5.TREATMENT OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

There are no medications that can cure ASD or treat the core symptoms. However, there are medications that can help some people with ASD function better. For example, medication might help manage high energy levels, inability to focus, depression, or seizures.

There are many different types of treatments available. For example, auditory training, discrete trial training, vitamin therapy, anti-yeast therapy, facilitated communication, music therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and sensory integration.

The different types of treatments can generally be broken down into the following categories are

• Behavior and Communication Approaches,  
• Dietary Approaches,  
• Medication and 
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
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BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNICATION APPROACHES

According to reports by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Research Council, behavior and communication approaches that help children with ASD are those that provide structure, direction, and organization for the child in addition to family participation. A notable treatment approach for people with an ASD is called applied behavior analysis (ABA). 

DIETARY APPROACHES

Some dietary treatments have been developed by reliable therapists. But many of these treatments do not have the scientific support needed for widespread recommendation. An unproven treatment might help one child, but may not help another. Many bio medical interventions call for changes in diet.

Such changes include removing certain types of foods from a child’s diet and using vitamin or mineral supplements. Dietary treatments are based on the idea that food allergies or lack of vitamins and minerals cause symptoms of ASD.

MEDICATION

There are no medications that can cure ASD or even treat the main symptoms. But there are medications that can help some people with related symptoms. For example, medication might help manage high energy levels, inability to focus, depression, or seizures.

COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS

         To relieve the symptoms of ASDs, some parents and health care professionals use treatments that are outside of what is typically recommended by the pediatrician. These types of treatments are known as complementary and alternative treatments (CAM). They might include special diets, cheating (a treatment to remove heavy metals like lead from the body), biological (e.g., secreting), or body-based systems (like deep pressure).

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