Functional Medicine

The following offer support for getting a diagnosis or finding treatment answers. The first step is finding answers to your child’s health concerns. You may be wondering if your child has Mitochondrial disorder, heavy metal toxicity, poisoning from triclosan, or vaccine injury. Perhaps your concerned about seizures. You may want to know about the physicalities your child presents like visual processing disorders or auditory processing or executive functioning issues. There are several types of evaluations to be found including:

Neurological

Immune System

Biomedical

Psychiatric

Physical

Autism Medical Diagnosis and Treatment

Most large hospitals in the U.S. offer services for Autism. Use these sites to research medical diagnosis and treatments.

The Cleveland Clinic

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/neurological_institute/disorders.aspx

Kennedy Kreiger Institute

http://www.kennedykrieger.org/

University of California, Davis, M.I.N.D. Institute

http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/MINDInstitute/

Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) is an organization that educates families and physicians on biomedical solutions for Autism. They also provide a physicians referral service.

http://www.defeatautismnow.com/

Neuro Immune Dysfunction Medical Advisory Board and Research Institute examines the underlying assault on the immune system and works to restore immune system function.

http://www.nids.net/

Major Support Groups for Families in Autism

Finding support and resources to assist families is paramount .

Environmental

www.generationrescue.org

TACA – Talk About Curing Autism, Support for Families

http://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/index.htm

Autism Speaks, an advocacy organization

http://www.autismspeaks.org

Autism Link, Family Support

http://www.autismlink.com/

Family Support