I know a family to which that happened. Their daughter is severely autistic, but she had been normal for almost two years or so. But now the only thing that child will willingly eat is soda pop and hot dogs. And that's what they give her because otherwise she shrieks like a banshee. Still in a diaper at age 10.
“Their daughter is severely autistic, but she had been normal for almost two years or so. But now the only thing that child will willingly eat is soda pop and hot dogs.”
I am so sorry to hear that! My heart goes out to them.
About the hot dogs, that is the last thing they should be giving her. Hot dogs are high in nitrates, and I have read of a study that showed a possible connection with Leukemia. I don’t remember any details, but it isn’t good. Could they try to substitute another meat? (I know how fixated an autistic person can be to a specific routine/food.)
There is something on my heart to try to do something for families touched by disabilities and autism. I don’t know what it is yet. I only know that churches aren’t reaching them, and are not set up to help. I’ve even had the idea of starting a church specifically for families of autism and disabilities. I feel the pull, I just don’t know what to do with it.
Correlation is not causation. Autism is not apparent in infants. Symptoms may start appearing between 12 and 18 months, and the average age of diagnosis is at 3 years. The vaccine schedule calls for vaccines at 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 15, and 18 mos, at 2-3 years and at 4-6 years. Given that schedule, it would be unusual if autism symptoms did NOT first appear within a month or so of a vaccination.