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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2nd kid. Lead poisoning caused it. [/quote]

How is this possible? It’s not the 1970s anymore.  People know this stuff. [/quote]
I'm the PP. You would be shocked how common it is. I'm on a group of lead poisoned kids moms. Its tragic really.any apt or house built before 1980 is at risk. Lead is in lots of toys. In our case, apartment had chipped lead paint that landlord reassured us wasn't lead.

It happens to rich kids and poor kids. Do some research[/quote]

This is fascinating to me.  My daughter was adopted as a toddler from an orphanage in a foreign country and she had high levels of lead when she came home but she is a typical child and has no special needs (unlike my bio child).  I guess it doesn’t always significantly effect child?[/quote]
That's true no matter what the toxin.  Your child may be less sensitive than others.  And even if the blood test was high, the exposure might have been brief so there wasn't enough time to do significant damage.[/quote]

Toxicity is more likely to affect a child who is exposed at a younger age. Also, genetics is an important factor. One gene that gets a lot of attention is called MTHFR. It is a common gene variant that is implicated in detoxification.[b] Studies have shown that 98% of kids on the spectrum have it. [/b] As a result, their bodies hold onto toxins and don’t excrete them. [/quote]
I have seen this quote online but I could find not such a study.  Actual studies show that autistic people have a higher rate of variation in MTHFR, but not that much higher than the general.population.  If they ever did find a gene that 98% of autistic people have, it would be hailed worldwide as a gigantic breakthrough, turned into a diagnostic test and Big Pharma would pour millions of research dollars into finding drugs for that affect MTHFR.

My kid did get tested for MTHFR.  The testing company did not market it as an autism test nor did the three doctors I showed the test to say that.  Do you think the testing company would want doctors to know about the value of their own test, if it were true?

Also MTHFR is not involved in excretion or toxin removal. All it does is methylate folic acid so it can be converted to something else.[/quote]

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