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2:12am July 3, 2013

➸ Trying to find the right words: Restricting an autistic child's diet is dangerous

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josiahd:

One really common purported cure for autism is to force a child to eat a very restricted diet. GFCF is one common diet, but there are others.

This is really dangerous.

One of the major dangers autistic adults face is starvation.

We can starve to death…

I can attest to this, having dealt with starvation from other causes AND a hugely restrictive diet AT THE SAME TIME. Not good at all.

The restrictive diet was… vegan, Candida diet, and minus a few other foods too. The quack had convinced my family that Candida (which exists in everyone’s body, so it’s easy to test for and lie saying “see that means you’re infected systemically”, when actually it takes a severe immune problem on the order of AIDS to allow that to happen) and food allergies were implicated in the neuromuscular clusterfuck and autism. I think maybe GFCF too. And I definitely developed orthorexia.

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  5. littlebatti reblogged this from deducecanoe and added:
    Hmmmm. I just read that biodesign article and it mostly reported on just one study of a small sample size. It didn’t...
  6. auti-stim reblogged this from deducecanoe and added:
    IKR I don’t know what to believe. At least in my case, my “gut” issues started in high school, not as a kid. But I was...
  7. deducecanoe reblogged this from mellopetitone and added:
    MY LIFE AT MY INLAWS.
  8. everythingyouweretooafraidtoask reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    The diet change didn’t stop stimming, it did cut back on the self hurting stimming that he prefers quite a bit. We’re...
  9. zpaze reblogged this from rags2weeds and added:
    Renlogging this because I support a cure, or options for different cures for autism. I hope this helps some people who...
  10. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    When I say things didn’t resemble real food I meant they looked inedible, like objects. I can’t figure out what else I...
  11. rags2weeds reblogged this from deducecanoe and added:
    I guess I am a little confused by this. My daughter only eats 20 things, well now its 23; I have to restrict the amount...
  12. mellopetitone reblogged this from deducecanoe and added:
    This is the first time since I’ve moved out that I’ve felt able to feed myself at my mom’s house. The fridge is full and...
  13. logicalabsurdity reblogged this from goldenheartedrose
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  15. clatterbane reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I had to stop trying to severely restrict carbohydrates, for actual blood sugar stabilizing reasons, because it was just...
  16. ambarkanta reblogged this from lindsayface47
  17. goldenheartedrose reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    So much this. I know people hate on tumblr for all sorts of reasons, but the autism and disability community here has...
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  19. lindsayface47 reblogged this from baskingsunflower and added:
    I’m the exact same way, Tal. I’m mostly past the point where I’ll let myself starve on a normal day, but bad days are...
  20. baskingsunflower reblogged this from tal9000 and added:
    I wasn’t diagnosed as being on the spectrum until I was 20, but I restricted my own diet because I had problems with...
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