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Our story is a long and complicated one, and it will best be told in the book that Jodi is currently writing to help other families. However, we want to give you a brief overview of our family now so that you can see where we have come from, and what our motivation is. Basically, everything we do we are doing for our children. Sometimes it is overwhelming to meet all of the special needs in our family, but we know that God has a plan for each one of us and all we can do is try our best to live in His will.

We believe that we have a special mission to recover our children from autism, and to help expose the lies that are being told to the American public. These are lies concerning everything from vaccinations and so called “healthcare”, as well as how we are being slowly poisoned by our environment and the Standard American Diet. We did not start out as radicals, and we certainly didn’t intend to become “conspiracy theorists” as we have been called. Autism, the vaccine issue, and the present state of “healthcare” in America has forced us to speak up and uncover the truths we have discovered. We want nothing more than to share our findings with you, and to point one more family in the right direction.

The holocaust of autism can be stopped if we simply stop believing the lies and tell everyone whom we know the truth. Unfortunately, doing this will not make you very popular with your friends and family because many of them will not believe you, and will decide that you have become too “radical”. I beg you to examine the facts and then decide which side you are on. We have decided that we cannot sit quietly and allow these atrocities to continue as long as we have breath in our bodies and children continue to get diagnosed with autism and other disorders at such an alarming rate. We are always wondering who we know will be next to tell us that they have cancer, or that their child has been diagnosed autistic. With 1 in 150 children currently being diagnosed, it is not a matter of if but when.

The worst part of recovering a child from autism is the financial devastation that usually results. Unless you are independently wealthy, the expenses related to therapy quickly add up and add a lot of stress to an already overwhelming situation. We have had to multiply that times five since the treatments are similar for all of our vaccine damaged children. Obviously we have done the most for Nicolas since he has been so much more severe than the rest of the children from the beginning, but nevertheless the expenses are overwhelming. We moved across the country three years ago to have better access to affordable therapies and to begin a healthier life. In many ways it has been worthwhile, but we left behind many loved ones and a very established life.

Our advocacy t-shirts are yet another way for us to spread the word and help fund the children’s protocols as much as possible. We have been blessed with two talented artists around our house (Kevin and Tyrus who is the boys’ habilitation therapist). Please check out our selection of “autism wear” and let us know what you think! We would be honored to see you wearing one of our original designs…

Now for the real info behind “our story” that you are probably most interested in. We hope that you enjoy reading about our family and that we are able to help you in some small way. Maybe our story sounds a lot like your own. Having boys on all ends of the autism spectrum has certainly given us an inside perspective on life with autism. We know what it is like to have a high functioning “Aspie” like son, a moderately affected echolalic son, and a lower functioning (although he has improved a lot) non-verbal son. We also know what it is like to live with ADHD, OCD, anxiety and depressive disorders as well as post vaccine encephalopathy…Whew! No one said our lives were easy, but they sure are never dull. So here we go…

Kevin grew up an “Aspie” and didn’t even realize it until he was an adult. The diagnosis is fairly new and wasn’t made years ago, so he was simply seen as a “loner”. He was the shy quiet type who preferred his computer over most human beings. Whatever he is currently focused on seems to consume his entire being in typical Aspie sense, and when he is no longer interested the interest is simply abandoned.

Kevin’s entire family seems to be full of “Aspie – like” people. For privacy sake we will not mention any names, but we will say that there are strong components of the following: obsessive compulsive disorder, drug and other addictions, depressive illnesses, Asperger syndrome, and ADHD. The melting pot is a great one! These tendencies elude to years of vaccine damage and gene corruption, leaving Kevin a ripe target to have children with autism and related disorders.

Even as an adult, Kevin still struggles with the social communication side of Asperger’s syndrome. He is highly absorbed in his own interests, and becomes almost obsessive at times. He has also had a hard time learning to control his anger, and tends to be the passive aggressive type (i.e. holding it all in and ignoring until something really sets him off and the repressed emotions overflow!) We could write a whole book just on the subject of Asperger marriage and family dynamics.  We suspect that many of you reading this are also dealing with an Asperger marriage, simply because the tendency runs in families where there are children with autism. We want to encourage you that you can have a strong and happy marriage despite your challenges.

