(Topix) "This is a very interesting study"
Children with autism spectrum disorders may show improvements in behavior when they have a fever, a small study suggests. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids


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My son has autism as well as CP and epelepsy (premie)
He has alot of behavioral problems, had alot more as a child but when he was sick he was a prince.. polite well mannered... much calmer and no rocking or fisting his chin either.

Thank you for providing this information and all you do for us,
Be well,
Sandra

This was one of the first observations we made when we started trying to determine what factors caused swings in behaviour in our son. And it is still the only clear and consistent factor. I also thought that induced lethargy might account for it. Nice to see that there is evidence that something more is happening.

A silver lining on the flu season.

We have personally experienced that.

My grandson had many of the same issues that his autistic cousin had. After his cousin was diagnosed with autism, we started to research vaccines, stopped all vaccines at age 15 mo. and changed a lot of things about our life style.

One thing we did was use no more allopathic medicine whatsoever. I mean we still would go to the hospital in case of trauma but most other things we learned to deal with ourselves (and much better I might add).

My grandson had a period of fevers and severe infections at the age of 4 and 5. He would be fine for a few months and then come down with the next.

From what we remember, he had at least 4 very high fevers. They were off and on. High for 2 or 3 hours, down for 20 minutes. Back and forth for several days every time. One time the fever lasted a week (up and down).

By the time he was 5 yrs old we noticed that he had changed completely. He had outgrown all idiocincracies. He no longer was afraid of other kids, of change, of new things, of playing alone...there were so many things we had worried about that he had considered homeschooling.

He started Kindergarten at the right age and only seemed to improve from then on. Now at age 10 he is a bright and normal (even popular with the girls) child.

We deffinitely contribute his recovery to the fevers he had gone through and the fact that we stopped vaccinating him.

The link is not working. Could you please revamp it. Thanks!