Autism Research Institute

Autism is Treatable!

Help Our Autism is Treatable Campaign

As you have read in the many media reports of the so-called "Autism Summit," (a meeting in Washington DC in late November, 2003), the Federal Government and several multi-million dollar autism groups hope to be "finding effective drugs for the symptoms of autism" in 7 to 10 years.

NONSENSE! We need to tell them, and the media, and the tens of thousands of families of autistic children who don't know, that many effective treatments are available NOW. If your child has recovered from autism, or improved dramatically, and you would be willing to speak to the media about your child's recovery, YOUR HELP IS NEEDED. The Autism Research Institute has begun compiling an extensive list of families throughout the United States who are willing to talk to the media about their child's recovery. (read full letter and fill out form)

Forms and Evaluations | Recovered Children | The Biomedical Approach | Chelation | Diet
Educational Therapies | Supplements | Common Laboratory Tests | How to Respond to Critics
Family and Friends | Drugs

Forms and Evaluations

  • Parent Ratings of Behavorial Effects of Biomedical Interventions for Autism
  • Parent Ratings of Behavorial Effects of Biomedical Interventions for Asperger's Syndrome
    Treatment Effectiveness Survey
  • Autism Treatment of Evaluation Checklist (ATEC)
  • How to Determine If a Treatment Really Helped
  • Evaluating the Effects of Medication
  • Tracking Progress

    Recovered Children

  • Stories of Recovered Children
  • Editorial: Talk about "Recovery"
  • Editorial: Recovery From Autism is Possible
  • Editorial: Autism is Treatable!: An Open Letter to the FDA
  • Recovered Autistic Children
  • Recovered Autistic Children Videos
    • 'The October 2005 Recovered Autistic Children Event
      Interviewer: Stan Kurtz, parent of a recovered autistic child (Long Beach 2005)
    • Recovered Children Parent Forum
      Parent Forum (Seattle 2006)
    • Children in Recovery Part I
      Parent Panel (Seattle 2006)
    • Recovery: Going Home with a Plan for Using the Best that Defeat Autism Now! Offers
      Jeff Bradstreet, MD (Seattle 2006)

    The Biomedical Approach (back to top)

  • Summary of Biomedical Treatments
  • Treatment of Autism
  • Treating Physical Symptoms
  • Treatment Effectiveness Survey
    • The Journey To Recovery … Finding the Way
      Anju I. Usman, MD (DC 2006)
    • An Introduction to the Defeat Autism Now! Methodology
      Jon Pangborn, PhD (Seattle 2006)
    • Autism: Evidence it can be treated
      Jeff Bradstreet, MD, FAAFP (Milwaukee 2006)

    Chelation (back to top)

  • The Safety and Efficacy of Chelation Therapy in Autism
  • Editorial: Chelation: The story behind the headlines
    • The Basic Pharmacology of DMSA - DMPS and Ca-EDTA: Laboratory Evidence and Mechanisms of Action
      David Quig, PhD (Seattle 2006)
    • Detoxification Panel
      Drs. Adams, Cave, Green, McCandless, Quig, and Usman (Seattle 2006)
    • Detoxification Panel
      McCandless- Quig- Cave- Green- Usman- Adams (Seattle 2006)
    • Chelation Panel: Appropriate Tests for the Assessments of Toxic and Essential Element Status
      David W. Quig, PhD (DC 2006)

    Diets (back to top)

  • Science Behind GF/CF - Info for Caregivers - "Stop giving my kid forbidden stuff!" [.pdf]
  • GFCF: TACA's "More than 160 GFCF Items you can buy in the store",   Autism Network for Dietary Intervention (ANDI),   The GFCF Diet
  • The Specific Carbohydrate Diet: Breaking the Vicious Cycle, SCD Diet, Pecan Bread - Kids and SCD
  • Body Ecology Diet
  • Feingold Diet
  • 'Leaky Gut' and the Gluten- / Casein-Free Diet
  • Nutritional Perspectives on the Behavorial Child
  • Why Use the Gluten-Free and Casein-Free Diet in Autism and What the Results have Shown so Far
    • The Gut, Brain, Diet Connection --The Specific Carbohydrate Diet
      Elaine Gottschall, BA, MSc (Boston 2005)
    • Beginning and Advanced Dietary interventions For Autism
      Lisa S. Lewis, PhD and Karyn Seroussi (Boston 2005)
    • Diet and Autism: The Gateway to Better Health
      Maureen H. McDonnell, RN (Long Beach 2005) -->
    • Parent Panel - Part 1
      Karyn Seroussi and Judy Gorman (Long Beach 2005)
    • What a Low Oxalate Diet Has Been Changing in Children with Autism
      Susan Owens, MS (Seattle 2006)
    • Diet and Autism Panel: Alex's Story or Defeat Autism Now! = Diets are Non-Negotiable!
      Judy Gorman (DC 2006)
    • Diet and Autism Panel: Dietary Intervention in the Treatment of Autism
      Lisa Lewis, PhD (DC 2006)
    • Dietary Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders
      Lisa Lewis, PhD (Seattle 2006)
    • Diet Options for Autism
      Maureen McDonnell, RN (Milwaukee 2006)

