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Informationen zum Autor Karyn Seroussi Klappentext Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Development Disorder is an essential guide for parents with autistic children who hope to better understand and intervene with the disorder.When their nineteen-month-old son, Miles, was diagnosed with autism, Karyn Seroussi, a writer, and her husband, a scientist, fought back with the only weapons at their disposal: love and research. Consulting medical papers, surfing the Web, and networking with other parents, they traced the onset of their son’s problems to an immune system breakdown. His digestive system was unable to break down certain proteins, which in turn led to abnormal brain development. So Karyn and her husband got to work—Karyn implementing their program at home while her husband tested his theories at the scientific lab where he worked. Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder is an inspiring and riveting chronicle of how one couple empowered themselves to challenge the medical establishment that promised no hope—and found ways to help their child. Here are the explanations and treatments they so carefully researched and discovered, a wealth of crucial tools and hands-on information that offer ideas other parents can use to impact and reverse the effects of autism and PDD, including step-by-step instructions for the removal of dairy and gluten from the diet, special recipes, and an explanation of the roles of the key players in autism research.Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Introduction “Your book reads like a suspense novel, but it was even more chilling because it’s true, and because it was so eerily similar to our daughter’s story. I literally couldn’t put it down.” —Bill P. Sykes, Los Angeles “After the diagnosis (‘D-Day,’ as I call it), I didn’t have the strength to read much about autism. But you have a gift for storytelling that had me on the edge of my seat, and the result of these interventions has been miraculous for my son. Thank goodness for your book—if we had waited for our doctor to tell us what to do, we’d be living with a very different child.” —Susan Leach, New York “So many experiences, ideas, and beliefs you shared in your book matched everything I’ve been through in the past few months.” —Kirsten Martinez, Miami, Florida “Your beautifully written book is a challenge to the medical community to listen to what their patients are telling them. Your stunning revelations will doubtless change the outcome for countless children claimed by what has become a tragic epidemic.” —Heather Snyder, Pennsylvania “A book like this on autism has been long overdue. Now nobody can say he or she didn’t know.” —A parent in New Jersey I recently reread my book Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder with a sense of amazement. It hardly seems possible that I wrote this book at all. Only a parent who is obsessed and overwhelmed by her child’s special needs could create a work like that. I hope I never have a reason to write such a book again! I am also amazed by the response to this book from the autism community. I have been told it effectively marks a watershed between the old belief that every case of autism is hardwired and incurable, and the new understanding that many cases are biologically treatable. My goal was to help parents feel empowered and be motivated to seek out answers for their children, and I am proud to hear that so many have. Instead of simply imitating my son’s treatment protocol, many parents have become inspired to look further into their own children’s individual biological profiles, and have broken new ground in the investigation of other ...
