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Autism Vox

August 7th, 2008

Beyond Anecdotal Evidence: Clinical Trial of the GFCF Diet

We started our son Charlie on the gluten-free casein-free diet over nine years ago, when he was two years old. After several years of faithfully adhering to it, with the rationalization that “since Charlie can’t say how he feels when eats wheat and dairy, we’d best just keep him off them,” wheat (not dairy—-milk products […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 20 comments

April 15th, 2008

The Claim of the Autism Epidemic

It’s April 15th, halfway through Autism Awareness Month 2008, and you’ve surely heard more than a few mentions about the supposed “autism epidemic” that we’re currently facing, and musings about what is causing the recent rise in the prevalence rate of autism: In the 1960s, autism was considered a rare disorder that occurred in only […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 60 comments

March 13th, 2008

Special Diet, Charlie Style

There was a time (mercifully brief) when Charlie would only eat chocolate chip cookies. This was back in the spring of 1999: We had just taken him (permanently, though we did not yet know it) out of daycare, where he was known to “carbo load” on biscuits, pancakes, and the like. We were living in […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 19 comments