Summary of Biomedical Treatments for Autism - 2012-05-29
This document is intended to provide a simple summary of the major biomedical treatments
available to help children and adults with autism/Asperger’s. Biomedical treatments will not help
every child, but they have helped thousands of children improve, sometimes dramatically.
This summary is primarily based on the excellent book “Autism: Effective Biomedical Treatmentsâ€
by Jon Pangborn, Ph.D., and Sidney Baker, MD,. published by the Autism Research Institute. That
book provides much more depth on the testing and treatments which are briefly summarized in this
document. Another good source of information is “Children with Starving Brains,†by Jaquelyn
McCandless, MD. After reading this document, it is highly recommended that you go to those
sources for more information.
This summary generally follows the DAN! philosophy, which involves trying to treat the underlying
causes of the symptoms of autism, based on medical testing, scientific research, and clinical
experience, with an emphasis on nutritional interventions. Many of the DAN! treatments have been
found by listening to parents and physicians.
http://autism.asu.edu/Additional/Summarybiomed07.pdf
