Hello and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by Nutrition,

I am Brittany Vincent, a registered and licensed dietitian, and today is a very special

episode.

I have the honor to be talking to Shana,

who is a longtime client at Nutritional Weight and Wellness, and on today's show, she will share

her son's journey of getting diagnosed with autism and seeing incredible improvements in just a

year's time.

So if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with autism, this episode is going to be full of hope,

and Shauna's going to provide some practical insight.

And for those of your listeners who may not be as familiar with autism, autism or autism spectrum disorder refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and nonverbal communication.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism now affects an estimated

one in 31 children and one in 45 adults in the United States. And autism looks different

for everybody. And everyone's story is unique. So thank you so much, Shana, for joining me today. My pleasure. Glad to be here.

Thank you for having me. It's been a long time and coming, too. Yes. I'm so glad you're here to

finally share this journey. So before we dive in, if you just want to tell our listeners a little bit

about yourself and your family to get us

started. Yeah. Well, I have been a long time client of the founder of Nutritional

Weight and Wellness, Dar, and she just really became part of our family. My husband and I were

married for 20 years, and during that time, and especially

in those early years, I think I went to a class. It was a community education class on gut health.

And I just remember looking at the slide of things not to eat, and that was all I ate. So the big red X's through them. And that really made me aware,

especially when I came in and I started working with Dar and I filled out that health history report.

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