Biomedical Autism Treatment

More research is coming out about an issue in many children with Autism which deals with cerebral folate deficiency. Cerebral folate deficiency can cause issues with speech, cognition, awareness, focus, etc. and is something that can be treated.

Today I want to discuss folate, folinic acid, and some new research that is recently being released on cerebral folate deficiency in Autism. Cerebral folate deficiency has been known about in the medical community for a number of years. Children often have poor growth, speech problems, nervous system problems, attention issues, comprehension problems, and many times, at an early age, their heads stop growing normally. And when testing is done on children with these issues, what is called antibody testing, they discover these immune folate reactions that are happening to the folate transport receptors.

When we talk about folate uptake, and many times people think of folic acid, but to be effectively utilized by the brain for growth and development it must be transported through the blood, in the cerebral spinal fluid and then into the brain tissue. If there are antibodies that block those receptors then we have an issue where blood folate levels rise but the cerebral spinal fluid levels drop and then the issues with folate deficiency happen.

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An Autism Intervention Specialist Doctor Explains: The decision to begin autism intervention, specifically, biomedical autism intervention, is an easy one. It just takes the commitment to say, “I am going to do something.” That something is the most beneficial thing you can do for your child, yourself, and your family. You have to want to make a difference. You have to want to improve the health of your child. Most importantly you have to want to take back control of your child’s healthcare, and ultimately your family’s health care.

However, you need a strategy to make things work and ultimately be successful. This strategy, or what I call your, “Autism Action Plan” is your outline of things to do -a “To Do List,” if you will. This to do list is important to have as it will help you create a list of supplements, therapies, testing, etc. that you would like to try for your child. You see there is no one specific way to treat a child with autism. The reason is there are no two children with autism that are exactly alike.

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A very common question I get from parents is “How much time should I expect to do a diet?”, and by diet we are talking about the gluten and casein free diet. Another question I am often asked is “How long should we expect to continue the methyl B-12 therapy?” or “How long do we have to do any other therapy recommended?” and this can be related to other dietary therapies or supplements. Because each child is such an individual, there is no way I can truly answer those questions. I wish I could say that every therapy we implemented that 100% of the kids responded 100% of the time. But that is just not how life works. And that certainly is not how the field of medicine works. With anything we try, there is a level of uncertainty with the various therapies that we implement. And we also have certain people who do not respond at all to a particular therapy.

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