I had no prior knowledge of this clinic. What I am open-minded to, is holistic treatments (although I appreciate there may well be a lot of "snake oil" out there and these remedies aren't cheap).
It does take a different view than that of mainstream scientists, because they never think outside the box.
Autism is likely to be epigenetic and also their ethos recognises the plasticity of the brain, especially in childhood.
So long as people aren't going broke or getting led up the garden path in paying for these treatments, I would defend peoples' rights to choose such methods, as at the very worst they recommend supplements and a healthy diet which are generally beneficial even if they don't "cure" a person's condition.
Not only that, the medical profession is so quick to medicate people for things that should not be medicated.
My current bugbear is the failure of mainstream professionals to understand the anxiety that often accompanies ASC.
If you don't encounter adverse situations or environments, you are not anxious. Anxiety is triggered by things like:
fear of going into social situations
having to deal with a problem you feel ill-equipped to deal with
sensory difficulties
lack of understanding from others
social pressures and associated confusion
We are not therefore walking around like deranged, neurotic idiots the whole time, and yet doctors are quick to say "you have anxiety, here are some pills". If you take away the stressful situations, the anxiety is gone. They treat us like NTs with anxiety and fail to understand how it is. They assume that if we visit their office with signs of anxiety (much of which will be from just sitting there in that situation) that we are like that the whole time.
I had no prior knowledge of this clinic. What I am open-minded to, is holistic treatments (although I appreciate there may well be a lot of "snake oil" out there and these remedies aren't cheap).
It does take a different view than that of mainstream scientists, because they never think outside the box.
Autism is likely to be epigenetic and also their ethos recognises the plasticity of the brain, especially in childhood.
So long as people aren't going broke or getting led up the garden path in paying for these treatments, I would defend peoples' rights to choose such methods, as at the very worst they recommend supplements and a healthy diet which are generally beneficial even if they don't "cure" a person's condition.
Not only that, the medical profession is so quick to medicate people for things that should not be medicated.
My current bugbear is the failure of mainstream professionals to understand the anxiety that often accompanies ASC.
If you don't encounter adverse situations or environments, you are not anxious. Anxiety is triggered by things like:
fear of going into social situations
having to deal with a problem you feel ill-equipped to deal with
sensory difficulties
lack of understanding from others
social pressures and associated confusion
We are not therefore walking around like deranged, neurotic idiots the whole time, and yet doctors are quick to say "you have anxiety, here are some pills". If you take away the stressful situations, the anxiety is gone. They treat us like NTs with anxiety and fail to understand how it is. They assume that if we visit their office with signs of anxiety (much of which will be from just sitting there in that situation) that we are like that the whole time.
