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When starting a biomedical treatment approach for Autism, testing is an integral part. The types of lab testing available vary widely. I discuss organic acid tests (OAT) and even more so I talk about organic acid tests from Great Plains Labs which I use in my practice often.

You can think of testing in two main categories when you are considering it for your child, non-blood testing and blood testing. Finding out whether the child has had any blood work done previously is first and foremost in my practice when discussing this issue with parents.

Next, if they have done blood testing, I want to know how the experience was for the child. Each child responds to differently to testing, one child may handle it fine while another finds it very traumatic.

Blood testing can be a stressful experience, to the point where certain children have required 3 or 4 adults to hold them down to complete the testing.

And yet we know that it can be necessary at times to get blood testing done to find out important data for the biomedical treatment of your child. However, blood testing when you are just beginning a biomedical treatment approach is not always required. Read the rest of this entry »