Guest guest Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 My seven year old non-verbal daughter with autism has been on the diet since diagnosis at age two. She has made very little progress in her speech and writing skills, although her ability to function in a classroom and in public situations has greatly improved over time. When she was first placed on the diet, I believe there was some improvement in her eye contact, etc. However, I'm not convinced it is doing her any good at this point. She is the only kid of over twenty in her cluster on the diet, which creates big disruptive problems at meal and snack time. She is very underweight and is mostly interested in foods she sees that she can't have. She is often successful at school and in public at grabbing and eating food off her diet, and I have not seen it affect her behavior. Does anyone have any experience with taking their child off the diet and the results it produced? Can anyone point me to any good research that has been done on this subject. I should mention that her teacher doesn't feel she is benefiting from the diet and in fact it is creating educational problems because of its exclusiveness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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