Top Autism Stories of 2015

Top Autism Stories of 2015

An end-of-the-year GoogleScholar.com search for publications using the term AUTISM returned ~ 58,000 entries: √ Treatment = 32,000 results √ Diagnosis = 19,000 items √ Cause = 19,000 records √ Prevention = 10,000 entries Here are the stories that represent this...
Get Your Child Off the Couch and Out of the House

Get Your Child Off the Couch and Out of the House

I watched a tv commercial recently, recommending that families should play outdoors for at least an hour a day. “The NFL PLAY 60 Challenge teaches educators and children to integrate health and fitness into daily classroom lessons.” What a great idea! It...
Going Beyond Biomedical ADHD Treatments

Going Beyond Biomedical ADHD Treatments

Message from TheAutismDoctor.com Mobile Site: 11.29.2015 “Dr. Udell, my six year old grandson has autism. He was diagnosed right after his 2nd Birthday. He is in a special needs kindergarten class and has speech, occupational, and physical therapy regularly. He...
Lyme Disease and the Autism Spectrum

Lyme Disease and the Autism Spectrum

A disease described forty years ago due to a cluster of patients who appeared in the vicinity of Lyme, CT, has to be considered among the list of differential diagnoses when pediatric patients present with unusual developmental and other complaints. Included on...
Tryptophan to Treat Autism

Tryptophan to Treat Autism

Tryptophan, which is a naturally occurring amino acid (a protein building block), has been found to be an effective treatment for several of the signs and symptoms of autism. According to SelfNutritionData, the food that is highest in tryptophan is a particular...