing what to do
to help your child, is being unable to afford to do so. That is where
we come in.
Our mission is to provide practical assistance to
the families of children within the autistic spectrum. That help takes
the form of gifts of nutritional supplements, translations of
information into Spanish, use of a lending library of books and videos
from conferences and the provision of the twelve day intervention that
"rewires the hard drive" called Sensory Learning. The combination of
motion, light and sound therapy that has helped our son immensely. We
are doing a pilot study of this that I will present at our conference
on autism in Spanish August 13, 2005 in Nogales, Arizona at the
Americana Hotel (for registration form look on front page). Speakers
include Dr. Lilian Negron of Venezuela, Dr. Alejandro Contreras of
Oregon, Dr. Leticia Dominguez-Shaw of Great Plains Labs in Kansas and
Fernando Armendariz, M. A. of Tucson, Arizona.
This year we have launched this web-site which
houses archives of the Spanish translations we have had made. In fact,
" Treating Autism" by Bernard Rimland , PhD. and Stephen Edelson, PhD.
is still being translated and we have to keep adding chapters as they
are translated. Dr. Rimland heads the Autism Research Institute that is
so valuable a resource for the parents of children in the autistic
spectrum. This storehouse will be added to as time goes by my young
apprentice, a wonderful young woman named Amanda Frederick who has
constructed this web site. (Hurray Amanda!!)
This web site has a listing of the Spanish
translations of papers on autism that are currently available and a
printable form for registering for the Del Spectro Autista -
Conferencia Espanola in August here in Nogales, Arizona. There is also
a page with links to various autism sites that are helpful and full of
information in English (especially the www.autism.com. that is the
Autism Research Institute's website). For now we will stick to loading
information in Spanish onto the web.
I dedicate this web site to Temple Grandin and
Bernard Rimland and Mary Bolles and Bill Shaw and all the DAN Doctors
that are leaders in the autism community and the world at large. Also
to the Kaufman family at the Option Institute for inspiring me to join
my son. through you Son-Rise program. I am grateful to you all for your
fortitude and courage. My undying gratitude to Dave Humphrey and the
good people at Kirkman Labs for all the donated product that they have
given us to for the families. We couldn't have done this without their
generous support. Dr. Kenneth Bock, Tim Terry From Nordic Naturals,
Lisa Clark and Devon Houston from Houston Nutriceuticals, Klaire Labs,
Alacer Corporation and Mannatech's Mannarelief Division have all been
very generous in the donation of nutritional supplements and in
offering professional discounts for us to purchase product for our
gifting program. Their ongoing support is essential to our mission, in
fact, we rely on donations to keep this program going. The private
donations of friends, family and other parents have kept this boat
afloat to help the angels with autism that we serve. Thank all you
angels.
I trust the information on this website will open
the door for you and that your child will benefit from one or more of
our programs. Angel's Purse is run on the donations we receive from
people like you. We are volunteers. You can be a part of this miracle
by sending your tax-deductible donations or requests to :
Angel's Purse, Inc. - 140 Duquesne Road - Nogales,
Arizona 85621.
Or, for your best convenience, you can donate by PayPal here:
My love to you,
Jenny Culver Hill - Director
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