When our son was diagnosed at 2 years old with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in 2006, and after the initial shock wore off, we began, as most families do,  to do a lot of reading and investigating. Over that time we collected, and continue to collect,  a lot of information in the form of  scientific and research papers , internet links, and online books. I began to think that something better, and more helpful to the autism community at large, could be done with all that information.

It is that continually accumulating volume of information and its integration with our blog that is the impetus for the fourth generation of this site.  It is our continued hope that others may find the information, and our experiences, helpful in their search for information on autism.

I am not a supporter of Age of Autism or any other organization, with the exception of a nascent local advocacy group, and don’t know that I really get the phrase “Green our vaccines”.  But I do find some aspects of the concept interesting and think they are relevant and do deserve due consideration.

In light of many findings that indicate the strong influence of environmental factors (pollution) on Continue reading →

At last a brief glimmer of hope that families that follow the GFCF diet may not be foolishly wasting their time and money.  I found this article today and found this excerpt particularly interesting: Continue reading →

As the date approaches for K’s visit to Children’s Hospital for a second opinion on his toe walking I have been doing a bit more research and reading.  I recently found these 2 articles out of Germany that look interesting.  I have also added them to the documents section with all our other information.

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I have been meaning to add this post for awhile, but it got “stuck” in our drafts (also known as I didn’t finish it).

I’m not quite sure how it arrived but a new study on the use of HBOT to ameliorate some of the symptoms of autism arrived in our email inbox. I have read some previous papers on the use of HBOT in treatment for asd, however this uses a more robust experimental design Continue reading →

I read this book review on an online media website and my thoughts, as they so often do, turned to implications for ASD and the impact of our environment on children and their development. Continue reading →