The “special diet” = the gluten-free casein-free diet — has been touted as an alternative treatment for autism for as long as Charlie’s been diagnosed with autism. I still have a rather battered copy of Lisa Lewis’ Special Diets for Special Kids on top of the refrigerator. Ever since we put Charlie on the diet and I spent hours reading the labels of food products for “traces of gluten or casein” and tried to cook everything using strange new ingredients (tapioca flour, xantham gum, Vance’s Darifree), I’ve read reports extolling “the diet” as this October 26 Yuma Sun article.
As a …read more