Posts Tagged autism spectrum disorders
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Temple Grandin: Innovator, Activist, Autistic
On Feb 6th HBO will air an original film starring Claire Danes based on the true story of Temple Grandin, a highly successful doctor of animal sciences and an internationally renowned autism advocate.
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Unravelling the Mystery of Autism
E Magazine's cover story this month connects environmental toxicity with autism -- shining light on the link between children with autism and adults with environmental illness.
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Ask Dr. Buttar about Vaccine Injury, Heavy Metal Toxicity or Autism
If you had 30 seconds to ask Dr. Rashid A. Buttar one question about vaccine injury, heavy metal toxicity or autism, what would it be?
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Autism Biomedical Treatment Grant Applications Available Now
Applications for the second round of Generation Rescue's Rescue Family grant program are available now on their web site. Applications must be received by Dec. 10, 2009.
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Call for chemical free zone
Tami Duncan, Executive Director of the Lyme Induced Autism Foundation sends out a plea to parents and practitioners of autistic children to refrain from wearing perfume, and other scented products.
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Ashok Gupta Interview
Planet Thrive founder Julie Genser interviews Ashok Gupta to get a more in-depth view into the Amygdala Retraining™ Program for CFS/ME and related disorders.
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A mother confounds autism experts, rewires son’s brain
Cheri Florance risked her whole family's happiness in a successful battle to turn her deaf, mute and uncontrollable little boy into a happy, healthy and normal teenager.
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Klinghardt Autism Protocol
Referred to by many as a medical genius, Dr. Klinghardt has successfully treated many children on the autism spectrum. His approach focuses on detoxification of lyme neurotoxins, mercury, mold, and other environmental toxins.
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Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet is a nutritional regimen used to treat a variety of chronic and auto-immune disorders including Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Diverticulitis, Celiac Disease, Autism and Cystic Fibrosis.
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Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) Protocol
The DAN! Protocol offers a biomedical treatment approach for parents and physicians who do not regard psychotropic drugs as the best or only means of treating autistic patients.
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Cutler Mercury Chelation Protocol
Comprehensive heavy metal detoxification protocol that includes diagnostic testing, vitamin and mineral supplementation, dietary restrictions, and chelation with both natural (ALA) and synthetic (DMPS, DMSA) chelators.
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Dr. Amy Yasko’s Nutrigenomics Protocol
Approach for autism, ALS, MS, and other neuro disorders that uses genetic testing for mutations in the methylation pathway to help nutritionally bypass existing blocks.
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Autism Web Resources
Websites and articles focused on autism spectrum disorders.
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Autism Dietary Intervention
Behavioral and cognitive symptoms of children with autism can many times be managed or eliminated through dietary change—an important first step to recovering your child.
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Autism Support
Support for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders as well as adults on the spectrum.
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Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
FDA-approved naltrexone, in a low dose, can boost the immune system — helping those with HIV/AIDS, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and central nervous system disorders.
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FOCUS ON: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
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Impaired Brain Plasticity Linked To Angelman Syndrome Learning Deficits
Researchers believe that the disruption of a single gene in the brain can cause the severe cognitive deficits associated with Angelman syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder often misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy or autism...
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Enlarged brain region found in toddlers with autism: study
Toddlers with autism seem more likely to have a larger amygdala, the area of the brain linked with facial recognition and emotion, a brain scanning study suggests.
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New Study: Autism Linked to Environment
Research links soaring incidence of the mysterious neurological disorder to fetal and infant exposure to pesticides, viruses, household chemicals.
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Autism Teen Creates “Outsider” Art
Arthur Simo is a teenager, self-taught artist and he has autism. Creating art gives him a way of showing his feelings about the way he perceives the world around him.
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Indiana: High rates of autism, toxic pollution
Indiana’s autism rate is now 1 in 113, above the national rate. Is it a coincidence that 266 million pounds of toxic chemicals were released into the state's air, land and water in 2006 alone?
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Pregnancy, Candida and Autism
Dear Donna, Is there a link between autism and fungal infections in a mother during pregnancy?
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Dissolve Biofilms With Fibrinolytic Enzymes: A Novel Approach to Chronic Infection in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Interview with Peta Cohen, M.S., R.D., who specializes in treating children with autism using a biomedical / nutritional model, including the use of fibrinolytic enzymes like lumbrokinase and nattokinase.
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Autism Recovery… OSD, TMA, AAP, NIH, CDC, IOM, Listen Up!!!
A military mom recovers her vaccine-injured child from autism using biomedical treatment therapies.
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A new theory on autism put forward
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have proposed a sweeping new theory of autism that suggests that the brains of people with autism are structurally normal but dysregulated.
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Scientists find ‘baffling’ link between autism and vinyl flooring
Children who live in homes with vinyl floors, which can emit phthalates, are twice as likely to have autism, according to a new study by Swedish and U.S. researchers.
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An Outbreak of Autism, or a Statistical Fluke?
A group of Somali immigrants in Minneapolis have experienced an alarming surge in the rate of autism in their community but doctors and public health experts are unsure if its an outbreak or statistical fluke.
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They’re Autistic – and They’re in Love
Lindsey and Dave are deeply in love. And they are autistic. Every day of their relationship, these two beat tremendous odds. That's because the very definition of autism suggests that love is not in the cards at all.
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Diet for autism
Dear Donna, Is there anything besides a gluten- and casein-free diet that parents can do for their autistic children?
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Treatment of lyme in autism
Dear Stephen, What would be your approach to treating a child with autism for lyme - is your protocol appropriate for such children?