autism

https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l962?fbclid=IwAR3fqXGMTWXzJUb6oBDXmfVlpfSKBEPDJH2n2tBu7PaSzQMb-VUJSJrmhlc Conclusion Findings suggest that an offspring’s risk of autism spectrum disorder increases following prenatal exposure to ambient pesticides within 2000 m of their mother’s residence...

Moderator note: new thread started from post in this existing thread. https://www.s4me.info/threads/plunging-grant-application-rates-test-nih’s-commitment-to-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-cfs.8696/page-5#post-154200 Wow. I can relate to so much of this. My existence used to be synthesising...

Mental health issues? Autism? Or really an infection causing changes to the brain? Interesting article from BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-46989099 “A mother is calling for greater awareness of a little-known condition she believes changed her easy-going son...

There was some research into EV in ME/CFS and there seems to be ongoing research into this so I thought this may be interesting: https://jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12974-018-1275-5#Abstract

Only posting as the abstract mentions ME right at the end. Paywalled at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X18311654?via=ihub

I wasn't aware this sort of therapy existed for autism but am glad they are outlawing it. Now we need to outlaw CBT/GET for M.E

Paywalled at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sjop.12451

https://theconversation.com/frances-autism-problem-and-its-roots-in-psychoanalysis-94210

Not much I can add to the article except to note that the findings suggest a metabolic aetiology : https://gizmodo.com/researchers-say-theyve-created-a-90-accurate-blood-tes-1823087752

Good old psychs, making the world worse for whoever they can get their hands on. :mad: (OK, there must be some good ones, I'll admit that, I just struggle to believe that the good they achieve outweighs the bad of all the rest.)...

Some parents apparently believe that the bleach is removing parasites from their children, but, rather horrendously, it is probably destroyed tissue they are seeing in the enemas, https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brit-kids-forced-drink-bleach-11924623 There is a petition on Change.org...

Spare a thought to those on the autism spectrum in France where psychoanalysis is still the default route. A long but interesting read : France faces down its outdated notions about autism https://spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/france-faces-outdated-notions-autism/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29253638

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0946672X17308763

OMF report Treating Autism and ME / CFS: Could One Drug Help Both? by Cort Johnson https://www.omf.ngo/2017/10/19/treating-autism-and-mecfs-could-one-drug-do-both/