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  When Nick was a toddler, he struggled to make sense of language, coordinate his own limbs and orient himself in the world. His mother, Brigid Da...

[SPECTRUM NEWS] In 1987, psychologist Ole Ivar Lovaas reported that the optimal ‘dose’ for an autism therapy he had developed was 40 hours a week....

Unsaturated fats / fatty acids are a kind of fat the body can’t make all alone. They are an essential fat, which implies that we need them from th...

  What is Melatonin? At night, a part of your brain called the "pineal gland" releases melatonin to keep your sleep patterns normal. There are oth...

What is the Gut Microbiome? The gastrointestinal tract is home to one of the most complex ecosystems and contains around 100 trillion microbes. “...

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Is your child's lack of sleep a...

Nutritional and dietary treatment has been shown to be of benefit in treatment of ASD, as the disorder is marked by nutritional imbalances, metabo...

What is Gluten free/Casein free (GFCF) Diet? GFCF, which is also called a gluten-free dairy-free diet, is a diet where the person’s eating plan s...

[SPECTRUM NEWS] The more words autistic children hear as infants — and the more verbal interactions they have with their caregivers — the better t...

Many cases of autism originate not in the brain, but in the gut, according to a few controversial studies published in the past year. Stomach upse...

Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by difficulty in social functioning, of which the ‘core s...