by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 16, 2025 | >ALL<, Patient experiences, Sleep
Getting children to sleep can be a daunting task. Getting youngsters “on the spectrum” to sleep is that journey ON STEROIDS! Melatonin, a natural supplement that helps induce sleep, has been in the recent news and has prompted this updated review. What is...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 3, 2024 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Sleep, Speech and Language, Vitamin D
This week (May ’17), Penn State researchers claimed to have disproven a generally-accepted premise with an article is entitled, Tantrums are Not Associated with Speech or Language Deficits in Preschool Children with Autism. The Study The authors retrieved...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 3, 2024 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Diagnosis, Diets, Dignosis, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Prevention, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Speech and Language
Shortly after starting speech therapy, it is not uncommon for our parents to be informed by the professional that their child has speech apraxia. Here’s the thing; the child does not have autism AND an inability to produce words. In the vast majority of cases,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Apr 1, 2018 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Anxiety, Autism Therapies, Chelation, Diagnosis, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Genetics, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Prevention, Research, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Special Therapies, Speech and Language, Treatment, Vitamin B12
I have attempted to write this explanation – about the MTHFR gene – for more than a year now, often surrendering because it just gets so complicated (see diagram on right – and that is a simplified version)! However, almost daily now, I need to...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Mar 18, 2018 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Conferences, Diagnosis, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Genetics, News-Maybe-Worthy, PANDAS etc., Patient experiences, Prevention, Research, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Sleep, Speech and Language, Vitamin B12
The Fall 2017 conference was ‘hurricaned’ out, so it’s been a year since I reported on the semi-annual 3-day scientific meeting of the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs. This post will focus on the two most controversial topics – one,...
