Treating Autism
Children with regressive autism show improvements following steroid therapy!
Harvard Medical School finds that children who received prolonged steroid therapy following their regression into autism later show better functioning and improved symptoms compared to children who receive no treatments. Up to a third of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder manifest regressive autism – they show normal early development followed…
Quality Standards for Autism care published by NICE
Treating Autism is pleased to announce that Quality Standard for Autism (QS51) has been published by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE). We are hopeful that it will lead to more awareness and investigations of co-occurring medical conditions in autism, including epilepsy and gastrointestinal disorders. There is an overwhelming…
Recovery from childhood Autism
Given the appropriate interventions and hard work, some children completely lose their autism symptoms, and many others can be helped to achieve much higher level of functioning in later life. Listen to scientists discuss these groundbreaking findings here.
CDC confirms children with Autism have many unmet medical needs
A recent study conducted by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that children with autism face an increased risk for many common health conditions. This detailed assessment demonstrates that children with autism had much higher than expected rates of all of the medical conditions studied: frequent gastrointestinal problems…
Gut flora and gastrointestinal status
Gut flora and gastrointestinal status in children with autism correlates with autism severity A study by Arizona State University found strong correlation of gastrointestinal symptoms with autism severity. Their results indicate that children with more severe autism are likely to have more severe gastrointestinal symptoms and vice versa. The results…
Medical Comorbidities in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Widespread reports of severe medical conditions being attributed, without investigation and sometimes without physical examination, to ‘autism behaviours’ have compelled the creation of this document in order to present relevant information to healthcare providers, policy makers and the wider audience. A summary of current research, including the positions of leading…
Zoe Hennessy is running the London Marathon for Treating Autism!
The amazing Zoe says: Anyone that knows me knows that I couldn’t even run for a bus last year….. so running the London Marathon is a HUGE challenge. I literally started training from walking, and running 26.5 miles is going to be an incredibly difficult task. I have been inspired…
Autism is NOT for life!
Autism is NOT for life! New research provides evidence that ASD symptoms are reversible. New study by Deborah Fein and collagues from University of Connecticut shows that some children can COMPLETELY RECOVER from autism thanks to intensive treatments and therapies. While we await further publications from the team that will…
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Environment more important than genes in developing Autism
ScienceDaily reports that “After evaluating twin pairs in which at least one child has autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), researchers suggest that the shared environment may play a more substantial role in development of the condition than shared genes do, according to a report published Online First by Archives…
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Professor John Walker Smith Exonerated in Autism MMR Case
The recent ruling by Judge Mitting, quashing the GMC verdict against Professor Walker-Smith, is very welcome news! Professor Walker-Smith acted as medical professionals should, using his extensive knowledge and skills to help children who were truly ill. Very sadly, there are thousands upon thousands of children with autism who are…
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