by Dr. Brian Udell | May 26, 2013 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Sleep, Speech and Language
Gastro-esophageal reflux (GERD) is a disorder in which the stomach contents slosh back up into the esophagus (tube that goes from the mouth down to the stomach). When GERD happens in newborns and infants, it may be diagnosed as ‘colic’, it may be...
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 17, 2013 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Patient experiences, Special Guests, Speech and Language
The goal of biomedical treatment is to optimize health in order to minimize inflammation, prevent disruptive behaviors, enable normal development, and allow the traditional therapies to take hold. This is the story of one of our parents who became a believer after...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Feb 17, 2013 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Speech and Language
There is an important skill that every child with ASD needs to learn and practice – going to the doctor. I have several patients who have actually been expelled from their practitioner’s office for disruptive behavior, including the neurologist and...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 5, 2013 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Earliest Red Flags, Patient experiences
My practice continues to speak with families who remain confused about the most accurate diagnosis for their developmentally challenged offspring. Three professionals can provide 6 different-sounding diagnosis, depending on when they examined the patient, insurance...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 2, 2013 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Chelation, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Sleep, Speech and Language
When Leo Kanner published his landmark Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact in 1943, a contemporary wrote, “he thought what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees.” It’s seventy years later, we’re knee-deep in an epidemic with...