Autism Treatment Reading

Today there are a myriad of resources for parents to get educated about biomedical treatment. Our favorites include:

Great Books:

1.	Children With Starving Brains By Jaquelyn McCandless, MD
	This book, authored by a highly respected DAN! Doctor and grandmother of an autistic child, provides a comprehensive summary of the "DAN! Protocol."

2.	Changing the Course of Autism: A Scientific Approach for Parents and Physicians By Bryan Jepson
	A bold clearly written-book giving parents the information and guidance to intervene and treat their children. Courageously addresses the vaccine-autism link and the importance of biomedical treatment.

3.	Healing the New Childhood Epidemics Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders By Kenneth Bock, M.D., and Cameron Stauth
	A great new book detailing the approach one highly-respected doctor uses to treating the "4A Disorders", has many of the DAN! Protocol principles.

4.	Autism: Effective Biomedical Treatments By John Pangborn and Sidney Baker
	An excellent book providing a comprehensive overview of the DAN! Protocol.

5.	Turning Lead into Gold: How Heavy Metal Poisoning Can Affect Your Child and How to Prevent and Treat It By Nancy Hallaway
	This book profiles the success a parent had through the removal of lead (and other metals) from her ADD son. While Generation Rescue would argue that mercury is the primary driver of the problem, the book provides very helpful insight into the relationship between heavy metal poisoning and neurodevelopmental disorders.

6.	The Puzzle of Autism: Putting it all Together. Dr. Amy Yasko
	Provides an overview of Dr. Amy Yasko’s protocol which was recently featured in Discover Magazine.

7.	The Natural Medicine Guide to Autism By Stephanie Marohn
	This book describes a wide-range of natural approaches to treating autism.

8.	Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder By Karyn Seroussi
	This book makes a compelling case for the GF/CF diet and provides many practical solutions and recipes for maintaining it.

9.	Special Diets For Special Kids and Special Diets For Special Kids, Two By Lisa Lewis
	Great recipe ideas and much more for using dietary intervention to treat your child.

10.	Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy By Amy Lansky
	An excellent overview of the use of homeopathy to treat autism.

Great Links:

1.	Autism Research Institute
2.	4-A Healing
3.	Talk About Curing Autism

Great Reading Materials:

1.	The Physiological Basis and Biomedical Intervention Options of Autism Spectrum Disorders Children's Biomedical Center of Utah Bryan Jepson, M.D. March 24, 2003
	This extensive report covers all the key areas of biomedical intervention for autism spectrum disorders, including chelation.

2.	Michael Lang’s Natural Detoxification Program Michael Lang 2006
	Michael Lang is the founder of Brainchild Nutritionals. Recently, he published a helpful guide with his own recommendations for how to detoxify a child safely and effectively.

3.	Treatment Options For Mercury/Metal Toxicity in Autism and Related Developmental Disabilities: Consensus Position Paper Autism Research Institute February 2005
	This position paper, from the collective thinking of 28 doctors and scientists, provides the very latest information from the DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!) Network on the range of treatment options for removing mercury from the body.

4.	Parent Ratings Of Behavioral Effects of Biomedical Interventions Autism Research Institute Bernard Rimland, Ph.D. August 2004
	This dense one-page summary provides helpful context for parents contemplating biomedical intervention. Compiling the responses of over 23,000 parents, it ranks the effectiveness of a range of interventions, including psychotropic and other behavioral modification drugs. It is important to note that of all interventions surveyed, "detox/chelation" (73%) and "GF/CF Diet" (63%) had the highest "Got Better" ratings.

5.	Chelation of Mercury for the Treatment of Autism www.healing-arts.org web site Dr. Amy S. Holmes January 2001
	Amy Holmes, one of the first physicians to use chelation therapy with autistic children, details her protocol (using oral DMSA) and the challenges of testing for mercury poisoning.

6.	Dr. Amy Holmes: In Her Own Words Dr. Amy S. Holmes 2000-2001
	This summary is a compilation of message board postings by Dr. Amy Holmes that provide additional insight into her approach to the chelation of autistic children, including her own son.

7.	Autism: A Twisted Tale of Viruses and Thimerosal by Dr. Amy Yasko
	This document provides not only a summary of Dr. Yasko’s perspective on the cause of autism but also a high-level overview of her treatment program.

8.	Autism, An Extreme Challenge To Integrative Medicine. Part II: Medical Management Alternative Medicine Review, Volume 7, Number 6 Parris M. Kidd, Ph.D.
	Written by a cell biologist and holistic health specialist, this report provides an overview of the biomedical approach to treating autism, including nutrient therapy and detoxification/chelation.

9.	Autism - The Biomedical Basics www.dysbiosis.com Polly Hattemer, Ph.D. 2004
	This summary provides an overview of biomedical intervention with a particular focus on nutritional supplementation.

10.	A Bio-Medical Treatment Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorder, Including Heavy Metal Detoxification Excerpted From Children With Starving Brains Jacquelyn McCandless, M.D. Summer 2002
	This summary is excerpted from a book authored by a highly respected DAN! Doctor and grandmother of an autistic child. It provides an overview of biodmedical intervention.

11.	An Experimental Intervention For Autism: Understanding and Implementing a Gluten & Casein Free Diet Lisa Lewis, Ph.D.
	This summary describes the rationale for a Gluten-free and Casein-free diet.

12.	Kirkman Labs Guide to Intestinal Health In Autism Spectrum Disorder Kirkman Labs Mark Brudnak, Ph.D., et. al.

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