On the flip side, there are also many delightful benefits associated with being an “Aspie”. Kevin’s hyper focused behaviors and special interests have led to a dynamic career in computers. He self taught himself much of what he knows, and is always learning new things. He is a wonderful artist, and also a great cook. A more loyal partner one could never find! In addition, we at the Brock house are always amazed at the vast amount of knowledge he possesses on a wide variety of subjects. Life with an “Aspie” can be intriguing and exciting!

Jodi has a different story altogether. Her childhood was plagued with illness after illness, and she spent many years of her life visiting doctors who could never figure out why she was so sick. Early childhood involved chronic bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, strep, croup, chronic sinusitis, bowel problems, numerous different viral infections, allergies, obsessive compulsive tendencies, and too many other things to list here. By adolescence, hormonal changes caused depression, weight gain, endometriosis, (for which there were 2 surgeries by the age of 16), chemical sensitivities, fibromyalgia and a plethora of other illnesses including urinary tract infections and systemic yeast. Jodi’s immune system was ravaged by vaccines, illnesses and the resulting treatments she received to treat the symptoms of her many illnesses.

Often too sick to go to school, home teaching was implemented by the county and most of her high school years were spent at home. There were frequent hospitalizations and symptoms that baffled everyone, including her doctors. She spent a whole year going to various doctors at Johns Hopkins (gastroenterologists, allergists, gynecologists, and more) and was diagnosed with many different things, but no one could ever figure out the true reason for her immune malfunctions. It was during these difficult teenage years that Kevin and Jodi first became close friends.

Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Jodi’s early years were later recognized by us. Behaviors such as vocal tics (frequent throat and nose clearing), and unconsciously “counting” certain objects were noted. Frequent strep infection can lead to a syndrome called PANDAS, or pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with strep. We now believe that this syndrome (in a mild form) was a part of Jodi’s early problems. In addition, she also had significant sensory sensitivities many of which we now recognize in our own children.

The first baby arrived when Jodi was barely eighteen years old, and they have not stopped arriving ever since! (Praise God) The down side of this is that Jodi’s immune malfunctions and PANDAS syndrome made her an ideal person to gestate babies with autism and related disorders. Marrying Kevin with his “Aspie” qualities only made the likelihood even more possible. Of course we didn’t know that then…

Erika was born in 1996 and we never questioned whether to vaccinate her or not. It was simply not even an issue or a real consideration. Vaccination was just what people do with their babies, and as good parents we were going to make sure that she received ALL of her shots. When she started getting sick, we didn’t know what to think. The explosive diarrhea and frequent ear infections came first, later followed by numerous hospitalizations for croup, pneumonia, rotavirus, asthma, strep throat and every other illness you can imagine! She had severe reactions after some of her vaccinations including a 105.3 degree fever, seizures, loss of consciousness, and vomiting. Still the doctors assured us that although we had a sick little girl on our hands it was totally unrelated to the vaccines. How blinded we were!

Unfortunately, Erika’s early vaccine induced damage led to PANDAS syndrome, severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, ADHD, an anxiety disorder, and motor tics. Not to mention that her immune system has been ravaged as well, and we have spent every waking moment these last twelve years researching and trying to repair the damage to help her.

Elijah came along in 1998 and had some health problems starting at birth. He spent about eight days in the NICU due to aspiration pneumonia, and was given a ton of i.v. antibiotics which caused a horrible case of systemic yeast. He also received all of the usual childhood vaccinations, and became quickly almost as sick as his sister Erika. Now we had two chronically ill children to care for, and it wasn’t easy for two young and inexperienced parents to deal with! Health problems soon gave way to behavioral issues by about eighteen months, and Jodi’s mother was the first to suggest that he may be autistic. (We thought it was a crazy suggestion at the time, as the insane rise in autism was really just beginning and it was not quite as common to hear as it is today.)

