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A Simplified Look at Gluten-Free and/or Casein-Free Diets for Autistic Kids - Blog Entry

24 Oct 2008 11:15 AM

My wife and I are almost finished with our process of adopting 3 children from El Salvador. We'll be adding a 5 year old girl to our family, her 3 year old (half) brother that is Autistic, and his 1 year old (full) sister that is supposedly Autistic (though we have reason to believe hers is simply a failure to thrive).

Since I have a medical degree, as do most of my close friends, we were looking into ways to help Noah with his Autism. I came across the GFCF diet, and I was very excited to try this with him. My friend's little sister has a cousin that is also Autistic (he's 5) and they started him on this diet. It worked wonders in a matter of WEEKS with this little boy. He blew my mind with the leaps and bounds he had made in his progress of becoming a "normal" 5 year old boy. He was answering and asking questions (he had never done that before), he was making eye contact, he was speaking up and for himself, he was playing with other children, riding bikes, drawing, and he could focus on things he could do, and just did them better (such as reading. He had been reading since he was about 3 and a half/4 years old). I was amazed at how well he did on this diet, and I saw it all first hand. Seeing that just reiterated the fact that I couldn't wait to get Noah home and start working with him.

(I had requested a special needs child from El Salvador, preferably one with Autism, since they are so over-looked and under-appreciated for their minds and abilities; in case anyone was wondering.)