Lyme Disease and the Autism Spectrum

Lyme Disease and the Autism Spectrum

A disease described forty years ago due to a cluster of patients who appeared in the vicinity of Lyme, CT, has to be considered among the list of differential diagnoses when pediatric patients present with unusual developmental and other complaints. Included on...
Tryptophan to Treat Autism

Tryptophan to Treat Autism

Tryptophan, which is a naturally occurring amino acid (a protein building block), has been found to be an effective treatment for several of the signs and symptoms of autism. According to SelfNutritionData, the food that is highest in tryptophan is a particular...
Patient Testimonials about Biomedical Autism Treatments

Patient Testimonials about Biomedical Autism Treatments

Every so often, my beautiful and patient wife, Jackie, reminds me that the service websites that she searches contain letters and feedback from clients. “It’s not just advertising,” Jackie points out, “there are key comments that help me make...
Notes from the Autism Education Summit

Notes from the Autism Education Summit

In the beginning of the autism epidemic, conferences included practitioners and families interested in assisting patients in their journey toward recovery. As the information has become more extensive and complicated, the needs and expectations of various parties...
Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs Fall 2015 Meeting

Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs Fall 2015 Meeting

I am proud to report my continuing perfect attendance at the MedMaps.org meetings, since the organization’s inception 4 years ago. These semiannual conferences represent one of the handful of valuable expositions, such as SFARI, to advance the science of...
A Real Autism Story

A Real Autism Story

My amazing journey in this practice of Special Needs Pediatric Medicine is about to take another interesting turn. Over a decade ago, I started researching, observing and testing children for ASD, then working at the county’s first autism clinic. It became clear...