Hi:

I came upon your post because of the prednisone and acyclovir mentions which my child was prescribed for a very different condition - acute mylogenous leukemia followed by bone marrow transplant. Prednisone was used as an immune-suppressant and can have some devasting effects. Acyclovir was used mostly to manage viral infections or flares of an already present virus.

Your post intrigued me so I did some checking on the NIH neurological/cognitive development Web site as well as on their clinical trials page. Here are the links:

[url="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/search.htm?Text2=%27autism%27&Text1=autism&Go+Search%21=Go"]http://www.ninds.nih.gov/search.htm?Text2=%27autism%27&Text1=autism&Go+Search%21=Go[/url]
[url="http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/c/a1b/action/SearchAction?JServSessionIdzone_ct=kxjgy9ym71&term=autism&submit=Search"]http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/c/a1b/action/SearchAction?JServSessionIdzone_ct=kxjgy9ym71&term=autism&submit=Search[/url]

I also found an autism resource site:

[url="http://www.unc.edu/~cory/autism-info/CHALU.html#autiinfo"]http://www.unc.edu/~cory/autism-info/CHALU.html#autiinfo[/url]

Good luck,
Jay