ASD & Environment

Thanks to the Autism Society of America for kindly allowing Autism Canada to reproduce two of the papers that were compiled as part of their campaign to increase awareness about links between Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and environmental toxins. Both of these articles appeared in a special issue of the Autism Advocate.

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Feature Article

Time to Get a Grip by Martha R. Herbert, M.D., Ph.D.

Does an environmental role in autism make sense? How do we decide? And if environment is involved in autism, what do we do about it? These are challenging questions. Because our available information is complicated in many ways, each of us answers these questions based on our own judgment and deeply held worldviews.

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Canadian Study

Is There a Digestive Link to Autism? by Kulani Mahikoa

A newly formed multidisciplinary research team at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, will study the involvement of a number of environmental factors realting to the causes and symptoms of ASD. In particular, those involving diet and digestive.

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To read the total collection of articles compiled by the Autism Society of America on the increasing awareness of links between ASD and environmental toxins visit:

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