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Is the prevalence of difficult child new or just diagnosed more?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 234110" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>While our neuropsychologist, who is from Mayo Clinic by the way, did say that kids born to women who used substances while pregnant (like L's birthmom) have children with more incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), as does other traumas of birth, that makes sense--autism is NOT a mental illness nor is it classified as one in the United States. It is a neurological difference. We no longer use mercury in our shots and, from all the info we have on our son, it appears he had Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) traits from Day One. I have pretty much been assured by enough professionals (and by reading) that Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is mostly genetic or due to trauma at birth. A few groups still claim it's caused by vaccines or diet. In our autism group about half the kids are on GCFS diets and half are not. I see no difference in the kids. My son is one of the highest functioning and I never thought diets did any good--so he wasn't one who was ever on one. Maybe the diet does help some kids--perhaps they would have even been more disabled. However, their function was no different than those of us who did not try diets and other DAN doctor methods. This, of course, doesn't prove anything. The debate will rage on for a long time, I suspect. I do know that my particular son was neither affected by shots or the environment as he was born this way, and has made incredible improvements using aggressive interventions. I can't and won't try to speak for all kids and I give huge kudos to all parents who try everything to try to help their children in any way they see fit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 234110, member: 1550"] While our neuropsychologist, who is from Mayo Clinic by the way, did say that kids born to women who used substances while pregnant (like L's birthmom) have children with more incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), as does other traumas of birth, that makes sense--autism is NOT a mental illness nor is it classified as one in the United States. It is a neurological difference. We no longer use mercury in our shots and, from all the info we have on our son, it appears he had Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) traits from Day One. I have pretty much been assured by enough professionals (and by reading) that Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is mostly genetic or due to trauma at birth. A few groups still claim it's caused by vaccines or diet. In our autism group about half the kids are on GCFS diets and half are not. I see no difference in the kids. My son is one of the highest functioning and I never thought diets did any good--so he wasn't one who was ever on one. Maybe the diet does help some kids--perhaps they would have even been more disabled. However, their function was no different than those of us who did not try diets and other DAN doctor methods. This, of course, doesn't prove anything. The debate will rage on for a long time, I suspect. I do know that my particular son was neither affected by shots or the environment as he was born this way, and has made incredible improvements using aggressive interventions. I can't and won't try to speak for all kids and I give huge kudos to all parents who try everything to try to help their children in any way they see fit. [/QUOTE]
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