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Do any of your parents suffer from nightblindness?
ASD/Yes 36%  36%  [ 4 ]
ASD/No 36%  36%  [ 4 ]
Cetera/Yes 9%  9%  [ 1 ]
Cetera/No 18%  18%  [ 2 ]
Total votes : 11

kevinjh
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02 Jan 2012, 6:40 pm

[Don't mind the tone of this post too much. It's the indignant and justified kind of anger.]
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http://www.autismpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Vitamin_A#cite_note-vitasite-1 wrote:
According to Mary Megson, M.D., a DAN! doctor in Virigina, a review of 60 children with autism revealed that 56 (93%) of the children had at least one parent who suffered from nightblindness. Dr. Megson speculates that this is due to a lack of Vitamin A or thyroid disorders.

Next, they say this:

http://www.autismpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Vitamin_A wrote:
A DAN! Doctor's Recommendations

Weight Daily Dosage Frequency Duration Total 2 Day Dosage
Less than 35 lbs 200,000 IU 3 daily (67,000 IU each / 13 drops) 2 days 400,000 IU
Over 35 lbs 400,000 IU 3 daily (133,000 IU each / 27 drops) 2 days 800,000 IU
Alternative 250,00O - 300,000 IU (Middle-ground) 3 daily 2 days 500,000 IU- 600,000 IU

Are they crazy!? 25 000 IU is already acutely toxic and they expect you to believe that 400 000 IU (even over two days) is anywhere near safe?
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31 Mar 2012, 2:28 am

My mother has it and I'm developing it now. We both have thyroid trouble.


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08 Apr 2012, 11:08 pm

My mom does somewhat but she says she didn't have a problem with this when she was younger.