Numerous independent researchers have also confirmed the behavioral-bowel disease association, autistic enterocolitis.

Gonzalez, L. et al., “Endoscopic and Histological Characteristics of the Digestive Mucosa in Autistic Children with Gastro-Intestinal Symptoms,” Arch Venez Pueric Pediatr, 2005;69:19-25; Balzola, F., et al.,

“Panenteric IBD-like disease in a patient with regressive autism shown for the first time by wireless capsule enteroscopy: Another piece in the jig-saw of the gut-brain syndrome?” American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2005. 100(4): p. 979- 981;

Balzola F et al., “Autistic enterocolitis: confirmation of a new inflammatory bowel disease in an Italian cohort of patients,” Gastroenterology 2005;128(Suppl. 2);A-303;

Galiatsatos P et al., “Autistic enterocolitis : fact or fiction?” Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2009;23:95-98. The most recent relevant study reported an increased prevalence for bowel disease in children with ASD and that “genetic vulnerability and gene-environment interactions contribute to ASD risk.”

Campbell, D., et al., “Distinct Genetic Risk Based on Association of /MET /in Families With Co-occurring Autism and Gastrointestinal Conditions,” Pediatrics, 2009 Mar;123(3):1018-24.