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About parent-delivered interventions, such as the Early STart Denver Model; why aren´t they combined with a detailed clinical protocol to test for concomitant medical problems to the diagnosis – all those I listed above? This way , such as all the literature is pointing today, the combined approach would consider the combined tretament of the biological plus relational-behavioral interventions- in parallel.
To continue with behavioral only interventions is only to consider one piece of the overall situation at an individual level; even more it can bias in an unknown way the behavioral intervention results. If the intervention is done only considering the HFA or Asperger, therefore it does not take into account the real world, when in front of any kind of diagnosis of autism, the recommendation is behavioral approach in general, without clinical testing.
If the intervention is done in a group with a diagnosis of autism only, there could be myriad of concomitant medical problems that could make the intervention far less effective due to underlying biological problems.

So true @ML. Under the current autism paradigm, parents need to be aware of the differences between a child who has a social disorder as a result of unknown genetics, and a child who has sensory problems as a result of untreated medical issues.
A child’s senses, such as vision and hearing, can be greatly affected by infections, inflammation, and allergies. When a child gains relief from physical problems, language happily develops.
Vision therapy that strengthens the muscles, along with audio therapy that strengthens the detection of phonetics can produce remarkable results in developing language. Educational programs, such as Fast ForWord, can train a child to use language. When a child can gain communication, they can participate in learning at school and social interactions with peers.
We are so thankful many doctors who were able to treat inflammation, and for our ENT who was able to clear the infection through sinus surgery and make it possible to hear normally again. Plus, after digestion problems were relieved, the stress was gone as well.
Language programs are successful if the child is first relieved of the pain of negative medical issues.

I am an adult with autism, and did not come from a close family, and was recently diagnosed, at age 49 now unskilled and nearly homeless. my big complaint is there is too much emphasis on children, when there should be more help for adults… thats right ADULTS the children have for the most part care takers anyway its the adults who dont really progress too much after childhood that really need the immediate care why isnt this addressed….because its not politically correct? its bullshit IF THERE’S A GOD UP THERE I’M SURE HE’S DISGUSTED WITH THE HUMAN RACE…