Ten Top Toys Not to Get Children Affected with Autism for the Holidays
Maybe this list applies to all modern kids. Especially as regards offspring who are ‘on the spectrum’, our experience and perspective from The Child Development Center can assist gift givers with...
View ArticleSignificant Autism Events of 2017
In the face of the exploding incidence of childhood developmental abnormalities, scientific knowledge is sorely lacking. These are my top picks for this year’s most useful human research and events...
View ArticleVintage 20th Century Autism Thinking
Electroshock therapy in 1950’s Think about what is was like for ‘pioneer’ doctors at the beginning of the last century. I am certain that they were derided by the medical establishment, whose beliefs...
View ArticleA Successful Autism Doctor Visit
This story is a total rip-off. The New York Times recently featured a worthwhile piece entitled, A Doctor’s Guide to a Good Appointment. In that vein, I couldn’t help but add my two cents worth of...
View ArticleAutism & MTHFR Explained
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...
View ArticleFecal Transplant as an Autism Treatment
The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine recently published an article entitled, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Primary Clostridium Difficile Infection. It is likely that parents of...
View ArticleTheAutismDoctor’s COVID-19 Back-To-School Matrix
As with most adults during this quarantining/social-distancing era, mornings begin by reading some periodical(s) concerning the pandemic, and where we are supposed to go to work today… or, if there is...
View ArticleHow to Choose a Pediatrician – The Modern Version
The New York Times recently published their version of “How to Choose the Right Pediatrician“. That was great advice for the last century. Web-savvy parents being more knowledgable than co-authors...
View ArticleA Cholesterol – Autism Connection
There isn’t one presentation of autism. Plus, there are multiple causes of the childhood developmental challenge that is characterized by certain behaviors and communication delays known as Autism...
View ArticleAutismDoctor Literature 2020 Review
Each month throughout the year, I flag research that pertains to my understanding and how I practice the complicated world of childhood developmental medicine. There are many articles to be considered,...
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