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Can Vaccines Cause Autism?

Some parents firmly believe vaccines cause autism. Most authorities of high medical importance have concluded that it is not possible that administering these vaccines will lead to autism. Unfortunately parents of children with autism refuse to believe this medical proof and they continue to debate on whether or not vaccines cause autism.

Why do parents feel that administering these vaccines can cause autism? The answer is that usually a diagnosis of autism can be made at around the age of three years. Right about when children need to be vaccinated against various childhood ailments such as mumps or measles. This is however an unfortunate coincidence and does not conclude concrete proof that being vaccinated against illnesses can cause autism.

Many people have asked: Do you have to fear that vaccines cause autism? The answer to would be definitely not. The diagnosis of autism coinciding with administering vaccines is an unfortunate case, but it does not provide an accurate cause for autism. Parents will want to know which vaccines may lead to autism, but the answer is that none of them will make children develop autism. It is nothing but a sad coincidence.

You should take a look at what could cause autism. Though, this has also not been able to be verified as there is no specific cause of autism. Only speculations with regards to what can cause this disorder and what symptoms to look at when diagnosing a child with autism. Understanding some causes may help the parent of a child with autism to deal with the disorder more effectively and make him or her feel more at ease.

Some medical research teams have concluded that various wheat products containing gluten can cause autism. This theory has only been proven in minor cases and is not a concrete cause of autism, but providing a diet where there is no gluten involved might help treat a child with autism. This is also believed of certain dairy products, but these causes rarely occur. Then of course others will believe that having your children vaccinated could cause autism. However, as previously mentioned and quite frequently found after conducting various medical researching vaccines can not cause autism. Read the rest of this entry »

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Is There a Link Between Autism and Diet?

An article about autism in a major newspaper says it all with just one headline: “Science disputes autism’s diet link.” This one headline conveys that there may be a connection between diet and autism, and that some scientists have rejected the idea.

The article features Tina Szenasi, a mother of three boys in Barrie, Ontario. The article implies that all three of her children are autistic. According the the article, her sons improved within weeks of starting an elimination diet – a reasonable time frame to expect.

Many parents with autistic children feel that by changing their child’s diet (specifically, eliminating wheat and milk, the GFCF diet), they can notice a difference in their child’s behaviour. Results reported by parents and teachers seem to vary from subtle to dramatic.

“Farfetched” a doctor in the article is quoted as saying. But are trained to recognize symptoms that can be masked or eliminated by surgery or a prescription. Many doctors are weak on nutrition, and prevention in general.

Since an elimination diet does not make money for either the medical industry, or the pharmaceutical industry, there is little incentive to recommend eliminating wheat or milk from an autistic child’s diet, or to study it in detail (given that most medical research these days seems to be funded by the profit-making medical industry).

According to the article, “most mainstream scientists remain skeptical of the gut-brain connection in autism”. Most scientists of course, do not study such a connection, so it is a little hard to understand what this statement means, other than the newspaper shying away from the anecdotal evidence supplied by parents. Read the rest of this entry »

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Trying to Understand Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder (also referred to as Autism Spectrum Conditions, Autism Spectrum, and Autism) is something that six out of every thousand children in the United States have been diagnosed with. Many times this condition is very misunderstood and some parents don’t even truly understand what the signs of it are.

During this article, you’ll learn more about Autism Spectrum Disorder, its symptoms, and how it’s managed. At the time that this article was written, all of the information provided below was scattered around the internet which urged us to bring it into one easy-to-understand article.

What are the different types of Autism Spectrum Disorder?

There are three different primary forms of Autism as well as two uncommon conditions. Over the years it became know that the symptoms aren’t always the same and branching it off would help treat Autism Spectrum a lot more efficiently than having one broad diagnosis.

The three main types of Autism are:

Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified

Otherwise referred to as PDD-NOS, this is the moderate form of Autism. It’s diagnosed when a patient doesn’t have as severe of a case as Autistic Disorder and it’s not as severe as Asperger’s Syndrome.

Asperger Syndrome

Asperger’s Syndrome is the least severe form of Autism. It’s also commonly referred to as high functioning Autism since it causes one to talk about their favorite things non-stop. Also, Asperger Syndrome is found three times more often in boys than it’s found in girls. Read the rest of this entry »

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