The Autism Wars: Frank Bruni vs. Jenny McCarthy

The Autism Wars: Frank Bruni vs. Jenny McCarthy

Perhaps to mark the end of Autism Awareness month, but seemingly out of the blue, New York Times op-ed contributor, Frank Bruni, decided to weigh in on the vaccination-autism non-connection issue with this April 21, 2014 article. He accused Jenny McCarthy of being an...
Vitamin D for Autism and ADHD

Vitamin D for Autism and ADHD

One of the more common out-of-range laboratory findings in the children who come to our clinic is a low vitamin D level. Learning about the myriad effects of this important nutrient ought to encourage parents to ask their pediatric specialist to check the blood...
Emails from a Parent Concerned about Autism

Emails from a Parent Concerned about Autism

We get emails galore at The Child Development Center. The following exchanges (which took place over 7 months) are from one insightful, articulate and appropriately concerned mother. Such correspondence is representative of the majority of questions that accompany...
Sensory Processing in Autism – 2

Sensory Processing in Autism – 2

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...