Bumping this up, because although Iain's rather scathing post does illustrate some unqualified thinking going on, this is nevertheless an interesting video, and does raise some questions in my mind.
We all know that Autism is on the increase, although, just as with cancer, there's a debate about how we are just "identifying it better these days", maybe there is a causitive or aggravating factor that could be identified and a simple diet change could make life easier?
I'm working on and testing a hypothesis on myself at the moment, that diet can be used to lessen the impact of my "meltdowns", with what appears to be some success.
Can you definitely rule out that just having a healthier diet is good for overall wellness and it's the overall wellness that reduces meltdowns, so that it is directly diet = less meltdowns, or are you in fact trying to prove that overall wellbeing is beneficial to autistic people? (Asking for clarity reasons.)
I'm not talking causative when it comes to autism, because I am firmly in the genetics camp as no missed jab as a kid stopped me being diagnosed.
But I am interested in the exacerbative when it comes to managing autism related issues. As I have a vested interest in improving quality of life for everyone.
Can you definitely rule out that just having a healthier diet is good for overall wellness and it's the overall wellness that reduces meltdowns, so that it is directly diet = less meltdowns, or are you in fact trying to prove that overall wellbeing is beneficial to autistic people? (Asking for clarity reasons.)
I'm not talking causative when it comes to autism, because I am firmly in the genetics camp as no missed jab as a kid stopped me being diagnosed.
But I am interested in the exacerbative when it comes to managing autism related issues. As I have a vested interest in improving quality of life for everyone.
FWIW I was clearly autistic way before I ever was vaccinated.
So the "vaccination cause" hypothesis doesn't (cannot!) work for me.
My way of being is definitely alterable by means of taking things into my body, be they medicines, drugs, or even food.
It's also alterable by what I let into my mind. "Mindfood" as it were.
I've no idea what combination will work best overall, and even more scary, whether I'll even find the correct for me combination "palatable"...
But I am looking for a cure, because the alternative is trying to change society to cater for MY niche condition, and that seems grossly unfair to the unaffected majority.
