An Autism Christmas Story: If It’s Good Enough For John-Boy

An Autism Christmas Story: If It’s Good Enough For John-Boy

by Karen Vossen Practice Administrator Child Development Center of America Today, I was wrapping my children’s presents. Maybe it was the 6 cups of coffee, maybe it’s the menopause, or maybe I am just a sentimental Mom. I got a little sad and shed some tears. I...
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...
Some Thoughts on Alternative Medical Alternatives to Autism Treatment

Some Thoughts on Alternative Medical Alternatives to Autism Treatment

This month’s Autism Society of Broward Speaker Series featured autism expert, Ms. Vicki Martin, who gave an interesting and thorough discussion assessing the medical causes of behavior in ASD, and my talk covering some of the latest biomedical treatments for...
Doctors Failing to Understand Autism

Doctors Failing to Understand Autism

When faced with the unknown or uncertain, physicians will often rely on language that, while sounding scientific and medical, just restates the obvious or says nothing helpful at all. “I’m not aware of any literature on that topic.” Does that mean...
A Brief Discussion of Mitochondrial Function and Autism

A Brief Discussion of Mitochondrial Function and Autism

Previously only of interest to researchers and a few doctors, this topic has become a popular subject to families of children affected with signs and symptoms that are grouped as Autism Spectrum Disorder. The amount of information is dense, complicated by the myriad...