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 | 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...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Oct 31, 2013 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Chelation, Diets, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Speech and Language
Emily Willingham, a Forbes blogger who frequently waxes less-than-sympathetic in her stories concerning autism, recently posted her Five Scariest ‘Treatments’. While I do not disagree with some of her picks, I take issue with the tone of the blog and the...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Oct 26, 2013 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Speech and Language
Applied Behavioral Analysis is the science of understanding and molding human behaviors. Dr. I. Lovaas utilized Skinner-era techniques in the latter half of the 20th century to produce proven results in selected ASD patients. Dr. D. Granpeesheh authored a...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Oct 20, 2013 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Diagnosis, Patient experiences, Speech and Language
A recent headline offered, “Is the autism ‘epidemic’ over?” How about this claim, “US outpacing U.K. in autism rates”? Another one, a bit less dramatic, “Autism diagnoses level off in Britain after five-fold surge during the...
