eng Science and Education Publishing International Journal of Celiac Disease 2334-3486 2015-11-16 3 4 132 135 10.12691/ijcd-3-4-1 IJCD2015341 article Anna Szaflarska-Pop?awska aszaflarska@wp.pl 1 Department of Pediatric Endoscopy and Gastrointestinal Function Testing, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru', Poland Children with autistic disorders suffer from various gastrological abnormalities more frequently compared to the overall population. Coincidence of autistic disorders and celiac disease is probably a concurrency of two common diseases. However, in order to assess the connection between autistic disorders and non-celiac gluten sensitivity it is necessary to carry out further studies. Gluten-free diet should not be applied in all patients with autistic disorders, but there probably is a group of patients with the diet-related autism phenotype, who can benefit from dietary therapy. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ijcd/3/4/1/ijcd-3-4-1.pdf celiac disease gluten-free diet intestinal permeability autism spectrum disorders