by Dr. Brian Udell | Aug 15, 2014 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, Holidays & Vacations, Patient experiences, Sensory issues, Sleep, Speech and Language
Forget pencils and notebooks. Here is my take on the most important items that children who exhibit signs and symptoms of ASD and ADHD really need to make it through the coming season: 10. A weighted vest, and other such functional products. Neural systems are on...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jul 6, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Diets, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Sleep, Speech and Language, Vitamin B12
The advice given by autism specialists is often subject to second opinions, by just about anyone and everyone. It is not the fault of families who seek more information, nor the doctors who are working to understand the situation. The conventional medical community...
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 13, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Vaccines
This month, Pediatrics published a paper indicating that there was, in fact, a “greater prevalence of GI symptoms among children with ASD compared with control children.” OK, so far. Not really groundbreaking information, but it did appear in a mainstream,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Feb 22, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences
Concerned parents continuously search for the key nutritional product(s) that might help their developmentally affected children. There are several reasons for this grail-quest. Formost, in my opinion, is the paucity of useful information that has emanated, so far,...
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...
