Diagnosis and Treatment Gives Hope To Children With Autism

Neuro-Immune Dysfunction Syndromes (NIDS)

Doctors and researchers on the cutting edge of medical research are now bringing hope to many of the 500,000 children in the United States diagnosed with autism and many of the more than 2.5 million with attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

By treating these and other diseases as neuro-immune dysfunction syndromes (NIDS) and looking upon them as medical rather than developmental disorders, Michael Goldberg, M.D., F.A.A.P, and his colleagues at the Neuro-Immune Dysfunction Syndromes Research Institute (NIDS-RI) have seen dramatic improvement and normalization in children previously deemed medically untreatable. During more than 20 years of evaluation and research, Dr. Goldberg has reduced or eliminated symptoms in numerous children throughout the United States and helped return cognitive function to normal and near normal states in many.

The Epidemic

Autism is far more prevalent today than it was in the early 1980s when one in 10,000 children were afflicted with the disorder. Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that one in 250 children are diagnosed as autistic. Treating these children and others with similar disorders can cost more than $60,000 per child, per year, according to parents whose children have the disorder. The number of children with ADD and ADHD disorder also has increased dramatically in the past two decades, with estimates now topping two million, according to the NIH.

"Autism has migrated from a rare disorder to one that is now 10 to 20 times more likely to be diagnosed. It’s scientifically impossible for an epidemic to be caused by developmental, genetic or "brain damaged" conditions," said Dr. Goldberg. "Without a doubt, this is a disease process masquerading, or being misinterpreted, as a "developmental" disorder. We need to stop assuming that the symptoms are a result of birth or genetic defects or psychological problems and start looking at the immune connection."

Dr. Goldberg says that, not only are these disease states treatable, but also over time, children’s symptoms are reduced and they recover significant cognitive function. "Treating these children not only increases their quality of life, but decreases the current and future sociological and financial costs to our schools and communities," Goldberg said.

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