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Hi List!

GFCF Celiac (and Autism) Support Group Meetings
Springfield, Illinois

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Our group has arranged: GLUTEN-FREE (and gfcf) SECTION IN CUB FOODS,
Veteran's Pkwy., Springfield.  Danna Korn, author of Kids With Celiac
Disease, will do a Cooking Demo at Cub, Monday, July 23, 9-10:30 a.m.

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August 5  -- Cooking Healthy Gluten- and Casein-free Food for Children,
speaker, Betsy Prohaska, author and lecturer.  Focus on dietary support
for Autistic Spectrum/ADD/ADHD children, and the medical research that
supports this intervention.  Her videotape and books will be available at
the meeting. Contact Betsy at:  [log in to unmask]

2 continuing education units (CEUs) for Registered Dietitians
(and DTRs) offered for this meeting.


September 9  --  THE BASICS!  How to get diagnosed, how to know the
symptoms of cd, what is celiac disease, longterm record keeping
for celiacs and autistics.  Preparation for FREE celiac blood testing
Sept.22 in Bloomington. Robert Jeffers, Caltech Ph.D., celiac.
Contact Robert at [log in to unmask]


October 25, Thursday evening meeting  -- Presentation by Cynthia Kupper, CRD,
Executive Director of GIG (Gluten Intolerance Group), and a celiac.  Cynthia
is a Registered Dietitian, and lives in Seattle.  She sponsors GIG Kids Camp
and an Annual Education Conference for Celiacs.  GIG is internationally
recognized as reliable information for celiacs, and those with wheat
allergies or gluten intolerance.  Contact Cynthia at [log in to unmask]

2 continuing education units for Registered Dietitians (and DTRs) are
available for this meeting.


November 4  -- Support group meeting, q & a among members


December 2  -- Support group meeting, q & a among members


There will be announcements about several upcoming R.O.C.K. parties
for children.  All our support group meetings are at St. John's Hospital,
Rm. R & S, Sundays, 2:30-4pm (except the October meeting is on Thursday
evening, October 25). ALL meetings are free, and there is no membership fee.

For more information, and to R.S.V.P., contact:

Bev Smith, (217) 544-7962 or e-mail [log in to unmask] For parent
support for gfcf diet/autism/ADD/ADHD in central Illinois, contact:
Diane Wilson, [log in to unmask] For parent support for gf/celiac
children, contact Lucy Dalton-Lackie (217) 488-3609.