by Dr. Brian Udell | Feb 17, 2013 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Speech and Language
There is an important skill that every child with ASD needs to learn and practice – going to the doctor. I have several patients who have actually been expelled from their practitioner’s office for disruptive behavior, including the neurologist and...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 2, 2013 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Chelation, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Sleep, Speech and Language
When Leo Kanner published his landmark Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact in 1943, a contemporary wrote, “he thought what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees.” It’s seventy years later, we’re knee-deep in an epidemic with...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Aug 6, 2012 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Speech and Language
It’s not too early to think about ways to help your youngsters get prepared for school. It’s sooner than we think, and children who are on the autism spectrum face great challenges. I spend a great deal of my time lately trying to get the kids and parents...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 9, 2011 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Diets, Patient experiences, Research, Sensory issues, Special Therapies
One of the goals of this blog is to help families navigate the complicated landscape of autism treatments. Because I am a conventionally trained and practicing pediatrician who has also studied alternative therapies, I feel that I have the credentials to give advice...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jun 14, 2011 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Holidays & Vacations, Patient experiences, Sensory issues
To read the letter “the sensory way” click here Dear Dad, I don’t speak much (or at all), so you might not hear me say how much I appreciate all that you do. Fathers and kids are supposed to be outside and playing together on a day as special as...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Apr 1, 2011 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Chelation, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, HBOT for ASD, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Special Therapies
When asked about my unique practice, questions #3 or #4 involve: the “removal of heavy metals” and HBOT, and I have recently posted regarding the latter. According to the Autism Research Institute’s Parent Ratings of Behavioral Effects of Biomedical...