I'm not sure if this is my imagination drawing connections where there aren't any, or pure coincidence, but it seems to me that quite a large number of people here have mentioned having children on the autism spectrum.
Has there ever been much research on how many kids on the spectrum have a family member with MS? Could there be a connection?
While I haven't been diagnosed, my grandfather was, and my son was autistic until he went on a round of oral steroids for asthma. Within a week (at the age of 2.5) he began speaking two word sentences and giving eye contact that he had never done before. His speech therapist that had been working with him for 6 months was dumbfounded at the change and documented it in her records. She said it was absolutely not related to anything that she had done.
I was convinced at that point that at least my son's issues were autoimmune and tremendously helped by steroids. Only a handful of doctors acknowledge that this could even happen. Most consider me an off-the-wall lunatic.
And now, here we are ten years later, I end up showing signs of some neurological thing that could be autoimmune as well. I never dreamed there could have been something wrong with my body that might have transferred to his or have been passed on through genetics that may have caused his difficulties. I am, however, 100% grateful to the doctor that mistakenly prescribed oral steroids to him when he did. It took him from autistic to high functioning in one week and we haven't looked back.
I was just wondering if any others here might have similar stories or experiences. In reading many of these research studies, an oft repeated practice is to transfer antibodies to tissue from one animal to another to trigger the disease process. As a parent, I can't not question if this is what happened when I was pregnant with my son.
Has there ever been much research on how many kids on the spectrum have a family member with MS? Could there be a connection?
While I haven't been diagnosed, my grandfather was, and my son was autistic until he went on a round of oral steroids for asthma. Within a week (at the age of 2.5) he began speaking two word sentences and giving eye contact that he had never done before. His speech therapist that had been working with him for 6 months was dumbfounded at the change and documented it in her records. She said it was absolutely not related to anything that she had done.
I was convinced at that point that at least my son's issues were autoimmune and tremendously helped by steroids. Only a handful of doctors acknowledge that this could even happen. Most consider me an off-the-wall lunatic.
And now, here we are ten years later, I end up showing signs of some neurological thing that could be autoimmune as well. I never dreamed there could have been something wrong with my body that might have transferred to his or have been passed on through genetics that may have caused his difficulties. I am, however, 100% grateful to the doctor that mistakenly prescribed oral steroids to him when he did. It took him from autistic to high functioning in one week and we haven't looked back.
I was just wondering if any others here might have similar stories or experiences. In reading many of these research studies, an oft repeated practice is to transfer antibodies to tissue from one animal to another to trigger the disease process. As a parent, I can't not question if this is what happened when I was pregnant with my son.
Lori-dx 3/05
I'm just a fringe-worshipping loony. lol
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