    Educational Therapies (back to top)

    Also see For Familes Living with Autism, Educational Therapies
    • ABA: One Piece of the Autism Puzzle
      Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD (DC 2006)
    • Using ABA to Facilitate the Implementation of Biomedical Interventions
      Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD (Seattle 2006)

    Supplements (back to top)

  • Ideas to help your child take Supplements
  • Editorial: The Most Air-Tight Study in Psychiatry? Vitamin B6 in Autism
  • Editorial: Vitamin B6 in Autism: The Safety Issue
  • Studies of High Dosage Vitamin B6 (and often with Magnesium) in Autistic Children and Adults
  • Di-methyl-glycine (DMG)
  • Editorial: Dimethylglycine (DMG), a Nontoxic Metabolite, and Autism
  • Editorial: Dimethylglycine (DMG) for Autism
  • Editorial: Our Children: Victims of Both Autism and Dogma
  • Editorial: What is the Right 'dosage' for Vitamin B6, DMG, and Other Nutrients Useful in Autism?
  • Is Autism a G-Alpha Protein Defect Reversible with Natural Vitamin A?
  • Melatonin - The Sleep Master An Emerging Role for this Over-the-Counter Supplement in the Treatment of Autism.
  • Suggested Dosages for Nutritional Supplements Suggested Dosage for Kirkman's Super Nu Thera -- Vitamin B6 and Magnesium
  • Vitamin B6 and Magnesium
  • Editorial: Vitamin C in the Prevention and Treatment of Autism
  • Editorial: Vitamin B6 (and Magnesium) in the Treatment of Autism
    • Nutritional Supplements for Children with Autism: Taking a Sensible Approach
      Jerry Kartzinel, MD (Seattle 2006)
    • Fatty Acids and Autism
      James Adams, PhD (Seattle 2006)
    • Omega-3s - An Update in Their Use in Autism and Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders
      Andrew Stoll, MD (Boston 2005)
    • Using Vitamin B6 in Autism
      Bernard Rimland, PhD & Jon Pangborn, PhD, CCN (Long Beach 2005) -->
    • Nutritional Approaches for Improving Autistic Traits - Supplements
      Jon Pangborn, PhD, CCN (Milwaukee 2006)

    Common Laboratory Tests (back to top)

    • The Basic Pharmacology of DMSA - DMPS and Ca-EDTA: Laboratory Evidence and Mechanisms of Action
      David Quig, PhD (Seattle 2006)

    How to Respond to Critics (back to top)

    Emerging research should convince critics:
    Autism Advocate's Environmental Health and Autism Pages on ASA Website
    Scientific Foundations

    Scientific talks, presentations and panels featuring dramatically improved and recovered children are available online for free in the Dan Webcast section.
    Other recommended links:
    autismone.org/radio/
    www.autism.tv
    www.autismmedia.org/

    Family and Friends (back to top)

    Several parents have published brief, written accounts of their children's dramatic improvement and even recoveries and posted them for free online. Printing and sharing their stories may help your family better understand your efforts.

    Drugs (back to top)

  • Parent Ratings
  • Editorial: Secretin: The Controversy Continues
  • Editorial: Medical Marijuana: a Valuable Treatment for Autism?
  • Autism and Medical Marijuana
  • Naltrexone and Autism
  • Editorial: Secretin Update: a Negative Placebo Effect?
  • Editorial: Secretin: Positive, Negative Reports in the “Top of the First Inning”
  • Secretin
  • Editorial: The Use of Secretin in Autism: Some Preliminary Answers
  • Editorial: Secretin Update: March 1999
  • TO: Parents of Children Who have been Given Secretin FROM: B. Rimland
  • Secretin Outcomes Survey Form