One Treatment For Autism

So, after that press conference when Trump was going off about autism and Tylenol, there was one really overlooked moment that caught my attention. Bobby mentioned Leucovorin as a possible treatment for certain autism symptoms, especially speech delay.

Of course, I reached out to our pedi, and the response was exactly what I expected: “Oh, I don’t know enough about it. There haven’t been big enough studies. I’ve never prescribed it before,” yada yada. Okay, fine.

So, I go into Mama research mode. I wanted to understand what Leucovorin actually does, and if I could find something similar OTC. Leucovorin helps convert folate into 5-MTHF, which is the usable form of folate that can actually make its way to the brain. Some kids with the MTHFR gene mutation can’t make that conversion on their own. So I found a 5-MTHF supplement online and decided to try it.

48hrs after his 1st dose, we were in the car at a stoplight, and out of nowhere he said, “Go please!” I was in total shock. He’s basically nonverbal, aside from echoing what I ask him to say. There’s no real functional language, just a few memorized phrases from me repeating them 40k times. But spontaneous speech didn’t exist.

Later that day, I picked all 3 kids up from school. As I was about to pull out of the parking lot, Alston said, very slowly and deliberately, “Let’s go home now.” Asher yelled, MOM! Alston talked!!

About an hour after getting home, his ABA tech said he was talking more. My heart EXPLODED that another person noticed it and it wasn’t just me being overly hopeful

The next day I was driving him to feeding therapy, and he read a book out loud. A whole book. By himself. I was sitting there thinking OMG, what’s happening? I knew people wouldn’t believe me so I took a video of him and sent it to a million people, lol.

THIS is why I fight so damn hard for RFK. People give me SO MUCH crap for it, but he’s literally one of the only people asking the hard questions and looking for answers for kids like Alston.

Bottom line? LISTEN TO THE MOMS. And DON’T be afraid to question the science

A Genetic predisposition + environmental trigger = Alston’s Autism