<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thanks for the response to my question about the connection between gluten-intolerance and Autism. The general consensus is that there IS a connection between gluten and casein for the majority of Autistic children, who do much better on a gluten-free/casein-free (dairy-free) diet, even though they may or may not be not be diagnosed celiacs. For more information than I have included below I can send a response I received from Don Wiss entitled: Autism Spectrum and Gluten/Casein Connection. Thanks Valerie, California Lee writes: It has been recognized that many of the autistic syndromes are affected by diet A doctor from New York State writes: Autistic children seem to be especially sensitive to toxic disease of any sort. A frequent story is of a child who was a beautiful normal child until he got pneumonia or typhoid fever or a virus with fever, etc After that he was autistic. Celiac disease is a toxic disease and untreated it continues to produce toxins. To my mind that is enough reason for a trial period of gf diet in any autistic child The list of websites is long, indicating to me that the problem of Autism is more common than we realize. Websites:out http://www.gfcfdiet.com and http://www.andi.com. http://www.feingold.org/ and www.onelist.com and <www.NAET.com> http://www.fastlane.net/homepages/thodge/ARLtxt and <O.A.S.I.S >? http://www.princeton.edu/`serge/11/gfpak.html http://osiris.sunderland.ac.uk/autism/dietinfo.html http://members.aol.com/lisa156/index.htm [log in to unmask] and http://www.celiac.com/stores.html: http://www.panix.com/~donwiss/reichelt.html www.autism.com/ari General info. www.sbakermd.com Medical info http://www.healthboards.com/autism/473.html and http://www.healing-arts.org/children/: http://www.nowheat.com/text/nomilk/ Books: , "Special Diets for Special Kids by Lisa Lewis.". Tests mentioned: Bio-Energetic Stress Test. Treatments suggested: SECRETIN