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Clinic Notes: So Long Asperger's. I Hardly Got to Know You. by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum In 1944 Viennese physician Hans Asperger described a sample of children with high functioning autism who had normal intelligence and language, but were socially awkward and ob ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: What Has More Research on Autism Told Us? by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum A decade or so back, when it became apparent that we were in the midst of an "autism epidemic" the call was repeatedly made for more research into the potential caus ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Mercury Levels in Children with Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Science is a slow process and sometimes it's not a discovery that is made in a study that is important, but a study or studies that can rule out something as a cause. No one ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: There's an App for That by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the most effective treatment for autism. Unfortunately, well-trained ABA therapists are expensive and hard to find. On my website (www.aba ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Autism in Adults by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum As I have mentioned in previous blogs the incidence of autism is rising. This is well documented by stats put out by the CDC and I see many more children in my clinic now with ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Body Language and Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Several years ago I published an article titled, "What Horses Tell Us About Autism." (Available at www.aba4autism.com). In my clinic I had noticed that when given d ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Autism and Gastrointestinal (GI) Disease by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Some parents, autism researchers and clinicians think that autism is caused by GI disease, hence the gluten and casein free diets, and various vitamins and supplements that ar ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Early Detection of Autism Redux by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Autism is usually diagnosed between the second and third year of life when language fails to develop. (This is also the time when children receive vaccinations for common chi ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Autism as a Systemic Disease by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum As I mentioned in a previous blog, a pediatrician, who's two year old had just been diagnosed with autism, contacted me. She had taken her child to the gastroenterology depar ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Church and Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Many parents who bring their children with autism to my clinic complain that their child does not do well in church. Children with autism who have sensory issues may not do w ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Mercury and Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Many parents who bring their children with autism to my clinic tell me that their child was developing normally and they thought everything was fine, and then, sometime betwee ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: What's Money Got to Do With It?? by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum As socioeconomic status (SES) increases the likelihood of being diagnosed with a serious psychiatric disorder decreases. I can remember when anxiety disorders were reserved fo ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: New Autism Rates by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum As I have mentioned in previous blogs, when I first started practicing nearly 40 years ago I never saw a case of autism. Now children with autism make up nearly 80% of my pra ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Should You Tell a Child That He or She has Autism or Asperger' by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum This is a question that parents frequently ask in my clinic. And most everyone agrees that it is a good idea to tell the child. Many children on the spectrum already know th ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: IPods and Asperger's by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I love my IPod. Only the music that I want downloaded at a cheap price. I listen to my IPod when I run, want to relax, work outside, on planes, anywhere that boredom might s ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: When the Baby Boomers Develop Alzheimer's and Today's Kids with Autism Grow Up Who... by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum My mother has Alzheimer's and is in an Alzheimer's unit at a local nursing home. She doesn't know us anymore, but she is receiving the best care possible. And she should. It ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Stem Cells and Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Several years ago I read an article about a small stem cell company (StemCelInc.) who was trying to develop a cure for Batten Disease, a neurodegenerative disease of childhood ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Autism and Gluten by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Several years ago a pediatrician contacted me regarding her two-year old child who had just been diagnosed with autism. She worked in a large university hospital and took her ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Recovering From Autism with ABA by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum We have been telling parents for years that ABA is the best treatment for autism. But then we quickly add that there is no cure for autism and it is a life long condition. W ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: The Window to the Mind of Children with Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum According to poets the eyes are the windows to the soul. I don't know if that is the case, but I do know that for many nonverbal children with autism speech augmentative devi ... Read on »

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