This autism mom couldn’t find one doctor willing to try a “natural, holistic” path to help her child.
Why?
The American Academy of Pediatrics.
The AAP tells doctors to give 3-year-olds with autism antipsychotic drugs.
“It’s barbaric.”
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The side effects of antipsychotics will shock every autism parent.
“Type 2 diabetes.”
“Dyslipidemia,” or an unhealthy or unbalanced level of fats in your blood.
“Gynecomastia,” or enlarged breast glands in males.
Autism researcher John Slattery ran the first double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of leucovorin, an active form of vitamin B9, in kids with autism.
He just called out the American Academy of Pediatrics over its “horrendous” standard of care for autism:
“The only medications that we have approved for autism are Risperdal and Abilify.”
“They do not address the underlying physiology.”
“They sedate the child.”
“You’re praised for putting that child on an antipsychotic … and you’re vilified if you consider putting that child on high-dose vitamin B9.”
This standard of care completely ignores that autism is a biological issue, not a behavioral one.
“No matter how much behavioral therapy you do, if your child has a folate autoantibody, that behavioral therapy isn’t going to produce more folate into that child’s brain.”