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Blonde Angel said:
There is a study in Arkansas, that's published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry that found a group of kids with Autism who were treated with folinic acid showed significant improvements in verbal communication, receptive and expressive language, attention and the stereotype Autism traits . One third of the kids did show improvements.
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You may also be interested in reading the following:

Folinic acid-responsive seizures are identical to pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19142996

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Some people think that taking vitamin B6 with or without magnesium may help people on the autism spectrum overcome a variety of problems, such as impaired communication and social difficulties.
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http://researchautism.net/autism-in...ns/97/vitamin-b6-magnesium-and-autism?print=1
 
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What Andrew says in response to the folinic acid applies to me. A spinal tap performed a couple of years ago showed I was low in a few neurotransmitters, one of them being related to folinic acid. I take a folinic acid medication, a form that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier. Too much folinic acid, though, can cause problems as well therefore a spinal tap is really the only way to determine if neurotransmitters in the brain (where seizures come from, as we all know) are too low or too high; blood tests cannot determine this because blood serum levels of neurotransmitters does not relate very closely to brain levels (my blood of 3 of 4 of these neurotransmitters was normal!).
 
We are truly what we eat. The food we consume can cause inflammation of the gut and brain. The food we eat can also naturally reduce brain and gut inflammation. Autism, arthritis, epilepsy, colitis, or other disorders are increasingly linked to reactions to inflammtaion. A dietary approach to treating inflammatory disorders is a hot topic now.

We can do something about inflammation with a trip to the grocery store and the kitchen. We can eat well choosing foods that can reduce it.
Pinto beans are a staple in my kitchen. One of the articles linke below concerns oats. It is really easy to make flour from oats and use it in making bread. Anyone have recipes to share using oats or pintos?

The first link below is focuses on intestinal inflammation and seizues (specifically in Ulcerative colitis),, the second on the brain, the other two on the gut.



Intestinal inflammation and seizure susceptibility - JoVE | Peer ...
http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com...-23950/www.jove.com/.../intestinal-inflammati...
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Oct 10, 2009 - Intestinal inflammation and seizure susceptibility: understanding the role .... which require that irritative stimuli reach a threshold magnitude with ...
http://www.jove.com/visualize/abstr...ion-seizure-susceptibility-understanding-role

Butyrate, neuroepigenetics and the gut microbiome: Can a high fiber ...
http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com.../article/.../S030439401630077...ScienceDirect
by MW Bourassa - ?2016 - ?Cited by 4 - ?Related articles
Hypothesis: A high fiber diet can elevate butyrate to prevent/treat brain disorders
. ..... Given the large increase in autism diagnoses in recent years, there is a ...
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394016300775




http://www.livestrong.com/article/488491-side-effects-of-pinto-beans/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12769445
 
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Music Therapy for Epilepsy and Autism

Music Therapy for Autism and Epilepsy

No doubt a lot of us have figured out how music can help, or sometimes trigger seizures and have positive effects on people dealing with autism also. I'm going to look up more of the information on it, but am posting this two article links that turned up tonight.


How Music Can Help People with Epilepsy – Neuroscience News

Aug 9, 2015 - The brains of people with epilepsy appear to react to music ... current epilepsy therapy, Charyton said this research suggests music might be a ..

http://neurosciencenews.com/music-epilepsy-neurology-2404/



Music Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorder | American Music ...

This includes education and awareness of the music therapist's role in collaborative ... The workgroup, established in 2008 and originally called the Autism Task ..
http://www.musictherapy.org/research/music_therapy_and_autism_spectrum_disorder/:brock::brock:
 
-Allow Snowden stay in uk he autistic shame on America wanting put Autisic man in prison
 
The school my girl attends gets a music teacher in weekly to use a variety of instruments with the students. There is a lot of great interaction from the kids with the staff.
The harp is my girls fave instrument.
 
Blonde Angel said:
Can you elaborate seagull?
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He the English young man who evidently better with computers and email than americas best.
Your country got exitle order on him.words America used he dangerous whenhe started hacking y government computers he was school boy
his family very distressed because they say America don't buy into autism.
Hope read thi iPad doing its own thing
 
"He the English young man" Edward Snowden is American.

"who evidently better with computers and email than americas best.
Your country got exitle order on him." There is no exhile order on him we want him back.

"words America used he dangerous when he started hacking y government computers he was school boy" Edward Snowden worked for the US government, the CIA and NSA and while employed at these agencies he stole information that he had access to, no hacking required.

"his family very distressed because they say America don't buy into autism."
His family should be distressed. He is guilty of espionage and theft of government property. I can find no evidence he has autism and if he does he is a very high functioning individual with autism and he knows right from wrong.
 
Frink said:
"He the English young man" Edward Snowden is American.

"who evidently better with computers and email than americas best.
Your country got exitle order on him." There is no exhile order on him we want him back.

"words America used he dangerous when he started hacking y government computers he was school boy" Edward Snowden worked for the US government, the CIA and NSA and while employed at these agencies he stole information that he had access to, no hacking required.

"his family very distressed because they say America don't buy into autism."
His family should be distressed. He is guilty of espionage and theft of government property. I can find no evidence he has autism and if he does he is a very high functioning individual with autism and he knows right from wrong.
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Seems he could have savant level abilities.:twocents:
 
I have been attending an interesting symposium in Oz that aims to rethink Autism, one of the keynote speaker is some one that some of you may be familiar with?

Chris Ulmer
he is lovingly referred to as Mr Chris, began his career as a special education teacher in Jacksonville Florida.
After spending 3yrs with the same students he observed a disconnect between his pupils and society. The intelligence and humour displayed by his students was not typically appreciated by those without the special needs experience.

For this reason, Mr Chris started Special Books by Special Kids(SPBSK), a multi-media non-profit that is now spearheading worldwide acceptance movement. Chris dedicates his time traveling around the world and teaching others about neurodiversity and interviewing individuals to be featured on SBSK.

I'm excited when I meet these awesome people as they are opening up to provode a better life for those impacted with those on the spectrum.
 
Blonde Angel said:
Seems he could have savant level abilities.:twocents:
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He does have an IQ above 145, genius level thought processes mixed with acquired skills in computer technologies could seem like savant level abilities to the layperson.
 
sorry you be unaware but we have genious and he austic America fighing get exstdition apparently Americas words you can treat it in prison.was boy at school 15yrs old who got into fbi in his lunch hour
 
seagull said:
sorry you be unaware but we have genious and he austic America fighing get exstdition apparently Americas words you can treat it in prison.was boy at school 15yrs old who got into fbi in his lunch hour
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Sorry seagull, you said Snowden so I thought you were talking about Snowden.
 
I sorry 0pad doing its own thing.just go to show news can be funny thing my news gave a different slant and so do the boy I seen him interviwue very different version andsorry but I tend to agree with him
This making me think,if child js autisc ande genius then education has to be very different
 
Do you have any idea what this child's name is? I am interested in reading his story.
 
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