Our little family is embarking on a bit of a life change. We have suspected for some time that our son has Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism. A recent diagnosis by our school system doesn’t confirm that, but at the same time the people who did the evaluation indicated that we should definitely proceed with a private evaluation that we had scheduled in September. It also appears that Coeliac disease may be a culprit in his delayed development. The two (autism/coeliac) are often linked.
We’ve been told by a number of people in our lives as well as by the research that we’ve done that a GFCF diet may help his behavior. What does that mean? No commercially produced breads, cereals, pastas, or anything else that contain gluten, which means making our own out of alternative flours. It also means no cheese, milk, etc which contains casein. I wrote briefly about my initial feelings here, a blog recently started by parents who have kids with AS. I’m a very selfish individual when it comes to my creature comforts and this feels like God using the life of my son to bring that weakness to my attention. If I said that that wasn’t a hard lesson I’d be lying. But like any lesson worth learning, it is.
1 Cor 1:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Pray for us.