Category: Biomedical Approach to Developmental Differences

I saw a 2 1/2 year old adopted boy this morning who has a history of chronic constipation since birth, and who  received 10 vaccines between the age of 12 – 18 months. At 18 months, he stopped talking, went into a daze, lost all eye contact, was gone, off the planet.  The parents began a gluten free diet and within 6-9 months language exploded, eye contact, socialization, it was dramatic and shocking to his parents and preschool teachers.  He was back. In his case, I am sure that he was accumulating gliadomorphine and recovered when it was removed from his diet.  I am not suggesting that vaccines cause autism, I do however hear this story a lot, and at least in some cases, it gives one pause to consider the possible triggers for ASD in different children.  After actually having a conversation with this child today, I can tell you that he is brilliant and has no issues, except I have to try to fix the constipation. I truly believe the parents saved their child, but they had to  battle “the establishment” and pay attention to their own instincts and research to get there.