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Autism: Who is Fooling Who?
The seven hundred families of Treating Autism have many goals, with the primary one being to improve quality of life for their children with autism, in large part by addressing their health problems. However, we also want to ensure that other parents and professionals have access to good information. Much of what people believe now is based on half-truths and misinformation and the outcome of this is that many children aren't getting the help they need and deserve. Even more sadly, the lack of accurate information is not restricted to just autism, but any number of skyrocketing diagnoses: asthma, allergies, depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, and virtually any acronym you can think of including ADHD, OCD, ODD, PDA, and LD. The number of children negatively affected is absolutely staggering.
Please take a few minutes to consider what passes for truth, and the evidence we present that shows a much different reality: view full Autism: Who is Fooling Who? document.
Who is Fooling Who?CDC confirms children with Autism have many unmet medical needs
Recent study conducted by US Center for Disease Control confirms that children with autism face an increased risk for many common health conditions. This detailed assessment demonstrates that children with autism had much higher than expected rates of all of the medical conditions studied:
- frequent gastrointestinal problems
- asthma
- eczema or a skin allergy
- food allergies
- ear and respiratory infections
- severe headaches or migraines
- seizures
Read full study here.
Read informative article by one of the authors here
Reduced levels of digestive enzymes and abnormal bacterial presence in guts of children with autism.
Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and at the Harvard Medical School report that children with autism and gastrointestinal disturbances have altered expression of genes involved in digestion. These variations may contribute to changes in the types of bacteria in their intestines."The findings are consistent with other research suggesting that autism may be a system-wide disorder, and provide insight into why changes in diet or the use of antibiotics may help alleviate symptoms in some children," added Mady Hornig, MD, Director of Translational Research at the Center for Infection and Immunity.
Read Science Daily article. Impaired Carbohydrate Digestion and Transport and Mucosal Dysbiosis in the Intestines of Children with Autism and Gastrointestinal Disturbances
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