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Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Martin, Tennessee
Dr. Brown received his undergraduate degree from Texas Christian University in 1966 and stayed on... Full Bio
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Clinic Notes: Successful Treatment of Autism Depends on Parental Involvement by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Many studies have shown that early diagnosis and intensive therapy is the key to the successful treatment of autism. Multiple therapies including Applied Behavior Analysis (A ... Read on »
Clinic Notes: Let's Just Bury our Heads in the Ground and Autism Will Go Away by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Well here's a cheap and quick way to cure autism--just say it is not a medical disorder or disability but a "socially created disability," whatever that is. Apparently, that' ... Read on »
Clinic Notes: Darwin and Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Autism is considered to be a genetic disorder by many and numerous researchers are looking for the "autism gene." The concordance rate for autism (the probability for getting ... Read on »
Clinic Notes: Autism and Diet Redux by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Okay another study, this one by Dr. Timothy Buie of Harvard Medical School, says that digestive problems are not more common in kids with autism and special diets do not work. ... Read on »
Clinic Notes: Does Acetaminophen Cause Autism? by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Many parents of children with autism blame the vaccinations that their children were given between 2 and 3, more specifically the Thirmosal preservative (Mercury) used in the ... Read on »
Clinic Notes: Help Wanted. Need People with Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum The children with autism that I see in my clinic are very young, usually between 2 and 6. Most of the older children that I see in my clinic have been coming for years. They ... Read on »
Clinic Notes: Social Skills and Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Autism is primarily a communication disorder. Children with autism may lack functional language or may have language that is functional, except in social situations. For chil ... Read on »
This week another study has conf ... by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum This week another study has confirmed what those of us who work with children with autism already know--he earlier the intervention the better. In fact in previous blogs I ha ... Read on »
Clinic Notes: What do Emotions Look Like to a Child with Autism? by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Children with autism have problems identifying emotions in other people. It seems this has to do with facial expressions. But children with autism also have problems identif ... Read on »
Clinic Notes: Hyperbaric Chambers and Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum "Treating" autism is big business. Anecdotal reports have reported that children with autism have shown remarkable gains following exposure to increased oxygen in hyperbaric ... Read on »
Clinic Notes: Treating Autism in a Rural Area While Waiting for Healthcare Reform by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Many children with autism have ADHD like behavior and do well on stimulant drugs. Most pediatricians and family practice physicians have no problem prescribing these medicati ... Read on »
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 causes of auti ... 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 directions ... 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 »