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One to one autism therapy is pricey – is it worth it? Only a handful of countries widely apply behavioral interventions to treat toddlers diagnosed with autism.   Behavioral interventions include Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Verbal Behavior (VB), Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) and the Denver model. Even after several decades, the published evidence that these interventions actually work is quite weak.   This explains why most countries do not readily provide public funds for ABA. In the US, efforts are being made to diagnose autism at younger and younger ages, because the child can then benefit from these “proven” interventions, that other countries do not believe work.   Who is right?    You can read Manuel Casanova’s perspective at the end of this post.  He is not such a fan of expensive US developed therapies and concludes:- " spending time with your children and group socialization, in my experience, have provided the most favorable outcome...

' There have been previous posts in this blog about dental treatment for those with autism.   I am sure readers with older children have already found what works for them.   Many people are not regular readers, so there is some repetition in today’s post. There is no single best solution for the dentist because your options are very different depending on where you live and your budget. In the US you have the widest choice, but they are all pricey. In other countries there are more legal restrictions. Some countries with universal healthcare have well organised free solutions for those with special needs, but you may have little choice. In many countries all the options are pretty bad. It looks like US dentists are taught two broad options: - ·         Sedation ·         Immobilization I think they are often missing a missing a third option, D-Termined or similar, which I think is the best one. Sedation Ther...

Agnieszka's KetoForce and C8 are new additions, last time it was Tyler's Agmatine as additions to the  Full Polypill I recently updated my autism Polypill. It is now the fifth version, so it is becoming ever more personalized to one specific case of autism.   I added caprylic acid C8 and KetoForce Beta Hydroxybutyrate. The full Polypill version 5 is here:    https://epiphanyasd.blogspot.com/p/polypill-for-autism.html I do feel that I am getting near the final version. I already am pretty sure what is going to be added in the sixth version. There are one or two potentially clever ideas in this blog that I have not yet developed. After my first year of autism research my doctor mother thought the result was good enough to stop, but I persevered and some further improvement did come. She was supportive of the concept but rather surprised it was possible. I think I have now achieved most of what is possible, which took an additional five years. Having recently been revi...