My son is unvaccinated. He was however exposed to a Rhogam shot in utero. Statistics do show clearly unvaccinated children are healthier and how much lower autism rates. Independent doctors have told me to be grateful he is not vaccinated more or he would be much lower functioning.

I know a little about how research works and how research grants are awarded. It's a self-serving system all the way through peer reviews and publishing (which is bought and paid for with pharma $$).

I don't believe governments are bypasses. They look the other way or openly cooperate in evil because the parties are in the pockets of special/evil interests.
Yes, every autistic individual presents differently. IMHO opinion autism is due to massive inflammation in varying areas of the brain. My goal has been to reduce it with natural anti-inflammatories and to remove the sources of inflamation.

You are a good man, JohnHobbs. God bless you! My autistic son learned to ride a bike in 2 days w/o training wheels. The issues have been digestive, cognitive, verbal. Now these 3 are improving very fast.

I've sought the help of dozens of doctors. I have come to have no use for doctors who 1) don't have a grasp of a good health definition & who 2) don't get how all the systems work together in the body to effect good health.

For my children I don't accept mediocre medicine. If a pediatric doctor can't tell why my child is autistic & how to recover him, IMHO he should NOT be a pediatric doctor. I am an engineer & I take full responsibility for my work. So does my mechanic. Why should the pediatric (or adult) doctors be well paid holy cows??

Take your medical $$ business elsewhere.

Read Disconnected Kids by Melillo (in the US, the libraries have it), do the assessment yourself, & then do the brain rebalancing exercises he describes. Robert Melillo's facebook page & facebook have videos of a lot of them.

>>in the hope that this exercise will reduce his tendency for violence...

In my experience, the violence stems from pain. A physical presentation of the pain inside. Remove the pain by healing & the violence go away. My son had not been violent but had had outbursts. Those are GONE.

>>I cook him lunch every weekday to help provide an environment that gives him pleasure.

Clean, natural food is good medicine. Gluten-free if not supplementing with enzymes to digest gluten. Nothing artificial. Dairy can be a problem (at least at the start). My son could only tolerate a few foods in the beginning. Now he is eating everything including vegetables.

>>I do wish the authorities could respond positively.

I would keep a scorecard on the authorities and hold them accountable.

>>You say that treating autism in subsets is unhelpful. ... which disability could be matched with an appropriate therapy.

I've seen therapies as very limited in outcome. They should be done but should not be a replacement for healing. Determine which functions are weak & fix them. You will NOT need therapies. I am seeing it with my son now. If he can be healed, any child can be healed.

>>Their subset is disposed to no treatment, just acceptance and I respect that.

Yes, yes, yes! But focus on healing! You all need to become fierce warriors for your children. Do the haka 3x a day if you need motivation. The children can be recovered or least vastly improved. I now believe I can have full recovery with my son.

Autism is just a label. Never accept it as destiny. Pray to God for inspiration and look for solutions. Study in a critical way the testimonials on youtube.

>>For my grandson, trapped in a body he can't control and those like him, we would be joining doctors who have also abandoned them.

Yes, of course. Do you have functional medicine docs in the UK?

ChristiansMom2012. Thank you for your posts. So many of us are caring for children desperate for help and you have put a point of view shared by so many. I don't see how we can make progress until we understand their problems and that is why I believe that each subset of autism should be researched as a separate condition.
This would avoid such confusion. Sue's type of autism is not that affecting my grandson or apparently your child.
Let's all unite to help each other.

My view is similar - we need data and we need to understand the reasons and causes of autism.

Just like with cancer, they don't want to cure every case of autism. They want your money!

However, what is most important for the autistic individuals is how to recover them!

I started taking my son to a semi-retired functional medicine doctor. In 15 minutes he identified the weak organs/glands: the pituitary, the left thyroid, the liver. He also said the valve between the small and large intestines is inflamed.

He gave me supplements and did a cranial adjustment. My son is coming around! Faster than ever before. This is the kind of medicine I want! One that HEALS!

I don't want chemical meds or limited or no effect therapies so we can be their customer for life!

Up until the age of 4 or so, my son had 'ridges' where the sections of the skull meet. You could feel them when stroking his head with your hand. The head was on large, pear-shaped side, too.

I used the MMS treatment then to reduce inflamation, pathogens, and aid detox. Quite unexpectedly (I was not looking for it), I noticed the ridges gone in 3 days. There had been so much pressure in his poor head, it was pushing out and creating ridges!

That was when my son had his first major improvement.