Autism Treatment Success

Leo Lytel was diagnosed with autism during his toddler years.  By age 9, he had overcome this complex and frustrating disorder.  Although skepticism exist, University of Connecticut professor, Deborah Fien, claims it’s real!  Leo Lytel was part of a study with twenty other children and is now being viewed as part of the 10% of children who have been diagnosed with autism to receive treatment that changed his autistic behavior. Autism researcher Geraldine Dawson, spokes person from the advocacy group Autism Speaks, called Fein’s research “a breakthrough.”

“Even though a number of us out in the clinical field have seen kids who appear to recover,” it has never been documented as thoroughly as Fein’s work.”

Autism Treatment Process

At an autism conference in Chicago this week, professor Fein presented the following findings of the University of Connecticut’s finding:

• Most of the formerly autistic kids got long-term behavior treatment soon after diagnosis, in some cases for 30 or 40 hours weekly.
• Many also have above-average IQs and had been diagnosed with relatively mild cases of autism. At age 2, many were within the normal range for motor development, able to walk, climb and hold a pencil.
• Significant improvement suggested recovery was evident by around age 7 in most cases.
• None of the children had shown any sign of relapse.  Nearly three-fourths of the formerly autistic kids have had other disorders, including attention-deficit problems, tics and phobias; eight still are affected.

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Out of Louisville, Kentucky comes a news story worth watching.  The University of Louisville and Kosair Children’s Hospital have begun to study a new autism treatment that led to a positive change in an autistic child’s behavior due to a process that boost a child’s immune system.  According to Dr. Steven Wright, Medical Director of  Kosair Children’s Hospital: “This is not a cure for autism but it is a rare glimmer of hope for parents of autistic kids.”

The parents of 7-year-old Evan Riggle have been treating his autism since he was 1. They chronicled their search for effective treatments, including rare blood transfusions to boost his immune system.  According to Evan’s mother, EmlynRiggle, “…by helping boost their own natural glutothione production, it reduces the oxidative stress in their body and they are less combative, they are more calm and therefore generally more cooperative,” Glutathione has been seen as a potential alternative autism treatment for years.  The Riggles brought their research and treatment to Kosair Hospital.

According to Emlyn Riggle, “It has made a life-changing difference,” “Is Evan cured? No. Is he better? Yes. And progress is what we need in this area of autism.”

Stay tuned as this story and other new autism treatments come forward!