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Dr. Brown’s Clinic Notes: Does the Autism Apple Fall Far from the Tree?

(from Dr. Brown’s ABA4Autism Blog)

When I have a new child come into the clinic, and I am taking a history, I ask the parents if anyone else in the family has an autism diagnosis. The answer is almost always no. But often, after weeks of therapy, one or both parents, after having learned more about autism, often state that they wonder if they have autism. (And sometimes after getting to know the parents I wonder too.) Parents of children with autism analyze their past development and either interpret or misinterpret some of their behavior as autistic. This seems to be especially true of certain high tech professions.

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Autism Omnibus Trial - Snyder v. the Secretary of Health and Human Services - Tale of Colten Snyder

DAY SEVENTEEN AUTISM OMNIBUS TRIAL

The Return of a Lost Child – Day Seventeen of the Autism Omnibus Proceeding – Snyder v. the Secretary of Health and Human Services

By Kent Heckenlively, Esq.

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Special Diets for Special Kids … As featured on Oprah, Larry King Live, and The View.

From Jenny McCarthy’s Louder than Words … page 104 …

“Special Diets for Special Kids Two. I couldn’t wait to read it and fill my eager heart with more knowledge. I was blown away when I read that mothers often noticed that their autistic children were malnourished because they couldn’t absorb nutrients from food. After beginning a gluten- and casein-free diet (wheat- and dairy-free) with vitamin supplements, others reported huge changes in their children, sometimes even recovery from autism. I had to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating, so I read that again. Could it really be true?”

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