Obama’s Autism Czar Missing in Action

6 months into the Obama administration, no “Autism Czar”.  To add insult to injury, it appears that autism has been excluded from the president’s spend-a-thon, AKA: Health Care Reform.  Given the trillions already dropped into the laps of greedy bankers with no strings or oversight attached, autism coverage is the equivalent of the federal government [...]

Autism and Anti-Seizure Meds: Catch 22

We are in the same old Catch 22 with the seizure meds.  We removed one of the two anticonvulsants, Topamax; because of the low dose, the fact that we still have seizures occassionally, and the side effects.
Less seizure meds = more verbal and fewer autism-ism symptoms.  However, we’ve had 4 seizures in a week.  The [...]