Dr. Susan Levy reviewed charts for 284 patients at the Regional Autism Center, which is associated with The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She found that 32% of the children were using CAM.
Here’s why her work is important.
Dr. Levy concluded that 25 children (9%) were using a potentially harmful substance.
The nontraditional treatments were divided into 4 categories.
Unproven but harmless biological treatments that have no basis in medical theory
- Vitamin B6
- Gastrointestinal medications
- Antifungal agents
Unproven but harmless treatments with some theoretical basis
- Vitamin C
- Gluten-free diets or hormones
Unproven, potentially harmful treatments
- Chelation
- Antibiotics
- High-dose vitamin A
- Immunoglobins
- Withholding immunizations
Nonbiological treatments
- Animal therapy
- Auditory integration training
You can read more about this epidemiological study at ScienceDaily.
Photo: Answers.com. It has been speculated that Albert Einstein was on what is now considered the autistic spectrum.
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