How Cannabis Transformed My Severely Autistic Son
“People who don’t live severe autism can’t really understand what it means. It’s life in the shadow of hell,” says Israeli Abigail Dar, mother to 23 year old Yuval, who began showing signs of autism at the age of 18 months.
Yuval is one of a growing number of children being diagnosed with autism, which according to the World Health Organization affects 1 in 160, a figure that rises to 1 in 68 in the United States.
Generally manifesting between 12 and 18 months, autism is characterised by difficulties in communication, an apparent inability to form human relationships, an unusually limited range of interests, and abnormal sensory issues.
At the severe end of the spectrum, it is also often accompanied by intellectual disability, self-injurious tendencies, violent outbursts, high levels of anxiety or obsessive compulsive behaviour, and in 30% of cases, epileptic seizures.
Like most parents,...
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