Anyone do gluten and/or dairy free diet?

[mrsthomas623]

We are on day 2 of dairy free and I don't want to declare that it is working but both DH and I noticed yesterday that Nolan seemed a lot more talkative and had really good eye contact.

Just curious if any one else had tried this with autism or sensory issues?

 

[Mellofishy]

we did the GF/CF diet for 6 months with my son. He made "some" developmental progress, but I don't give the diet the credit. He's also doing ABA therapy daily. We don't do the diet anymore..

 

[Guppy051708]

My kids are dairy free and we limit gluten, and i do notice differences in their behavior (usually they are more happy and throw less tantrums). However, they do not have autism. With that said, I used to work with children on the spectrum (PDD-NOS, Autism, Aspergers, ADD, ADHD, OCD, etc). Some parents had their kids on a gluten free diet and every once in a while if the child got fed some gluten on accident, it was VERY evident the next day through behavior and abilities. I recall thinking that something was off that day (but oblivious as to the reason why, diet never occurred to me until i started learning more), and then i would meet up with the parents to brief them about the session, and they would mention that they ate X food the day before (or some similar happening). It all made sense then! I firmly believe that going gluten free helped these children immensely.

 

[sun]

My son was DF for 2.5 years and now eats some dairy. We didn't notice a difference when he started with dairy. He was GF for a year, and is now wheat-free again with no difference - he was quite young when he stopped the GF though (18mo).

 

[shopgirl771]

oooh i shall be stalking this thread. we are hoping to go gf/cf soon. were awaiting a referral to a dietitian for support before we go ahead tho. my son has suspected asd and is under assessment.
ive just started reading the autism & adhd diet book and can honestly say im petrified about how hard and costly this may be. at one point i thought id actually have to give up my job working on the cheese counter until i realised its not me with the intolerance lol.
im very interested in what support networks are out there for this.