by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Finding a doctor who knows how to treat autism still remains to be one of a parent’s biggest challenges. NOT ALL DOCTORS are created equal! And finding the right one sometimes takes time. There is a shortage of doctors who know what autism really is or…
www.autism-and-treatment.com by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom Why are we all afraid to use prescription drugs to help our children? I used to be one of those parents who only wanted to use supplements and natural remedies. But I changed my mind. Some of our children need prescription drugs to get better. I am…
www.autism-and-treatment.com by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom The term MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate) may sounds like a “bad word,” but it isn’t. It is just an acronym for a very important enzyme our bodies need. The MTHFR plays an important role in the methylation cycle. Cutting edge research has clearly linked impaired methylation problems with…
By Marcia Hinds – Ryan and Megan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Initially, it was hard to tell which medical interventions were working. How can you tell if a medication is working when your child has limited verbal ability and prefers his own inner world to the one where everyone else lives? Improvements in speech take time and…
by Ryan and Megan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Just getting Ryan to take the medications at the beginning of his medical treatment was a major accomplishment. He was still too young to swallow pills and some of the medications only came in adult sizes. I tried what seemed like a hundred different ways to solve this problem.…
Antiviral and Antifungal Medications and Die-off by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s mom www.autism-and-treatment.com My son is now recovered and an aerospace engineer. For him, antiviral and antifungal medications were life-changing. When I first looked up the side effects of these prescription drugs, I was terrified. But I soon realized that if my son…
by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Autism is not the cause of the medical conditions our children suffer from. In reality, it is the other way around. We have to stop looking at this backwards. Children with autism have immune systems that don’t function properly. If the problems can be addressed, kids…
www.autism-and-treatment.com by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom I have searched and search, but I still haven’t found that “magic bullet” to treat autism. It takes many thing combined to help our kids recover. Unfortunately, ONE CURE DOESN’T FIT ALL. But there is much to celebrate with the research. Microbiota transplants (sometimes known as…
by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Whenever someone mentions the word vaccine, it creates a fire storm. Everyone immediately goes to their corners and the fighting begins. Can’t we just stop arguing about this and join hands to find the solutions? Isn’t it possible that both sides of the argument are a…
www.autism-and-treatment.com by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom When we first started biomedical treatments I wasn’t sure how to do the blood draws that were essential to diagnose the issues with my son’s immune function. If you click on this link from the Autism Research Institute (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=18&v=TB8dgBZVLRw) you can watch a video with your…
