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Jenny McCarthy-whose bestselling books Louder Than Words and Mother Warriors told the stories of healing children with autism-teams up with a preeminent autism doctor to write the first book on a remarkably effective treatment.

In 2006, autism became the leading disorder affecting children in the United States. While diagnoses skyrocket and parents struggle to find help, a group of innovative doctors has been pioneering therapies and treatments that are remarkably effective in healing conditions associated with autism. As word spreads about these incredible discoveries- helped in part by Jenny McCarthy's book Louder Than Words- parents are desperate to learn about the biomedical therapies for themselves.

Since early intervention is key to a successful recovery, McCarthy has teamed up with Dr. Jerry Kartzinel, the doctor who successfully treated her son, to write the first book to give parents all the necessary information about biomedical treatment. Beginning with diagnosis, Dr. Kartzinel explains the different therapies that he uses. He shows parents how to make simple changes to their child's environment and diet that can result in marked improvements and are safe and easy to try at home. And finally he explains some of the more advanced therapies that many doctors use today, and the way parents, alongside a qualified medical professional, can determine whether or not such treatments would benefit their child.

For new parents, Dr. Kartzinel provides helpful guidelines on how to best protect their child from developing autism.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6193 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 416 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780525951032
• Condition: NEW
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About the Author
Jenny McCarthy is the New York Times bestselling author of Baby Laughs, Life Laughs, and Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism.

DR. JERRY KARTZINEL is one of the top doctors in the country treating children's medical conditions associated with autism. In addition to his private practice in Florida, he speaks at autism conferences around the country and frequently appears on television and in print.

Customer Reviews

GREAT BOOK FOR TREATMENT!!
For those that wonder if this stuff is TRUE or junk science. ok, here is some FACT for you. My child was completely nonverbal from 13 months to 7 years old. At 18 months she got OT and speech therapy an hour a day 3 days a week until she was 5. Still NO words. ST and OT didn't help at all. I worked with her everyday after the therapist left for hours doing EVERYTHING I was showed and more. She stopped getting OT and speech at 5 because of funding. Still having low functioning autism at seven years old and not being able to afford other therapies I decided to try the GF/CF diet w/ a full spectrum enzyme, magnesium w/ Vitamin D, codliver oil, Calcium, GABA and B6 etc and in 4 YES I SAID 4 and ONLY 4 months she went from NO WORDS to 50 well understood words with NO speech, OT or ABA at all. We continued this adding more supplements/ vitamins and now at nine she is speaking in long sentences, answers and asks who, what, when and where questions and has a HUGE vocabulary of wow 2,000 or more words. Reads well and oh did I forget to say she could not be potty trained and was still using pull ups at 7 years and when her speech came in and "tummy" felt better so did her understanding of the potty and was potty trained within 5 months and 6 months she didn't even need a pullup on at night!!! It was getting to the point I seen myself changing her diaper for life. That's how hopeless it felt, but THANK GOD I tried bio. It was the best thing we ever done for her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT I will say this. If you do not take out ALL the GF/CF from EVERYTHING. It WILL NOT WORK. You can't go to restaurants, ordering off the menu because of contamination from the Gluten coming out of even a cleaned pan when heated. If you want it to work you MUST go all the way. Make it, take it meals. It's hard for us that isn't really "cooks" so to speak, but if I can learn it anyone can and the reward at the end is priceless!! So for the people that say it's junk science I laugh at you, for I lived it. NO ONE ELSE WAS FIXING HER. Everyday I seen my child get better and now life is better!!!!

The book I wish I had 8 years ago!
This is the book I wish I had when my son was a baby. I have this painfully vivid memory of going to our local bookstore when my son was a year old. He sat in his stroller (fixated on the fluorescent lights on the ceiling and chewing vigorously on his pacifier) while I went through every book on the shelves looking for answers to what was happening to my baby. I knew he was slipping away even though I had been told repeatedly by his doctor that he was just fine. Back then there were no books on the shelves about autism (the explosion in material has only happened in the last 2-3 years). Had this book been on the shelf I would have been able to identify what was happening to my child (the onset of regressive autism), why it was happening and what to do to reverse it and prevent it from happening from any more of my children. We could have halted his illness extremely early and had less of an uphill battle to climb toward recovery.

New Parents and Autism Mommies/Daddies, you can hit the ground running with this book. It answers the questions that the general public as well as newly diagnosed families often ask. It also covers a wide range of biomedical treatments giving you information about them, why they may or may not be appropriate for your child and how to determine if things are helping or not. It is an awesome springboard for beginning treatment and coming up with your own game plan.

Veteran ASD Mommies/Daddies, as Jenny's books always are, this book is hysterical. It is set up as an interview with a back and forth honest/raw conversation between Jenny and Dr Kartzinel. It also includes a lot of cartoons in each chapter which are very funny. As Jenny's other books have been, it leaves a feeling of validation to have what we are experiencing put into black and white print as testimony for the rest of the world to see.

A big THANK YOU again to Jenny McCarthy for lending her voice to our families and for her tireless work in helping those children affected by ASD and helping to prevent future children and families from becoming needlessly affected by Autism.

Lisa
Cam's Voice

From a Med Student... Autism isn't hopeless, but find something better
I chose this book through the vine program because a number of members in my family have asperger's syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. It has even been suggested to me that I might have mild asperger's, or at least some traits associated with it. I chose this book to learn more about my family members, and to perhaps understand a little about myself. As a medical student, and someone who has worked with autistic children, my interest is also more on a professional level.

This text is written in a way that is easy to understand and follow. However, I would be reluctant to recommend it as an authoritative guide. Some of the material in the book has merit. Some of the ideas deserve attention. The author is correct in the observation that many different factors MAY play a role in the development of autism and autistic spectrum disorders, but the exact combination of factors and their causal relationships are mostly unknown. HOWEVER...

In much of the book, no peer reviewed studies are cited. Some of the suggested treatments may not be safe for most kids. As such, I would consider following some of the suggested treatments potentially hazardous unless attended to by a physician who has thoroughly covered the research on them and is fully aware of benefits vs. risk.

Do I recommend this book? As a general tool, no. As I said, it's important to back information up with solid research... and to do so, such research MUST be cited. As a guide to areas that may be worth looking into from a research perspective, this book has some novel ideas. My best advice to any parent is read the book if you must, but be very careful about following the recommendations. Check with multiple doctors in the field and ask them to look up relevant peer reviewed research in established medical journals of merit. Much of what's in this book is based on pseudo-science, and from a medical perspective, I think following such advice could pose significant hazards. Don't subject your child to a potentially dangerous regimen without knowing the risks.

FIRST DO NO HARM!!!