Autism Causes, Symptoms and Treatments - Effective Strategies for Children on

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No matter how you look at it, autism is complicated. It is best understood as a

spectrum of related disorders because it encompasses a broad range of abilities

and symptoms all sharing common traits such as difficulties with language and

social interactions. The ASD umbrella includes people who have severe

communication deficits and a total inability to cope with the world, to people

who can live independently, but lack the breadth of interests and social skills

we expect in adults.

Many people still believe ASD is an educational issue, a mental health disorder,

or the result of bad parenting. Unfortunately, many medical professionals still

do not accept that there are biochemical problems (flaws in the chemistry our

bodies require to function normally) at the root of ASDs. The current standard

of care for most ASD patients is prescription drugs to " manage " symptoms. This

might make it easier for others to live with an ASD person, but it cannot be

considered an effective treatment, as it doesn't address the root causes of the

disease. However, if you are open to understanding ASD as a set of unique

biochemical problems and are willing to fight to make your child better, you

will almost certainly succeed.

There are many different pathways leading to an ASD diagnosis. A child with ASD

is likely to have many different biochemical problems and these problems may

only slightly overlap with another ASD child's issues. This one fact is almost

always overlooked in scientific studies, books, and especially in media reports.

You may have heard reports which conclude a particular cause (like mercury

poisoning from childhood immunizations) is not correlated with autism, or a

particular treatment (such as chelation or nutritional supplements) is not

effective. You may even have tried giving your child a treatment someone swore

did a world of good for their child, only to be disappointed. There is no

" one-size-fits-all " cure for ASD. There are as many different forms of ASD as

there are people who have it. Since each case of autism is unique, your child's

autism cannot be treated effectively until his or her unique problems are

determined and a customized treatment plan is created and strictly followed.

This will not be easy, and may be the most difficult thing you have ever done.

It is much easier to pretend your child will grow out his or her ASD symptoms,

or that there is nothing you can do. Nothing could be further from the truth --

your child needs help to get better and treatments are easier and more effective

if started when a child is young.

It is very important that you take a leadership role in your child's recovery.

You know your child best and need to assemble an effective team of medical

professionals and educators who can help you and your child. Your child cannot

do this on his or her own, and your pediatrician and even some so-called ASD

experts may not understand this disorder well enough to truly help.

The most effective treatments for ASD may not be well known to your current

doctor, but they are not " weird " , " fringe " or even " non-traditional " . They are

the result of decades of scientific research by leading ASD scientists and

physicians. Most importantly, they are the treatments used and recommended by

over 25,000 parents of ASD kids who administer therapies and carefully document

the positive and negative effects of these treatments. The bottom line is this

-- if you want your ASD child to get better, you are going to have to think for

yourself and take charge starting right now.

If you are a parent of an ASD child, you have a long and difficult challenge

ahead of you. You can choose to accept a lifetime of disability for your child,

or face this disease head on. The decision is yours.

Critical Information To Maximize the Potential of Someone With Autism:

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