Very interesting article. When I was growing up there were quite a few autistic kids at my school because our school was known to have good accomodations. A couple of them were extremely autistic. I know about the lashing out some can do when in pain or frustrated. It seems the MJ is clearly helping with that. From what the article states, it seems to be doing tons of good without any real side effects. In this case although the kid is young and it maybe a bit controversial giving MJ to an autistic kid (however keep in mind he's not smoking it) I say go for it. He is able to live peacefully and it stops him from habits that harm himself and others, while allowing him to remain calm enough to learn and develop. If that is what it takes to do so, why deprive him of the ability to do it?