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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 »

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

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I was surprised to learn that some of the Asperger's kids who come to my clinic have Facebook pages. Their parents have set them up for them and closely monitor their activit ... Read on »

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

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum All of the children with an Asperger's diagnosis that I see in my clinic are mainstreamed. And that's good until Middle School when testosterone kicks in at puberty and bully ... Read on »

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

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum In a recent article in "Time Magazine" the brother of a man with severe autism describes the life of his autistic brother and the ordeal his parent and now him are dealing wit ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Terrorists Recruiting Asperger's Suicide Bombers? by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Apparently, terrorists using the internet helped a British citizen with Asperger's plant a bomb in a restaurant. The bomb went off prematurely injuring the man with Asperger' ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Where Will All of the Children with Autism Go by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Everyone is concerned now with the rising number of children with autism. Autism diagnoses in California have increased twelve fold in two decades and rates are rising elsewh ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Recovering from Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Now there is evidence, some of it anecdotal on You Tube that perhaps 10% of children can recover from autism. Most of these children have received years of Applied Behavior A ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Vitamin D Deficiency and Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum The building next door to my clinic is full of tanning beds. Everyday I see a stream of people going in and out year round getting that golden tan under the lights. In the p ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: The Music of the Spheres and ABA by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum In normally functioning brains, neurons fire in rhythm. However, in brains which are impaired by various disorders like schizophrenia or autism, the neurons oscillation frequ ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Autism as an Insanity Defense by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum According to a recent Schafer Report, a number of violent criminal cases around the country have employed an insanity defense claiming autism affected the person's ability to ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Robots, Autism, and ABA by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum The Today Show recently had a piece on robots, which were designed to "interact" with children with autism. Previous observations have found that children with autism interac ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Using Cartoons To Detect Autism at An Early Age by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Everyone agrees that the earlier that you start treatment for children with autism the better. In fact some studies indicate that early ABA can even prevent autism. Yale Uni ... Read on »

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

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum According to several reports online Curemark has received FDA clearance for a Phase III clinical drug called CM-AT for the treatment of autism. CM-AT would be given with meal ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: ABA for ASD, ADD, ADHD, SD, ODD, OCD, TS, and Whatever Else is That is Left in the... by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum A syndrome is a collection of symptoms. So if we say a child has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) we know that this child has problems paying attention, is eas ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Boy Locked Away by Parents for Seven Years by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum In a recent Schafer report (March 6, 2009) there was a report of a young boy who had been locked in a dark barren room for seven years. He never played with other children, b ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Survey on Physicians Feeling Ill-Equipped to Treat Autism by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum In a recent survey, (see Schafer Autism Report, March 4, 2009) over 2000 physicians were surveyed about their views on treating autism in their practice. Of note, only 19% re ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: God and ABA by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum In almost 40 years of clinic work with children I thought I'd seen every problem imaginable and successfully dealt with most. But then a dedicated mother of a child with Aspe ... Read on »

Clinic Notes: Where Were All the Asperger's Children When I was Growing Up? by Dr. Gary B. Doctor of Philosophy

2 Comments Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Children with Asperger's Syndrome tend to have social problems and eccentric behavior. Their verbal behavior, especially conversation, is often described as unusual. Speech i ... Read on »

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