As someone with a pretty good grounding in science, if you had asked me in the not too distant past to comment on some of the available “alternative therapies” my comments would likely have been quite scathing. My lovely wife, with a very strong science and medicine background as well, has always been much more open-minded. It is undoubtedly due to her influence, and our collective willingness to consider all treatment options for our son, that we have been incredibly fortunate to work with many great people.

Our son has been exposed to many different alternative treatments with various degrees of success, but many of the outcomes, and his responses, have been nothing short of surprising. I am hoping to document here what we have been doing, why we pursued a particular treatment, and our thoughts on the results. If I can find willing participants I will post information about the service providers and perhaps we can get them to write a post or I can link to their information if it is available on-line.

We do have some information here on some of the treatments we have been using, or at least researching for consideration. Please feel free to let us know and comment on your experiences or other treatments you have tried and found success with.

As we are continuing to realize information sharing is key to finding successful treatment options for ASD. This is true on all fronts regardless of your “ASD philosophy”. With the condition encompassing such a broad range of symptoms it is important to keep an open-mind and to continually explore what is going on in the field of treatment and the community at large. The key, for us, has been to broaden our definition of what constitutes treatment and our son has been reaping the benefits.

This leads to what will likely be the focus of another post, which is the necessity for constant research and staying current. I will just say for now that it is up to us as parents to be as informed as possible. To rely on others to make important treatment decisions without being adequately informed before hand can be, in a word – disastrous. We, as parents, endeavor to be as involved as possible in the decision making process because ultimately, it is that unwavering commitment that has been the gateway to improvement for our child.

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