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 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...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 4, 2013 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Chelation, Diets, HBOT for ASD, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Speech and Language, Vaccines
Last week, Forbes’ science writer, Emily Willingham, decided to spice up Halloween with one of her usual autism-themed stories. How timely. The 5 Scariest Autism ‘Treatments’ warned readers that there are money hungry snake oil salespeople posing as...
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...
