Toilet Training and Autism

Toilet Training and Autism

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...
Stopping the Autism & ADHD Supplements

Stopping the Autism & ADHD Supplements

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...
Best Summertime Activities for Children with Autism and ADHD

Best Summertime Activities for Children with Autism and ADHD

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....
Understanding Autism Better

Understanding Autism Better

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,...
Talking At TACA

Talking At TACA

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...
When Methyl B12 Doesn’t Work for Autism

When Methyl B12 Doesn’t Work for Autism

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...