Hi everybody
I've just joined the community because I want to help my lovely nephew. It's difficult because he lives in the U.S. and things are probably done differently there.
He's 6 yrs old and has only recently been diagnosed with autism. I think there was a lot of denial so it took a while to seek a diagnosis.
I've been trying to read up as much as I can to try to help, but it's really confusing.
My sister and her husband are home schooling my nephew. They've been offered something called ABA treatment, where the therapist comes to their home for two hours a day for a certain period of time (not sure how long) and they're very unsure as to whether to take it up or not, because they've heard such mixed reports about it.
He's also having a therapy called NR (Neurological Reorganisation) and they're also doing a sort of biological intervention to try to help with the various physical problems to do with the gut etc, so various vitamins, a gluten and casein free diet etc.
I would really appreciate any help you can give me with this. Ploughing through Google has made me even more confused!
Thanks very much
Lili
