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The Autism and Allergy Connection
By Kory | January 29, 2008
Most families working with their autistic children have learned that there is some connection between autism and allergies. Therefore many families have chosen to put their autistic children on restrictive elimination diets.
The advantage of this approach is that it reduces the number of allergens in a child’s diet, and therefore lessens symptoms such as poor digestion, gassiness, and bloating.
The disadvantage of dietary restrictions for autistic children is that it makes it more difficult for them to get the nutrition that all growing children need.
From the perspective of NAET, autism is the direct result of a multitude of allergies in the child. Because the child is so allergic to so many foods, he cannot adequately process and absorb all the nutrients that his brain needs to function normally.
What NAET can do is provide an alternative or supplementary treatment for autism by systematically identifying and eliminating a child’s allergies. This treatment can be used for allergies to foods, environmental factors, pharmaceuticals, and vaccinations.
Topics: allergies, autism | 1 Comment »
May 26th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Our son had an autism spectrum diagnosis at age 3.5, by working with Kory to remove allergies and toxins from our house and environment [as well as other speech, OT therapies], he has been cleared from childrens hospital as “misdiagnosed” and no longer on the spectrum. This child has done a major 360 and is mainstreaming into kindergarden this fall. PARENTS DON’T GIVE UP THERE IS HOPE. Dylan often talks about the “treatment” that Kory gave him and how he “fixed” him. Thank you Kory. -The Wheatley family.