A Non-Interventional Pilot Study to Explore the Role of Gut Flora in Autism

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Refusal by parent or legally authorized representative to sign informed consent form
• •2. Treatment with antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to screening
• •3. Treatment with probiotics within 6 weeks prior to screening
• •4. History of bariatric surgery, total colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis or proctocolectomy.
• •5. Postoperative stoma, ostomy, or ileoanal pouch
• •6. Participation in any experimental drug protocol within the past 12 weeks
• •7. Treatment with total parenteral nutrition
• •8. Any clinically significant evidence of disease that could interfere with the subject's ability to enter the trial
• •9. Inability of parent or legally authorized representative to adequately communicate with the investigator or their respective designee and/or comply with the requirements of the entire study