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Autism Vox

Just When You Thought You’d Heard Every Possible Treatment for Autism…

by Kristina Chew, PhD on May 6th, 2008

Here’s another one, with a reference to an article from the Autism Research Institute.

Don’t think we’ll be trying it.

Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, drug blog, drugs, marijuana, pdd-nos, Treatment

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daedalus2u
May 6, 2008 at 2:00 pm

I have not used marijuana in decades, but when I did, one of the things that numbers of my NT friends said was that it “made me more normal”.

That was before I understood that I had PTSD, and long before I understood that I had Asperger’s. In hindsight learning how to get “high” by smoking in a safe setting was an important learning experience for me, and really did help me learn how to be more social, more in touch with my feelings, and more able to communicate.
Eleanor
May 6, 2008 at 2:24 pm

Ah, Dr. Leveque… He’s had his medical license suspended here in Oregon, I believe. Hard to take his advice very seriously!
Chuck
May 6, 2008 at 2:37 pm

Couldn’t be any worse then the approved
treatment for ASD.
brstpathdoc
May 6, 2008 at 2:52 pm

I bet you can get a bong shaped like the autism awareness ribbon. They could sell them at the Autism Speaks website. And GFCF-friendly munchies, too.
VAB
May 6, 2008 at 3:08 pm

It seems a good sight more likely to work than a whole host of fairly mainstream treatments.
Bonnie
May 6, 2008 at 3:28 pm

I don’t know, on a lesser level, a lesser “evil”, caffeine, has proven to be a somewhat good thing for my son at times. Who knows! Won’t be trying Marijuana Therapy here, but who knows?!
Regan
May 6, 2008 at 4:08 pm

Omigosh, the dope brownie!
“He’s not aggressive anymore, but he has one righteous case of the munchies”.

We live out here in happy hemp country, but, naaah, I don’t think we’ll be trying it either.
Lenora
May 6, 2008 at 4:39 pm

Chuck, what exactly were you trying to link to?
Val
May 6, 2008 at 9:08 pm

I have heard of this for while and it’s kind of scary. I wonder if Jenny and Oprah know about this.
Pots is a carcinogen meaning it can cause cancer other carcinogens are smog and smokes
Pot can have the same effects as other anti psychotics
Also countries with high pot use do not have lower autism rates
Kristina Chew, PhD
May 6, 2008 at 10:11 pm

Some “treatments” are best completely avoided!
Moi
May 7, 2008 at 11:54 am

Wow, man. Got any gluten-free brownies, man?

Love,
Sister Mary Elephant

;)
Kristina Chew, PhD
May 7, 2008 at 5:09 pm

Over at Help My Hurt, a post with an interview with the author of a step-by-step guide to medical marijuana………
The Autism Treatment Subculture
May 9, 2008 at 1:03 am

[…] Chelation itself is based on a hypothetical theory about what causes autism, the notion that autism can be linked to vaccines or something in vaccines, such as mercury. It is not an approved treatment for autism and is, again, one of many alternative biomedical treatments that have been regularly referred to as “successful,” along with (to name a few), hyperbaric oxygen therapy, sauna therapy, holding therapy, the lupron protocol, and many others (such as this). […]