After brainstorming different ideas for our collaborative research and oral history project, my partner and I decided that it would be interesting to research the connection between gluten and casein and autism spectrum disorders.  Due to the fact that we both know people who have autistic children, and that there are plenty of people who have a lot of knowledge in this area, we thought that we may have better results in our research and interviews.

Can a gluten and casein-free (GFCF) diet really help to improve the symptoms of autism spectrum disorders?

1.   What exactly is gluten?
2.  What kinds of foods contain gluten?
3.  What is casein?
4.  What kinds of foods contain casein?
5.  How do gluten and casein affect the body when ingested?
6.  Is there any evidence that suggests gluten and casein are linked to autism?
7.  How have people come to the conclusion that a GFCF diet is linked to autism?
8.  Are children receiving adequate nutrition if they are on a GFCF diet?
9.  Is maintaining a GFCF diet expensive?
10. Why is it that some people are convinced that a GFCF diet helps to reduce the symptoms of autism while others a convinced that the two are completely unrelated?