hello all!
I am a developmental services worker, and I have been fortunate to work with several wonderful children with autism. I have worked with children with PDD and children with severe autism.
Last year in college, I had to read a book about a mother who researched and created a gluten and casein free diet for her son, who had pretty severe autism. The changes that her son went through were amazing!
There has been a lot of research done on the effectiveness of the GFCF diet, and it affects different children differently. There are no guarantees with this diet, and it is VERY difficult to maintain, and can be quite expensive. Because it is a "nontraditional" way of dealing with autism, most doctors don't mention it to parents of autistic children.
If any of you want to do your own research on this diet, and make your own decision regarding its viability, you can visit
www.gfcfdiet.com ,
http://www.autism-diet.com/ , or just type "autism, diet" into a search engine.
Good luck to all of you and your precious children!