Can it be the diet or autism? | Autism PDD

Karen Serossi(?) wrote book on how the diet recovered her son from autism..this is the link to it:) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767907981/ref=nosim/ autismweb

Sounds promising in your son..we did GFCF diet too but no miracles but glad to have done it and would do it again:)

Blessings,

Shelley

I don't think there is a definate answer to this question at this time.

You will find people who think that autistic behaviors can be caused by intolerance to some foods/environmental toxins.

And others who believe that autism can cause intolerances to some things.

Scientists are researching these things.

One thing is clear though,

Not all people with autism have dietary intolerances, and not all people with dietary intolerances have autistic behaviors.

The diet certainly reduces the hyperactivity and stims in my 2 kids. they are still autistic though andit relieves the bowel issues. Liznot sure, but either way, the diet has sure helped a lot of children.

My son is 15 months old and has autistic behaviors. He has not been diagnosed formally, but have ran across a few doctors who assume when he is old enough to test he will be PDD/NOS.

He has had trouble eating since birth, weeks on and off of diarrhea and vomiting. He has multiple aversions to food textures and was strictly eating dairy and grain until I stumbled across the GFCF diet. I am trying it and have gotten huge results. (eye contact for the first time, ability to respond to his name and follow some commands, significant decrease in tantrums, ability to redirect) He still has quite a few behaviors, but I am very happy having him look at me and smile at me.

Anyhow, my question is: Does any one know if the gluten-casein intolerances cause autistic behaviors, or if people only have the intolerance because they have an underlying autism spectrum disorder?