I did something horrible when it was time for M's ADOS assessment... I gave her 100mls of organic apple juice. From doing elimination diets and detoxing and things like that, we found that apple juice.... no matter if I made it at home or bought the more preserved juice out there, but any apple juice took her back a few steps... she wouldn't be able to communicate very well, and was 100 times more likely to have a meltdown.

Now, I knew from experience that it exacerbated her behavior, or exaggerated it I guess... so I thought I would do it...

I felt bad afterwards, I mean like I was making things out worse than they were, but I guess I'm glad I did because we had some awful times after the diagnosis without apple juice.