related disorders

- Gastro intestinal disorder  It seems that gastro-intestinal symptoms are found in up to 75% of children under the Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) spectrum. Also 47% of children with ASD that have been tested suffer from an increase of permeability of the intestine^.  (more...)

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-  MMR adverse reaction and Autism  The debate started in, in 1998, when Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues reviewed reports of children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and regressive developmental disorders, mostly autism.  The researchers suggested that MMR (Measles/Mump/Rubella) vaccination led to intestinal abnormalities, resulting in impaired intestinal function and developmental regression. (more...)

 

- Sleep disorders: There is accumulating evidence that  persons with autism experience far more sleep disturbances than the general population... (more...)

 

-  Boston conference (May 5, 2005)  Some 700 scientists from around the world who gathered in Boston on May 2005 shared exciting advances in understanding the causes of and treatments for autism disorders

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