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...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 28, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Chelation, Conferences, Holidays & Vacations, News-Maybe-Worthy, Reversing autism
There were lots of reports about celebrities endorsing research, early brain scans, early blood tests for autism, various ‘genetic tests’ for autism, the flu during pregnancy influencing autism, environmental risks, some promising treatments,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 16, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Chelation, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Reversing autism
Patient’s families, acquaintances and colleagues frequently supply autism stories and ask my opinion about them. Focusing on treatment, I have found the recent research, A randomized controlled trial of bumetanide in the treatment of autism in children,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 18, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Chelation, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Speech and Language
Signs and symptoms of ASD are the most common ailments that I treat. Often, autism is the primary diagnosis, but there are many patients who have some other essential problem; either named (e.g. Down Syndrome), descriptive (Congenital hypotonia), or no diagnosis...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Mar 13, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Chelation, Diets, News-Maybe-Worthy, Vaccines
TheAutismDoctor cannot help but weigh in on the recent judge’s reversal of the expulsion of Dr. Walker-Smith, a co-author of the controversial 1998 paper in the British Journal The Lancet, entitled Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Mar 5, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Chelation, Diets, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences
The community of practitioners who care for children on the autism spectrum (formerly known as DAN! – Defeat Autism Now) is evolving into the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs (medmaps.org). This is due, in large part, to the work of Dr. Dan Rossignol,...