| Re: my brother...
Just as an FYI, autism isn't "curable", he won't be able to "overcome" it and go on to " live a normal life".
What he CAN do however is learn to live with it, and if nutritional intolerances etc. aggravate his problems then some nutritional inteverentions may be of help.
Since he is a vegan, and presumably prepares a lot of his food fresh anyway, it should not be too much trouble trying out something along the Feingold diet (elimination of additives etc. from his diet) for example.
Social training, therapy and counselling with someone familiar with autism may also help.
In some cases where depression, anxiety, concentration problems or aggression are a severe problem, some medication may help.
I'd recommend you read up on the subject, have a look for books on Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism (since it does sound like he is quite high-functioning), there are some especially for relatives, and others for teenagers with these conditions.
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25, female, AS with attentional dysfunction
Inhibited Perfectionist
Last edited by Redhead23; 03-01-2004 at 02:44 AM.
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