Courts continue to rule there is evidence that autism disorders may be connected to measles-mumps-rubella vaccines. U.S. government policy and most health care providers disagree. Researcher Dr. Andrew Wakefield and others insist the science is not settled and further studies are required to determine if there are genetic or biological markers for children who [...]

The organ that bears the brunt of a leaky gut is often the liver. Undigested food particles, foreign substances, environmental toxins, bacteria and yeast, which are normally kept in the digestive tract are frequently absorbed into the bloodstream, which the liver must neutralize and pass out of the body.
Our Stressed Out Liver
The liver, [...]

I still remember the day Alexia was born, so beautiful and perfect weighing in at 8 pounds 7 ounces. She had 10 fingers, 10 toes and sparkling blue eyes that later turned to hazel.
My granddaughter was the most wonderful baby in the world in my eyes and she seemed to be progressing normally for [...]

Would you know the signs of autism if you saw them? With so many children being diagnosed with autism these days I believe it’s time to give you some ideas as to what the signs of autism are.
Actually, I believe the signs are so varied amongst children who have autism that while one [...]

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy produces many healing functions throughout the body. The hyperbaric oxygen system delivers help to people through an oxygen enriched environment delivered by high-pressure air that is 100 percent pure. There are five benefits to using hyperbaric oxygen therapy. People have regained the use of motor skills which were damaged or lost after [...]

Autistic children are different. Autism can be broadly defined as a kind of brain disorder. Parents become aware that they have an autistic child when he or she is 2-3 years old. From then onwards their life becomes very challenging as they struggle to cope with their child. Most autistic children shut themselves from the [...]

Recent studies conducted at Cornell University suggest negative environmental effects can and do have a marked influence on your child’s cognitive and developmental growth.
On the flip-side, however, exposure to pleasant, natural settings, like the Garden Route of the Cape or the pristine South African bush have quite the opposite, and a rather therapeutic, [...]

Guided Participation is a concept that is not new, it’s the way we have always learned: parents supporting an infant as she learns to walk, a chemistry teacher demonstrating how to carefully mix chemicals, a college student observing through an internship, and a teenager in driver’s education learning the rules and steps to driving. Without [...]

Today, there are many organizations geared towards raising autism awareness. Two of the organizations that do their part to raise the awareness level for autistic spectrum disorders are The Autism Society of America and Autism Speaks. These are the two most popular organizations focused on helping individuals who have autism. These organizations work to raise [...]

Autism research has taken huge leaps in the last few years in helping us understand more about this autistic disorder. However, there is much that is still unknown. However, if the disorder is found early, then the child has a better chance of increasing both their communication and relationship skills because parents are given information [...]