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I had written an article regarding how screen time (Internet, television and video games) can be a negative factor regarding those with ADHD. One of the articles that I referenced from the scientific literature dealt with ADHD and Internet addiction. This past Friday happens to have been the 40th anniversary of the Internet. I was fortunate enough to have been contacted by Shannon Mulaire from the local Fox affiliate to comment regarding the Internet and addiction. As the story was about the 40th anniversary of the event and not purely about Internet addiction or ADHD, I only make a brief cameo appearance. Thus, the title of this post 15 seconds of fame. It is still always nice to get some television exposure and I thank Shannon for giving me the call. Here is the link to the video clip as well as the original article. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myfoxtampabay.com%2Fdpp%2Fnews%2Fscitech%2Fthe_internet_at_age_40%3A_farmville_rules&h=3a65184086aef55551b2a8d53bfbedf0
http://www.hitautism.com/medical-articles/adhd-treatment-tampa-dr-nelson-mane-says-%e2%80%9cbeware%e2%80%9d-2
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You all know that I am always a stickler for clearing up any intestinal hyper permeability before addressing other biomedical issues. It is most important that you deal with the leaky gut and any dysbiosis and/or yeast as a primary focus when addressing autism spectrum disorders from a functional medicine perspective. There are many diets that are commonly used in order to treat children with autism spectrum disorders. The most common of course being the gluten free/casein free diet. Other types of diets such as the elimination diet, Feingold diet and specific carbohydrate diet among others have been found to provide beneficial results for autistic children. The specific carbohydrate diet is one that is modeled to address dysbiosi(bad bacterial overgrowth in the gastrointestinal system) and yeast overgrowth. At times, I write articles to explain areas of treatment for autistic children that I feel have not been well addressed. I also like to write and comment about newer research that has been published. But many times, I find somewhat has written on a particular subject in such a clear way that to write a new article would be redundant. For this reason, I just provide the link, when I find such a situation. In this case, I found a beautiful explanation between the interplay between leaky gut, dysbiosis, yeast and the specific carbohydrate diet. In general, the specific carbohydrate diet attempts to combat bacterial overgrowth by limiting their food source. For a child that has had recurrent yeast infections and/or is constantly on antifungal medication, this may be a good tool to consider when developing a treatment plan along with natural antifungals and probiotics. Remember to space out the natural antimicrobials and the probiotics when using both tools to treat the yeast and bacteria.I will try to write about this in more detail perhaps in combination with a particular patient case. Here is a the link http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/autism/autism_and_gi_problems.htm
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This is an interesting site I found relating to Special education law with a section on Autism. I used the link below to take you to the site and this particular post which I thought was eye opening. This type of information is always beneficial to share. We all have experiences that we may have learned from that could help someone else that hasn’t been there yet.
http://specialedlaw.blogs.com/home/2008/09/painful-failure.html#more
