Treatments For Autism

• Varied and different individuals respond differently.
• What works for one person may not work for another.

Educational programs

1. The critical importance of early intervention programme for children with autism. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) / Lovaas / Discrete Trial Training Method has proven to be successful. Catherine Maurice’s book “Let Me Hear Your Voice” recounted how the Lovaas method helped her two children to recover from autism.
2. The TEACCH programme in North Carolina provides intensive intervention programme by improving an individual’s skills in a structured educational environment. E.g. visual aids or cues are used to help those with autism to understand schedules, transitions and expectations better.
3. PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) especially for non-verbal autistic individuals

Vitamin Therapy

1. B6/ Magnesium Supplements developed by Dr. Bernard Rimland , Director of Autism Research Institute
2. An effective treatment for some individuals.

Dietary Interventions

• Gluten and Casein Free Products

Anti-Yeast Therapy

• Use of anti-fungal drugs and herbal formulas such as garlic, caprylic acid and elimination of sugar, yeast and other foods that the yeast/candida feeds on.

Auditory Integration Training (AIT)

• Includes a total of 10 hours of listening to modulated music over a 10-20 day period to improve auditory processing and reductions in sound sensitivity and behavioral problems.
  

Music therapy

• To further the growth and development of the autistic individual.

The Son-Rise Program

1. Originated from The Option Institute.
2. Was developed by Barry Neil and Samahria Kaufman in the early 1970’s. Their son, Raun who was diagnosed as severely retarded and autistic fully recovered from autism after three years of using an intensive, one-to-one approach based on unconditional love and acceptance. Today, Raun is a graduate with the I.Q of a genius.