by Dr. Brian Udell | Jun 14, 2015 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Special Therapies
Every parent faces the chore of imparting proper potty skills. Then, there is toilet training toddlers affected with autism. I was recently interviewed about the special challenges that face parents as their affected offspring embark upon this important developmental...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jun 6, 2015 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Speech and Language, Vitamin B12
I once asked Dr. Dan Rossignol how to cut back on the multitude of supplements that children take for ASD and ADHD. The leader of the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs, simply stated, “Brian, it’s easier to get kids on them, than off.” Often, a really...
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 23, 2015 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Sensory issues, Speech and Language, Vitamin D
It’s already the end of this school year. Many families (here, in Florida) have been through an IEP to determine services for the next semester. What is best? Often, it will involve some special education, possibly in an ESE classroom or GenEd with pullouts....
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 17, 2015 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Conferences, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Genetics, Patient experiences, Research, Special Therapies, Speech and Language, Stem Cells
A growing number of children with tiny genetic differences, known as copy number variations, have accompanied the steady increase of patients who visit The Child Development Center. Often, the conventional advice is that 1) such anomalies are probably not significant,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 3, 2015 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Conferences, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Research, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Special Therapies, Speech and Language
I had the privilege of speaking at the Talk About Curing Autism Conference, which was held in Philadelphia this weekend (5.1.15). The topic that I was asked to present was Mast Cells. Dr. T C Theoharides is a world’s expert on this subject, but couldn’t...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Apr 26, 2015 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Research, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Speech and Language, Vitamin B12
The Physicians’ Desk Reference is the text that professionals turn to first, when checking on a prescription medication. Though it contains more a thousand pages describing 330 medications, the condition ‘speech apraxia’ doesn’t appear. That...