http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/01/02/autism-part-nine.aspxAutism is a developmental disorder that affects brain function, interfering with reasoning ability, imagination, communication, and social interaction. Children with autism start talking later than other children and when they do speak, their communicationenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/01/02/autism-part-nine.aspx#186590Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:21:37 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:186590sksliver<p>My son, Dow, who is now 22, became very sick when he was 4. &nbsp;He had high fever &amp; being on a Saturday of a wedding in our family, I gave him baby tylenol &amp; his fever broke, but he was ill all day &amp; couldn&#39;t be the ring bearer in the wedding that day. &nbsp;From that day on, he was very fearful of everything, had acute hearing &amp; twirled his hands in the air, etc. &nbsp;He went to special schools, learned to read in about 3rd grade. &nbsp;He continued to be a loner &amp; fearful &amp; ate only 4 or 5 foods. &nbsp;Then when he was 18, we heard of Dr. Kendall Stewart of Austin, Texas. &nbsp;He diagnosed Dow with a neurosensory illness (like autism) &amp; found that he had the herpes virus on the left &amp; right linings of the brain. &nbsp;This was blocking his messages to the brain. &nbsp;Dr. Stewart treated Dow with Valtrex &amp; within 2 weeks noticeable changes were seen. &nbsp;Dr. Stewart had developed his own equipment to check balance &amp; brain messages &amp; hearing for his brain damaged patients in the Austin area. &nbsp;When he tested 280+ Austistic children &amp; found all had similar readings, he began working with Autistic children &amp; adults &amp; those with neuro sensory illnesses. &nbsp; Dow was tested by Dr. Stewart on August, 2004 and again on Dec., 2004 and in June, 2005. &nbsp;He had improved greatly. &nbsp;He drives a car now, has completed his associates degree at Texas State Technical College, now is a junior at Abilene Christian University holding down a part time job. &nbsp;He is sociable now, not fearful, eats everything, independent &amp; has even stated 2 months after seeing Dr. Stewart in August of 2004, &quot;wow, Mom, I have missed out on a lot of things.&quot; &nbsp;I highly encourage all the studies &amp; research be done for autism in the area of the &quot;herpes&quot; virus. &nbsp;My mother-in-law who kept Dow often had herpes sores often. &nbsp;My older son had a learning problem in 1st grade &amp; they said his &quot;vestibular&quot; was the problem. &nbsp;He overcame it with physical therapy. &nbsp;My sister-in-law has a daughter who&#39;s oldest son, 5, has seizures &amp; her sister has numerous problems.</p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=186590" width="1" height="1">