by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 4, 2014 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Chelation, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Research, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Speech and Language
I was sprucing up some files, recently, and accidentally deleted my original post on this subject. Hours were spent attempting to recover that essay. And, yes, Virginia, I did back up – do file recovery programs ever actually work? I finally decided that, since...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 29, 2013 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, News-Maybe-Worthy, Reversing autism, Speech and Language
Here is this year’s crop of stories (listed in Medical News Today) that I consider to be the most informative, interesting, and likely to change the knowledge base concerning the epidemic of childhood signs and symptoms presently called Autism Spectrum Disorder....
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 9, 2013 | >ALL<, Asperger's Syndrome, Patient experiences
There has been a controversy brewing lately, involving the organization Autism Speaks. Facing a Congressional audience to address the epidemic, Suzanne Wright, co-founder and major contributor, expressed what has been categorized as inaccurate, overstated, or alarmist...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 1, 2013 | Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Books, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Speech and Language
Occasionally, texts appear that are so compelling, they are assigned to my Official Autism Library. The scientific stuff can be found in medical journals. These are stories about how people think, what they think about, and about their lives. What makes them really...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 23, 2013 | >ALL<, Autism Therapies, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Speech and Language
As in many things ASD-ish, instructions that usually work in neuro-typical children are not certain to shape up as expected. For example, advising the mom of an autistic finicky eater, “Just let him sit there, he’ll eventually eat,” could be a big...