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Earlier in June, I had a very thought provoking conversation with Dr. Michael Goldberg, a pediatrician that has had significant experience treating autistic children, with excellent results. He has written a whole book about this based on this experience, which I will link below. Interestingly, he has had similar success using the same protocol to treat chronic fatigue syndrome.
CFS and autism may not at first glance seem related to AIDS, but they share many commonalities. If you listen to the whole conversation, it should become clear that there are parallels and connections with AIDS. If in fact AIDS and CFS are immune disorders, might it be reasonable to infer that autism may be an immune disorder as well? (Not to mention the inflammation question, which we discuss.)
Dr. Goldberg has some very interesting thoughts regarding autism and its relation to chronic fatigue syndrome, both of which he considers to be neuroimmune conditions, breaking from the tradition/consensus that claims autism is a developmental or strictly neurological condition. However, a glance at any Reddit thread or online community whose focus is autism quickly reveals that a significant number of autistic individuals suffer from many comorbidities—CFS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, POTS, Tourette’s, ADHD (ADHD is so prevalent now among autistic people that it’s spawned something of a portmanteau “AuDHD”), and more conditions that indicate an innate process of illness. Dr. Goldberg maintains that autism ought actually be approached as a treatable medical condition, and he has enough empirical evidence—patients he has successfully treated—that this should be considered a distinct possibility. We discuss the vaccine issue in a nuanced way.
I do not claim that I, myself, understand the subtleties of autism, but I do know that the current model of treating autistic children seems to be failing. They are not getting better. The best they can be offered is “accommodations.” Dr. Goldberg offers hope that a better future might be available for autistic children, as well as for CFS patients. For that reason, I think this is an important conversation, despite the fact that it might make people uncomfortable, understandably. I hope you will hear Dr. Goldberg with an open mind. Thank you.
Dr. Goldberg’s book:
And website:
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