Article By: Mary Megson, MD.
As a developmental pediatrician
in practice for twenty-five years,
I have watched a generation of
young children with autism grow up. The
oldest children, now adults, were treated
for symptoms with speech therapy,
occupational therapy, special education
intervention, and medications when
called for.
Younger patients have benefitted
from our growing knowledge of
the biochemistry of autism and
have been treated with multiple
biomedical interventions based on the
child’s individual genetic profile and
environmental challenges. To simplify
this, Dr.
