| Biomedical Treatment For Autism | | | | we use. But that does not mean that I can say |
| I'd like to discuss my feelings about biomedical | | | | that one specific therapy will treat a certain core |
| interventions for Autism and talk about the | | | | set of symptoms or eradicate them completely. |
| reasons why I think it is important to begin a | | | | But, when you address the underlying medical |
| biomedical approach for your child. I lecture around | | | | issues of a child with Autism and you look at the |
| the country and talk on these videos on my | | | | diagnostic results and treat accordingly, in many |
| website about how important biomedical | | | | cases you can have an improvement in the |
| intervention is. But one thing to recognize is that | | | | individual's Autism and in some cases it can go |
| when we look to implement a biomedical protocol | | | | away. When we use a biomedical treatment |
| whether that is through diet, supplements, etc, | | | | approach what we really are doing is optimizing |
| we are really assessing the underlying medical | | | | the individual's potential. Biomedical Treatment For |
| issues. | | | | Autism |
| What that can entail is the use of diagnostic | | | | You are evaluating the underlying medical issues |
| testing, urine, stool, blood, etc. in order to look for | | | | and addressing them as appropriate. Whether the |
| imbalances. The imbalances could be nutritional like | | | | person has a diagnosis of Autism or not should |
| vitamins and minerals, essential fats or amino | | | | not matter in the diagnosis and treatment of |
| acids. Or the imbalances could be biochemical or | | | | these specific underlying health issues. The Autism |
| involve digestive problems. Kids may not be | | | | diagnosis should not impede the use of diagnostic |
| digesting their food appropriately and they may | | | | testing to ensure that your child is as healthy as |
| have chronic diarrhea or chronic constipation. So | | | | they can be. It does require a unique and |
| regardless of the diagnosis of the child, I think we | | | | specialized physician's approach to implement |
| can all agree that the right assessment is still | | | | some of this testing and the therapies that we |
| needed. But often a label of Autism can exclude a | | | | use. But when you take a step back, you realize |
| child from getting the appropriate assessment for | | | | that what we are doing is to optimize the |
| these underlying medical disorders. | | | | potential of the individual. And some of the ways |
| First and foremost I want to know what is going | | | | we do that are through nutrition, supplementation |
| on with my patient's health, as their biomedical | | | | and diagnostic testing. |
| specialist. That is the reason for the testing that | | | | |