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Hi, my name is Krista and I am new to the group, so I am not sure

how these posts work. I have been intrigued by Dr Goldberg's work

since I stumbled upon it a few months ago. My son (3 years

old) is Autistic. Not so coincidentally, he was also diagnosed with

Idiopathic Thrombocytic Purpura (ITP), an autoimmune disorder

destroys the patient's platelets. The onset of his ITP was within a

month or so of his developmental regression and the appearance of

his unrelatedness and self-stimulatory behaviors (about 15 months of

age). I have a Master's degree in Speech Pathology and have been

working with young children for the past 10 years, so I feel

qualified to say his development was normal until then. I am

convinced the 2 problems are related. is being monitored by

the Hematologist for his ITP, the only treatment he received was one

dose of intravenous steroids during the acute phase of the disorder

when he was at risk of hemhorraging. For now, his platelets are in

a " safe " range, but are still below normal. Interestingly, the

results of the standard blood work which is done at one year of age

indicated that 's platelet count was well within a normal range

at a year. Yet, mysteriously at 15 months, it was dangerously low,

and the autistic behaviors appeared. I just brought him to see an

Endocrinologist who is gathering all previous testing to determine

what tests need to be done. I had taken to an

allergist/immunologist, but had a bad experience with him, so I am

pursuing the Endocrinologist instead. I didn't have any luck with

the casein free/gluten free diet. Thankfully, is a good eater

and doesn't seem to have any food allergies. I guess I don't have

any specific questions, but rather was wondering what treatments are

out there for these kids? Has anyone had similar blood disordered/

autoimmune dysfunction that they had received treatment for with any

success in treating the Autism as well?