OT: new blogpost 'is autism primarily a disorder of interpersonal relatedness?'

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In this post I look at new research evidence that shows that autism is

reversible in some cases.

I'm saying that whatever the trigger for autism is (and it can be many

things/combinations of things such as vaccines, infections, mercury from dental

amalgam and other sources etc etc)the end result is the same - a disruption of

the typical developmental pathway.

Just expanding on what is in the blogpost a bit and making it more relevant for

you guys with an interest in biomed, I think that for some children, addressing

the trigger (biomedically treating whatever has tipped the child over into

autism) is not enough to reverse the autism. I have no evidence for this other

than an observation that biomed doesnt work for all children. Some kids seem to

need more. I'm only talking here about kids without intellectual disability -

which is not part of the autism but is a co-occuring condition that affects

about 40% (I think) of people with autism.

Because whatever triggers the autism starts an atypical developmental cascade

(which is common to all children with autism) that profoundly affects their

ability to develop higher level thinking competencies through interpersonal

engagement, I'm saying in the blog that we need to address the developmental

cascade through appropriate social communication interventions in order to help

our kids.

Have a read of the blog and see what you think - I'd be interested in your

comments

Zoe