warranto Messages: 2584 Registered: February 2003 Location: Alberta, Canada
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It doesn't have much to do with allergies, as it does that it appears to aggrivate the autism condition.
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The culprits, according to the suit, were gluten and casein — ingredients found in milk and wheat products — and which some parents of autistic children believe can exacerbate the condition.
They do mention a valid defence though:
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"No scientific research has consistently shown a connection," says Dr. Ami Klin, one of the country's leading autism experts and an associate professor at Yale University's School of Medicine. "It's a popular hypothesis, and something that is circulated among a group of individuals that have a grip on parents as to the importance of those things. But the reviews of that subject have not turned up any solid evidence."
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