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New DAN! Doctors

New DAN! Doctors

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, an...

The World Wide Autism Web

The World Wide Autism Web

At the time of this post, there were over 80 million Google pages which answered to a Search request for "Autism". There were 9 million pages for "Autism Cure". We can't cure autism yet; we can treat it, however, quite successfully. Such a point-of-view confers this...

A Tale of Two Autisms

A Tale of Two Autisms

It was the best of conferences, it was the worst of conferences. There were families living the reality and experts carrying the truth. These were my experiences at two very different autism conferences this past week. There were sharp contrasts in spirit, knowledge...

Old Autism Tales

Old Autism Tales

Recently, a very caring, observant and apparently well-read Mom who is "only interested in 'natural' therapies" for her moderate-to-severely affected 10 year-old son asked, "What about focalin?" Um, that's not exactly a homeopathic remedy. Likewise, I spend a great...

MMR Vaccine Related to ITP

MMR Vaccine Related to ITP

Pediatrics, one of our primary and most respected medical journals, published a report this week that "There was no elevated risk of ITP after any vaccine in early childhood other than MMR in the 12- to 19-month age group." ITP stands for "Immune Thrombocytopenic...

Walkabout for Autism 2013

Walkabout for Autism 2013

This past weekend, the Dan Marino Foundation hosted the second annual Walkabout for Autism at Sun Life Stadium here in South Florida. The Foundation is a wonderful agency, assisting many other charitable organizations that help families and children with ASD. As a...

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