Is Big Pharma Knocking Off Functional Medicine Doctors?
I awoke one morning recently, to this shocking Facebook post: 77th Holistic Doctor Shot Dead In Her AZ Home With Her Entire Family. Considering the violent circumstances surrounding this daunting list...
View ArticleTen Top Toys Not to Get Children Affected with Autism for the Holidays
Maybe this list applies to all modern kids. Especially as regards offspring who are ‘on the spectrum’, our experience and perspective from The Child Development Center can assist gift givers with...
View ArticleIs It Time To Take Your Child to a Functional Medicine Pediatrician?
I’m not a big fan of posting patient testimonials. Miracle treatments are frequently reported as gospel. Plus, it’s pretty unlikely that any practitioner would advertise negative information about...
View ArticleVintage 20th Century Autism Thinking
Electroshock therapy in 1950’s Think about what is was like for ‘pioneer’ doctors at the beginning of the last century. I am certain that they were derided by the medical establishment, whose beliefs...
View ArticleA Successful Autism Doctor Visit
This story is a total rip-off. The New York Times recently featured a worthwhile piece entitled, A Doctor’s Guide to a Good Appointment. In that vein, I couldn’t help but add my two cents worth of...
View ArticleMedical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs Conference – Spring 2018
The Fall 2017 conference was ‘hurricaned’ out, so it’s been a year since I reported on the semi-annual 3-day scientific meeting of the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs. This post will focus...
View ArticleAutism & MTHFR Explained
I have attempted to write this explanation – about the MTHFR gene – for more than a year now, often surrendering because it just gets so complicated (see diagram on right – and that is a simplified...
View ArticleFecal Transplant as an Autism Treatment
The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine recently published an article entitled, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Primary Clostridium Difficile Infection. It is likely that parents of...
View ArticleHow to Choose a Pediatrician – The Modern Version
The New York Times recently published their version of “How to Choose the Right Pediatrician“. That was great advice for the last century. Web-savvy parents being more knowledgable than co-authors...
View ArticleFather’s Day 2023 Reminder
Since 2009, The Child Development Center has cared for thousands of children with special needs, and Autism Spectrum Disorder has been the prevailing diagnosis. The success that we have achieved in so...
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