Elijah banged his head onto the floor, couldn’t speak understandably due to a lateral lisp and speech delay, was physically aggressive, ate huge quantities of food, self limited his diet, enjoyed spinning in circles, and had unusual attachments to inanimate objects. He was the child who carried around silverware from the utensil drawer, and lined up video tapes repetitively for enjoyment. He also had sensitive hearing, a tendency to bite people, and was the proverbial “bull in a china shop”. Yet all the time his pediatrician declared that he was “fine”. The OCD got even worse when he was three years old, and we were shocked to see this little boy fearing germs and washing his hands up to 100 times a day!

Eventually we did recognize that he was not just “pure boy”, but had some real problems to address.  (We may never have noticed if Nicolas had not been born just 17 months after Elijah with severe autism.) We had him evaluated through several sources and his diagnoses include High Functioning Autism, Sensory Integration Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.As previously mentioned, we were compelled to seek diagnosis and treatment for Elijah after noticing the severity of his brother, Nicky’s disability.

Nicolas was born in the year 2000 when his older siblings were still quite young. We didn’t have any diagnoses for anyone yet, but it quickly became apparent that Nicolas was different from my other babies. He was very fussy from the start, and developed severe diarrhea at three weeks of age. Yeast soon became a battle as well like it was with his siblings, yet he never was as sick as they were (most likely because he never had the amount of vaccines that they did). In fact, he only received the vitamin k injection at birth, although there is some speculation that he was also given the Hep B shot while in the hospital. (To find out why vaccines still played a role in causing his autism despite being almost unvaccinated firsthand, please see our vaccine page.)  By his first birthday we began to see some real differences. He wouldn’t eat solid food choosing instead to breastfeed exclusively. He also wouldn’t make eye contact, didn’t respond to his name, and loved to spin in circles (not so odd to us then because Elijah did this as well and we didn’t know that he too had a problem.)

It took us another whole year to discover that Nicolas was autistic. Shortly before his second birthday we knew. We had done some homework on the internet, heard a few well meaning suggestions from friends, and came across a book that described our son well (it was Karen Seroussi’s bestselling book Unravelling the Mystery of Autism and PDD). We went through a lot of grief when we realized that Nicolas was probably going to be not just autistic, but severely autistic. By the time we sat in that neurologist’s office, we were just waiting for him to confirm what we already knew. Nicolas was diagnosed with severe autism, Apraxia of speech (which explained why he was non-verbal) and Sensory Integration Disorder. How little we knew back then! We already had another newborn baby (Leah) who arrived before we even knew about the autism, and we certainly didn’t realize that soon our entire lives would be consumed with fighting autism while trying to live in harmony with it all at the same time…

Leah arrived in late 2001 making her just 19 months younger than Nicolas. I really wanted to do things right with her, and so she was born at home with minimal intervention (in fact the midwife didn’t even make it to our house and she was delivered by her Daddy)! As Leah grew and we discovered the diagnoses plaguing our other children, we watched her like a hawk just waiting to see if she would meet her age appropriate developmental milestones. At the time we were convinced that it was mostly mercury and other environmental factors causing autism, and so we resolved not to vaccinate Leah at all including the “routine” vitamin K injection usually given at birth. (There are other things that can be done homeopathically to prevent excess bleeding in the newborn and they carry no risk.)

We were seeing a nurse practitioner at the time who was nice to us regarding our decision not to vaccinate anymore, but she did put a little pressure on us each time we brought Leah in to vaccinate her.  After hearing a few horror stories from her about unvaccinated kiddos, our resolve began to weaken. When she told us that the Prevnar and Hib vaccines did not contain mercury, and that those were two she considered very important, we were sold. Because we believed that mercury was the culprit, we insisted on reading the package inserts to be sure, and when we found no mercury (or thimerosol) we acquiesced to the shots. (We still didn’t realize that the illnesses experienced by her older siblings were also related to vaccines and not just the neurological conditions as we believed.)

