My 11 month old son

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I'm new to this list and I write in the hopes that someone can give some

good advice.

I have a 11 mos old son who is struggling with very extensive allergies. He

seems to be sensistive to just about all foods.

I would like to find someone (preferably an ND or MD) who has experience

dealing with autism in infants. We'd like to know whether (after a

consultantation) whether our son is on the path toward autism or whether we

are dealing just with major allergies.

Our ND is very good, but doesn't have any specific experience with autism,

so he's wanting to conclude autism last and everything else first. We're

hoping to find someone we can phone and setup a phone consultation with to

get some analysis of our son's situation. If you, or someone you know could

be this person, please let me know.

That said, I would like to know: When your autistic child was around 11

months old, what signs was he exhibiting that you could see then, or in

retrospect now see as evidence? What are the key indicators I should be

looking for?

My son does not display much emotion except when upset or when tickled.

Other than that, he's remarkably quiet and very serious. He does have very

good eye contact, responds to his name and understands " no " . He is babbling

well but doesn't seem to be understanding things in the same way his two

older sisters did at the same age. He is extremely physically developed,

climbs the stairs and walks (nearly runs) around the house. I guess I would

typify his demeanour as " dazed " a great deal of the time.

We had an organic acid test done recently which showed a probable

gluthatione deficiency and problems detoxifying. He has also tested postive

to allergies for gluten and casein.

Thanks for any input you might have.

Laninga