Tackling autism, child by child







Today’s post is to highlight an unusually well informed article about autism, pointed out to me by our reader Natasa.  

It is about how autism is treated by Dr Richard Frye at Arkansas Children's Hospital.  If you read the article, you may wonder why your pediatrician is unaware of these methods.


Click the link below to read the article.


Tackling autism, child by child 








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