Dedication -- Foreword -- Origins of the Vitamin D Theory of Autism -- So Why Isn't Vitamin D Widely Accepted and Promoted? -- A Credible Theory -- Preface -- Introduction: Autism First Impressions to Current Theory -- When My Research Became Personal -- Autism traits that helped me improve education, health and healthcare -- Chapter One: Reaching the Child Inside -- Children with "Fascinating Peculiarities" -- Outside Looking In -- Symptoms of a Whole-Body Disease -- Were Doctors Previously Oblivious to Autism? -- Does Autism Have Genetic Components? -- "Refrigerator Mothers" -- Treatment: Physical and Mental Health -- The Most Compelling Reason to Search for Treatment -- Chapter Two: Many Causes-Or Just One? Eight Theories -- Theory 1: Autism Is a Genetic Disorder -- Mistakes Were Made: Beriberi, Pellagra and Birth Defects -- Theory 2: Genetic Injury Causes Autism -- Theory 3: Vaccinations Cause Autism -- Theory 4: Uncontrolled Inflammation Causes Autism -- Theory 5: Autoimmune Disease Causes Autism -- Theory 6: Mitochondrial Disease Causes Autism -- Theory 7: Toxins Cause Autism -- Theory 8: Serotonin and Brain Development -- One Disorder, Multiple Theories -- Chapter Three: Autism: A New Theory -- My View of Autism -- Life Without Sunshine -- The Sun Scare -- Six Seemingly Unrelated Facts About Autism -- Fact 1: Autism has increased dramatically -- Fact 2: Autism is more common in polluted areas -- Fact 3: Autism is more common in cloudy and rainy areas -- Fact 4: Autistic boys have thin bones -- Fact 5: Autism is more common in wealthy, educated white families -- Fact 6: Autism is more common in dark-skinned people -- Are Improvements Related to Vitamin D Supplementation Long-Lasting? -- Can A Single Theory Explain All Six Facts? -- Fact 1: Autism has increased dramatically -- Fact 2: Autism is more common in polluted areas.

Fact 3: Autism is more common in cloudy and rainy areas -- Fact 4: Autistic boys have thin bones -- Fact 5: Autism is more common in wealthy, educated white families -- Fact 6: Autism is more common in dark-skinned people -- The Un-Autistic Syndrome -- Chapter Four: Messing with Mother Nature -- Here Comes the Sunscreen -- How Our Bodies Make Vitamin D -- The Mountain Pool -- Who Drained the Pool? -- Sun Avoidance and Death -- The Sun and Skin Cancer -- Vitamin D + Sunlight = Powerful Anticancer Protection -- The Most Feared Skin Cancer -- Proceed at Your Own Peril -- Vitamin D Helped Our Son Use Language Again -- What Else Does the Sun Give Us? -- The Sun Is Not Risk-Free -- The Solar Zenith Angle -- Chapter Five: Vitamin D Deficiency, Autism and Other Diseases: The Connection -- The Vitamin D System Is Inherited -- Did Vitamin D Cure Our Son? -- What Is Vitamin D Deficiency? -- Cause or Effect? -- Male-to-Female Ratio in Autism -- Scope of the Problem -- Natural versus Normal -- Biomarkers -- Falling Vitamin D Levels -- Show Me the Proof -- Vitamin D Deficiency and Other Diseases -- In Conclusion -- Chapter Six: Vitamin D, Autism and Skin Color -- Black Women and Mothers of Autistic Children -- Severe Vitamin D Deficiency -- Melanin and Vitamin D Absorption -- Blacks and Disease -- Our Son Is Thriving with Vitamin D -- How Much Have You Learned? -- Chapter Seven: Your Skin Is a Vitamin D Machine: You're the Driver -- Vitamin D Hypersensitivity -- Our "Manufacture" Levels -- Vitamin D Has Restored Our Hope -- Our "Activated" Levels -- Concerns for Toddlers -- Infant Supplements -- Sun Protection -- In Conclusion -- Chapter Eight: How Does Vitamin D Work in Autism? -- 1. DNA Repair -- 2. DNA Protection -- It's Almost as if He Were Cured -- 3. Anti-Inflammatory Actions -- 4. Antibody Manufacture -- 5. Seizure Reduction -- 6. Treg Increase.

7. Neurotrophin Increase -- 8. Mitochondrial Protection -- 9. Detoxification and Antioxidant Production -- Chapter Nine: High-Dose Vitamin D: Safe for My Child? -- Government Recommendations and Upper Limits -- Dangerous or Beneficial? -- Vitamin D Toxicity versus Hypervitaminosis D -- Vitamin D Toxicity in Children -- Vitamin D Toxicity and Pregnancy -- Sometimes Vitamin D Is Not Recommended -- Toxicity or Allergy -- My Husband Is Interacting with Our Son Again -- Skin Conditions -- Increased Sensitivity to Vitamin D -- How Much Have You Learned? -- Chapter Ten: My Recommendations for Vitamin D, Sunlight, Other Supplements and Diet -- Dosage and Supplementation -- Margin for Error -- Vitamin D Supplements -- Initial Dosage -- The Importance of Blood Tests -- Elevated Blood Vitamin D Level -- Resistance from Your Physician -- Sunlight Exposure -- Seasonal Supplementation -- Vitamin D and Sunburn -- Sunlight versus Supplementation -- What's Your Child's Skin Type? -- Warning: Extra Vitamin A May Impair Vitamin D Actions -- Vitamin D Cofactors -- Magnesium -- Zinc -- Boron -- Vitamin K2 -- Supplements -- General Diet Tips -- In Conclusion -- Chapter Eleven: What We Need Now -- Parents and People with Autism -- Parents-to-Be -- Doctors -- Government -- Scientists -- In Conclusion -- Glossary -- About the Vitamin D Council -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Index.