So Leah got those two vaccinations, and within a short time she was no longer meeting her developmental milestones. She also experienced horrible eczema and asthma problems. We participated in a study with her for siblings of children of autism. The purpose of the study was to determine if she too would have autism, and if so to try and diagnose it as early as possible. At 18 months of age they told us to be worried. The recommended early intervention and decided she would probably be on the autism spectrum. We were obviously devastated, and began to get help for her right away. She was a difficult child with many behavioral issues including severe sensory sensitivities. We felt so beaten down and tired, but we knew that we had to keep going in order to help our kids. Ultimately, she was diagnosed Sensory Processing Disorder, dyslexia, and morre recently mild Asperger's Syndrome.

We were surprised to learn that Jodi was expecting baby number five in early 2004. At the time we found out, we were staying at a biomedical detoxification clinic in Atlanta trying to reverse the boys’ autism. (As a side note, the doctor who ran the clinic also did not think vaccines were causing autism.) Kevin took the news fine, but Jodi was completely panicked about this new pregnancy. She had a long way to go in the “trusting God department”, and could only worry that the new baby may have autism too. Jacob was born in late 2004, and he was our second home birth and first ten pound baby! (The biggest so far had been Nicky weighing in at 9 lbs. 6 ozs). Still not connecting the vaccines to our children’s problems (remember we thought it was mercury, and these shots are mercury free…) we also gave him the Hib and Prevnar shots. He was born at a hectic time in our lives, and before his first birthday we made a cross country move to Arizona.

Jacob seemed to be developing okay, but then lost the few words he had been saying as our first case of regressive autism set in. We almost couldn’t believe it, but by this time nothing would have surprised us. We were becoming seasoned pros at recognizing autism after having seen it in our other boys for so long. As he grew he seemed to be a combination of Elijah and Nicolas. He had extremely sensitive hearing like Nicky, and he was rough and tough like Elijah. Sensory speaking he reminded us more of Nicolas, but he was obviously more cognitively aware like Elijah. When he finally got evaluated by a developmental pediatrician, he received a diagnosis of moderate autism. We were so glad to see him recover his language, and although it was all echolalia for a long time, he eventually gained meaningful speech.  We thank God for this because as we have learned with Nicolas, it is very hard on a child to be both autistic and non-verbal.

After our move we really cleaned up our lives environmentally speaking. We had already been eating organically and trying to green our house for a few years, but we took it even further than that. God really began to speak to our hearts about not vaccinating anymore, and it soon became a very strong moral obligation for us to protect our children in this way. We believe that the Lord gave us everything that we need to be healthy, and that putting toxins into our bodies is harmful and dangerous. Shortly after moving to Arizona we conceived our sixth child. Jodi was studying midwifery at the time, and she had a fairly unassisted pregnancy with the exception of some non-invasive prenatal care from her midwife friends. We were really determined to do everything right with this baby as much as is humanly possible, and to trust God with the rest.

Sarah was born in 2006 and has never received any vaccinations of any kind. She has eaten organically, lived as chemical free and “green” as possible, and has been healthy from the start. She does get mild eczema at times, but has never had an ear infection or other serious illness.

Trinity came along 18 months later in early 2008, and she too is the picture of health. Not to mention that they are both so advanced developmentally.

Josiah is the newest addition to our family. He was born at home in October 2009 and the children all love to spoil their new baby brother. Being that he's a boy, we are anxious to see how he develops in the next few years. We are taking the same preventative measures as we did with Sarah and Trinity, raising him organically and vaccine free. Like his sisters, he will breastfeed as long as possible, but this time Jodi will follow the SPB diet with hopes of reducing his intake of Manganese.

I guess you could say that we learned the hard way, but we are grateful that eventually we did learn at all. We know that there are millions of families out there that are still learning the hard way, and it is our goal to help them find the truth a little faster than we did. Essentially, that is the purpose of this website… To lead you into truth and understanding so you too will find the answers for your child that you are seeking.

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