Many children with autism have been found to have higher than usual levels of heavy metals.  This could be because they have less ability to excrete them or it could be due to overexposure. These heavy metals, such as mercury, aluminium and cadmium can be linked to some of the behavioural problems associated with autism.

If you are one of the countless parents who have either had this conversation or are facing it in the future, then my heart goes out to you! I remember when my partner and I had it. I wasn’t any where near as polite as Meryl Streep is in the clip from the 1998 film ‘First Do No Harm’.

I warn you before seeing it that it is upsetting because a child’s mortality is the hardest thing a parent can ever have to face period.

Jenny McCarthy is speaking out against vaccines, not because she is against the vaccines themselves, but because of the loads of unnecessary toxins in vaccines. Why is she so against the "toxins"? Well, she believes there is pretty good evidence these toxins can flip the switch and trigger autism in many children just like her son. Autism is an epidemic in the United States. Currently, 1 in 94 boys in the country has autism.

In this video, a father recounts his trials and tribulations with his son Ethan. He discusses how Ethan began his life as a happy and healthy child with great joint attention. Slowly, Ethan began showing signs of autism, slipping away into his own world, completely unaware of the world around him, including his parent's own voices. However, with the help of antiviral - antifungal therapy, Ethan has now recovered from autism.

What is one of the first things a parent can do to help by boosting the immune system of a child with autism?

According to Dr. Kurt Woeller, the answer lies in the digestive tract. He says taking a holistic approach to medicine is the smartest choice, which he would choose to do if he were treating his very own son.

Evy is a 4-year-old boy in this video, and he has the diagnosis of autism. His mother stands behind a video camera, recording herself engaging Evy in conversations. She is interacting with him and using verbal behavior, a form of applied behavioral analysis (ABA) - which is one of many autism teaching tools.

NBC’s Dateline has followed the story of Charlie Abrahams for over 10 years, charting his parents’ fight to get him on the ketogenic diet and keep him seizure free. 

Charlie is the son of top Hollywood director, Jim Abrahams, most famous for the movies Airplane, Naked Gun and Hot Shots.  Jim’s life took a dramatic turn when his one year old son Charlie started having seizures, which increased in frequency up to 100 per day.

Speaking at the 2008 International Symposium on Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders, British Mum Emma Williams tells of her fight to get son Matthew on the ketogenic diet.  In an address that brought tears to the eyes of not only this brave Mum but many in the audience, she speaks of her rage at doctors refusal to take the ketogenic diet seriously and the subsequent brain damage her little boy suffered due to constant seizures. 

Addressing the International Symposium on Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders, mother and doctor Deborah Snyder reveals her first-hand experience of the ketogenic diet and its success in curing her son’s epilepsy.  She implores health professionals to recognise the efficacy of the diet in stopping seizures and aims to dispel the myth that the diet is too difficult or not worth the effort.

One of the biggest problems for children with disabilities is a lack of compassion, support and understanding at school, not just from fellow classmates but from teachers too.  If a teacher doesn’t understand common conditions such as epilepsy or dyslexia symptoms can often be mistaken for bad behavior.