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Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) Potty Training Link

I am a strong believer in special diets for autism.  I am not sure that they work for all of the reasons that many folks claim.  I have believed for awhile that eating good nutritious foods, removing sugar, dyes, and preservatives has had a huge impact on my daughter.  I can see it.  Again, I am not quite so sure some of it is because of the reasons that people state, but I’ll take it.

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The Autism Retort

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Least Autism Friendly Restaurant on Planet Earth?

On a trip to New York City this week, we visited The Jekyll and Hyde Club.  Touted as family fun, the place was over-stimulation city.  We didn’t have a lot of problems, other than when the Zeus statue came alive and his green eyes flashed; but most ASD kids would have major meltdown in this place.  There is a show every 30 minutes where Jekyll transforms into Mr. Hyde and threatens to slit everyone’s throat in the restaurant, which was a nice touch.

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Can special diets help kids with autism? Yes and for reasons you don’t have to argue with your doctor about …

I come across the question all the time of “can special diets can help kids with autism spectrum disorder?”   The medical establishment jumps on the chance to say NO without question.  It’s usually, this or that study is flawed, etc.

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