More Evidence

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How many more studies need to be published about the biochemical and neurological dysfunctions that are present in children with autism before the powers that be will re-classify autism as a biomedical and neurological disorder and not a mental one?

This will create the paradigm shift we need from a primarily genetic problem to a treatable physiological one.

Treatment goals must targeted at normalizing biochemistry and sensory-motor function! You can't "treat" a biological problem with behavior modification, cognitive therapies and special education alone!

Brain waves show sound processing abnormalities in autistic children

Radiological Society of North America

The findings showed that in the children with autism there was a fraction of a second delay in the brain's response while processing the rapid succession sounds and the unusual streams, giving researchers an insight into the dysfunction of the auditory processing system in autistic children."This delay in processing certain types and streams of sound may underpin the subsequent language processing and communication impairment seen in autistic children," Dr. said.

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Gastrointestinal symptoms in children with an autism spectrum disorder and language regression.

Valicenti-McDermott MD, McVicar K, Cohen HJ, Wershil BK, Shinnar S.

Department of Pediatrics, Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center, Rose F. Kennedy Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.

Few studies have compared gastrointestinal problems in children with an autism spectrum disorder with and without a history of language regression. A cross-sectional study was conducted with structured interviews in 100 children with autism spectrum disorder, using a gastrointestinal questionnaire and a familial autoimmune questionnaire. By parental report, children with language regression more frequently exhibited an abnormal stool pattern (40% vs 12%, P = 0.006) and had an increased family history of celiac disease or inflammatory bowel disease (24% vs 0%, P = 0.001) and of rheumatoid arthritis (30% vs 11%, P = 0.03). Among 35 children with a family history of autoimmune disease, an abnormal stool pattern was reported more frequently in those with language regression (78% vs 15%, P = 0.001) than in those without. An association was observed between children with language regression, a family history of autoimmune disease, and gastrointestinal symptoms. Additional studies are needed to examine a possible shared autoimmune process.

A. Gruttadauria, DC, DACANDefeat Autism Now! Clinician Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Academy of NeurologyLong Island Spectrum Center, Inc.100 Manetto Hill Road, Suite 106Plainview, NY 11803 Office Faxwww.lispectrum.comLife should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com.