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Currently, there is insufficient evidence to support instituting a gluten-free diet as a treatment for autism.

Perhaps the most commonly cited alternative therapy approach for autism is the gluten free/casein free diet. The idea was promoted largely based o...

New Research Suggests Possible Direction for Treatment of Autism

The study, which was published online in the APA journalBehavioral Neuroscience, involved 28 autistic boys, ages 3 to 12. Researchers placed the b...

Summary of Advances in Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: Calendar Year 2012

Introduction Articles Selected for the Summary of Advances Question 1: When Should I Be Concerned? Questio...

Comprehensive Synthesis of Early Intensive Behavioral Interventions for Young Children with Autism Based on the UCLA Young Autism Project Model

Abstract A 3-part comprehensive synthesis of the early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) for young children with autism based on the Uni...

The Good and Bad Science of Autism: Free eBook

Written by geneticist Dr. Neil Walsh and neuroscientist Dr. Elisabeth Hurley, the book brings together scientific research from multiple disciplin...

Webinar on Autism Interventions (archived)

This video is the second in a series of webinars on topics of interest to the autism community. It captures the webinar presented by Dr. Raphael B...

Drug Treatment Corrects Autism Symptoms in Mouse Model

Testing a new theory, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have used a newly discovered function of an old drug ...

Medication Decision Aid

Many families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are faced with the option of using medicines to help treat their child’s challenging be...

Resources

Welcome to the Resources section of the VCU-ACE website! The world of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is constantly evolving and autism is an...

Association for Science in Autism Treatment Newsletter

We are excited to send out the first newsletter issue of Science in Autism Treatment (SIAT) for 2013. One of our most important goals is to increas...

How Guinea Pigs Could Help Autistic Children

As any dog walker knows, it's easy — unavoidable, even — to strike up conversations with strangers when accompanied by a canine friend. Smaller an...

Children with autism gain language at greater rate than previously thought.

Seventy percent of children with autism who have a history of severe language delays are speaking by the time they are 8 years old, according to a st...

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Optimal outcome in individuals with a history of autism

Background:  Although autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are generally considered lifelong disabilities, literature suggests that a minority of i...

Study: Behavioral therapy for children with autism can impact brain function

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for before-and-after analysis, a team of researchers including a UC Santa Barbara graduate stu...

Autism Inc.: The Discredited Science, Shady Treatments and Rising Profits Behind Alternative Autism Treatments

[BradfordStockAutismsized-769x444.jpg] The road parents must navigate is made more perilous by medical professionals willing to prescribe all sort...

Sensory integration therapy for autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review

Abstract Intervention studies involving the use of sensory integration therapy (SIT) were systematically identified and analyzed. Twenty-five stud...

Study looks at worm therapy to treat autism

[TSO.jpg] Hollander said his patient took a small capsule containing 2,500 whipworm ova every two weeks. By the eighth week of treatment, the patient...

Progress Reports for the Montana Children's Autism Waiver

In 2009, the Developmental Disabilities Program (DDP) within Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) began the Childr...

New drugs, fresh hope for autism patients.

Lynn and Neil Balter always dreaded stage productions at their son Jack's elementary school. When Jack was up there with the other performers,...