{"id":62171,"date":"2025-10-19T07:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62171"},"modified":"2025-10-19T07:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:38:35","slug":"one-treatment-for-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62171","title":{"rendered":"One Treatment For Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I want to share something wild…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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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.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Of course, I reached out to our pedi, and the response was exactly what I expected: \u201cOh, I don\u2019t know enough about it. There haven\u2019t been big enough studies. I\u2019ve never prescribed it before,\u201d yada yada. Okay, fine.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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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\u2019t make that conversion on their own. So I found a 5-MTHF supplement online and decided to try it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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48hrs after his 1st dose, we were in the car at a stoplight, and out of nowhere he said, \u201cGo please!\u201d I was in total shock. He\u2019s 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\u2019t exist.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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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, \u201cLet\u2019s go home now.\u201d Asher yelled, MOM! Alston talked!!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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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\u2019t just me being overly hopeful \"🙌\"<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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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\u2019s happening? I knew people wouldn’t believe me so I took a video of him and sent it to a million people, lol.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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THIS is why I fight so damn hard for RFK. People give me SO MUCH crap for it, but he\u2019s literally one of the only people asking the hard questions and looking for answers for kids like Alston.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Bottom line? LISTEN TO THE MOMS. And DON’T be afraid to question the science \"🙏\"<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A Genetic predisposition + environmental trigger\"💉\"<\/span> = Alston’s Autism<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I want to share something wild… 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 … <\/p>\n

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