Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) completed its 3rd annual California Adopt-A-Family Holiday Campaign! More info about this program.
TACA received applications from 24 families during the holiday season. We adopted all 23 families affecting 52 children and 40 adults in need. These families affected by autism and in need live. TACA is proud to help these families in need.
More than $1,200 was raised and more than $2,000 in-kind donations were provided to TACA to help these families. In addition, 10 volunteers came forward to provide some level of help during this campaign. The average family gift was over $225 in food gift cards, holiday gifts for the children and parents, and in other needed products.
TACA provides year round support to California families in crisis via our Families in Crisis Fund.
Special thanks to our volunteers who adopted, shopped and help deliver to families in need. TACA would also like to:
- Ener-G Foods
- Global Health Trax: makers of Threelac
- Kinnikinnick Foods
- Kirkman Laboratories
- Stephanie Reynoso and Bonita Canyon Holiday Campaign donors
The individuals and families who provided cash donations, toys, shopping, delivery, food and other goodies for TACA families in need. THANK YOU!!!
TACA will announce our third annual Adopt a Family Holiday Campaign sometime late November 2008. We will need your help! Please contact TACA on how you can be involved!
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I had Christian when I was 19 years old. For the first year of his life I couldn’t imagine anything being wrong with my baby. He smiled; he laughed; he rolled, crawled and walked on time. At age one he had a massive overload for his little immune system. He had two ear infections, a high fever, back to back treatment of major antibiotics and he was given his MMR, varicella and HIB vaccines while he was still very sick. Christian faded away for the next 6 months.
At age two he was diagnosed with full syndrome Autism. I met an amazing mother who introduced me to the group Talk About Curing Autism. Before I found out about TACA, I had no clue that there was hope for my child. From that day on I knew that it was my job to get my son back and undue what had been done to him.
It has been three years since Christian was diagnosed with Autism. I had taken what I had learned from TACA, found wonderful therapists, began a diet, found a DAN! Doctor, and took control of my child’s health. I heard his first word when he was 38 months old, and let me tell you, it was worth the wait.
Today Christian attends a typical private preschool. He is the only child in the class with a diagnosis…and none of the other parents know that. He speaks clearly, has friends, reads, pretends on the playground and even knows what he wants to be when he grows up (which of course changes weekly).
I can honestly say, if I had not found that mom (you know who you are), and not been introduced to TACA, I don’t know where Christian would be today and I don’t know if I would ever have been able to help other parents starting this journey. Thank you TACA, thank you my hero mom, and thank you Christian for fighting this with me. I love you.
Chelsi, Washington State
