Is the CAUSE important?

In the long term, the medical community will probably acknowledge the causes of ASD and we will find the exact causes.  Many have a good idea of the causes but these can be controversial.

In the end, what matters is that you realise you can help your child and start on this difficult process.  When you get the diagnosis, get off your butt and say "NO, I don't accept that this is a lifelong condition with few treatment options.  I will do everything I can for my child regardless of what experts might say.  I know what got my wife and I fired up and into action was hearing an early intervention specialist tell us that our boy may not be independent in the future.  This was a massive kick in the guts which, I think, she knew, would spur us on.  It meant we parted company after she had given us all the key resource information about treatment options and government funding but there will be many helpers along the way.  Don't sit back with the view of one person and say "oh well, I guess I can't do anything".

It is true that many parents simply cannot handle the shock of the diagnosis and go into denial mode.  Some people lack the resources or education to seek out the treatments and this is a great pity for their children.

It is a HARD road but if your kids emerge with a productive independent existence, isn't it worth it?  Also, consider who will be looking after your kids if they are not independent after your die.  It is a miracle on some scale.

Helping Kids recover from ASD/Autism

This is my first blog, so just experimenting really with the idea. I have often wanted to publicise the fact that kids can make a good recovery from Autism with biomedical treatment and a range of accepted therapies. The "experts" like paeditricians recommend speech therapy which is fine as "part" of the overall scheme of treatment but for such a pervasive condition, a range of treatments is needed and the experience of helping 2 boys overcome much of their ASD traits, has proved to me that the traditional treatments only achieve limited improvements. Biomedical treatments PLUS ABA, PLUS speech therapy, PLUS good tutors gives the best results. A small percentage of kids will improve over time without much help but many will not and need a lot of help.