| A Biomedical Autism Doctor Explains The | | | | to suppress aberrant behavior. However, none of |
| Difference Between Being "Cured" From Autism | | | | these treatments are curative. |
| And "Recovering" From Autism. | | | | Personally, I do not use the word 'cure' in my |
| "Is Autism curable?" This is a question that is has | | | | writings, lectures, consultations, or internet |
| been asked for years in the medical community | | | | postings when discussing the various biomedical |
| as well as the autism community. The question of | | | | treatments available for autism spectrum |
| 'cure' is a good one, but needs a deeper | | | | disorders. Instead, the more appropriate word to |
| explanation. To fully understand this concept of | | | | use is 'recover.' |
| cure more clearly we need to make a distinction | | | | The simple analogy is this: If you had an accident |
| between what would commonly be called 'cured' | | | | and fractured your arm or leg, and over time |
| (which indicates to return to a previous state of | | | | your limb fracture healed to the point that |
| health before a change had occurred) and | | | | movement in your arm or leg was restored and |
| 'recovery' (which indicates the act of regaining | | | | appeared indistinguishable from before the |
| health that was previously lost). | | | | accident, this would indicate a recovery from your |
| Traditional medicine, and even those in the | | | | injury. However, your bones would still have |
| biomedical community realize that there is no | | | | suffered the injury and therefore an absolute |
| known cure for autism, although there are many | | | | cure from the accident is not possible. You still had |
| different types of treatments, including biomedical | | | | the fracture. However, normal function in your |
| autism interventions, that can help tremendously. | | | | arm or leg has been regained. |
| Treatments include, diet (including the gluten-free | | | | A similar concept can apply to autism. Children are |
| and casein-free diet, and the specific carbohydrate | | | | not cured from their autism. Instead some |
| diet), nutritional support (including multivitamin | | | | children can recover, losing their diagnosis, and |
| minerals), Methyl-B12, hyperbaric oxygen, | | | | appear indistinguishable from their peers. In these |
| detoxification, anti-fungal therapy, and more, as | | | | cases their autism was reversed, most or all |
| well as non-biomedical intervention such as applied | | | | symptoms of their disorder have disappeared, |
| behavior analysis (ABA), speech and occupational | | | | and they now function typical of other children, |
| therapy. Even traditional medicine has treatments | | | | but they will always have had what is classified as |
| which are mostly drug oriented such as Risperidal | | | | autism. |