by Dr. Brian Udell | Sep 22, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Speech and Language, Vaccines
My practice is fortunate enough to involve young people as student ‘interns’, who learn by helping out with the patients and performing other office duties. Occasionally, Karen, our patient and efficient Practice Administrator, even lets me use their...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Sep 13, 2012 | >ALL<, Asperger's Syndrome, Patient experiences
This story does not have a happy ending. It is about one of my young patients who drowned recently. The tragedy coincided with the National Autism Association’s announcement that there were a bunch of Big Red Box safety kits available for families in...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Sep 5, 2012 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome
I recently received my renewal notice for Fellowship in the American Academy of Pediatrics. Although continued membership is important for my credentials, it is really difficult for me to pony up the dues to an organization that gives so little attention to autism,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Aug 27, 2012 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Earliest Red Flags, Reversing autism
What if autism is not an epidemic? What if the condition is just a new name for childhood conditions which were previously called ‘retardation’ or ‘severely hyperactive’? That logic leads to the erroneous conclusion that, in a previous era,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Aug 23, 2012 | Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Earliest Red Flags, Reversing autism, Speech and Language
I can’t play the oboe. I probably never will. But, if I wanted to, it would probably take, like, 6 months just to be able to produce a single note. Then, maybe after 1 year – if I practiced every day – I might be able to play Three Blind Mice....