diet and asd

[suedenley]

hi all again
Earlier when talking to the educational welfare officer he suggested a change in diet to improve ds behaviour. When i pointed out ds has specific dietry problems [he can only eat the same things in the correct brand on the right place on his plate dissected for dark bits edges or ends etc]and is awaiting specialist support from psychologist,welfare chap suggested meds from the doctor,is there something specific for as kids that can suppliment his diet and improve behaviour that i dont know about, or was he suggesting meds that paedatrian says he doesnt require at present do you think ?

Sorry no help. Thought it needed a bump.

I suspect that the EWO doesn't know much about ASD or he wouldn't come out with something as unhelpful as "change his diet".

No idea about the meds though.

Thanks coppertop
i suspect that far to many so called experts who work with our children dont know much about asd but then i could just be feeling very negative today

When he said a change in the diet, could he have meant trying out the gluten and casein free diet? My ds's paed really encourages this before trying out any meds. He encouraged me to give it a go.....twice, even though it didn't really yield any positive results in the first place. Although I know in many cases, the behaviour of many children with ASD can dramatically change when implementing this diet. It's really hard work though, and even more so when your ds has such a restricted diet in the first place.

yes i believe thats what he originally ment until i said ds has dietry issues and i couldnt change his diet as he needs specialist support in this area then he mentioned meds ?

In my son's case the changes by going gluten free are astounding, nothing short of miraculous - even despite the paed being sceptical at first (I did it as there was nothing left to try).

There is a really good book which explains why the asd children self-limit the diet and although it's not easy at first, but it's worth giving it a go. I wish I knew about it years ago (my son is 14, 1 year on the diet), but I wouldn't go back on gluten now.

www.amazon.co.uk/Gut-Psychology-Syndrome-Treatment-ADHDDyslexiaDyspraxiaDepressionSchizophrenia/dp/0954852001/sr=8-1/qid=1157709852/ref=sr_1_1/026-0526529-5095641?ie=UTF8&s=gateway

I am still looking into other issues mentioned in the book.