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Son cured of Asperger's after stem cell transplant

Thomas Bennett just lost his son, who had Asperger's and died of complications of leukemia. Here's part of what he needs feedback on:

He was diagnosed with leukemia in July, 2007. After nearly a year of chemotherapy he had a stem cell transplant. This wiped out his immune system and he died from subsequent complications. However, in the 10 weeks he lived after the transplant he engaged people in long conversations on a variety of subjects. He could read people’s emotions and would ask people about what was worrying them if they looked concerned about something.

Have any of you heard of this happening before? I found some evidence of it on the Internet, and would like to hear from you if you have any thoughts on this apparent cure of autism.

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  • AspergerParent

    Did the stem cell transplant wipe out the immune system, or was it the chemotherapy?

    ASD is such low-level neurology that it would only be rudimentarily affected by something whic...

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