In this groundbreaking book, a leading clinician in the biomedical approach to autism reveals his discovery that four common childhood disorders may share the same underlying causes, and offers a plan to reverse the symptoms of all four.

pt. 1. New problems, new solutions -- ch. 1. The children -- ch. 2. The healing program -- ch. 3. The results -- pt. 2. The four new childhood epidemics and their connections -- 1. Autism -- ch. 4. Mysteries and miracles -- ch. 5. Working the clues -- ch. 6. The end of the beginning -- 2. ADHD -- ch. 7. Brat girls and bad boys -- ch. 8. Executive function -- ch. 9. The road to Ritalin -- 3. Asthma -- ch. 10. Little angel -- ch. 11. The root cause -- ch. 12. Happy endings -- 4. Allergies -- ch. 13. Life and death -- ch. 14. The hospital -- ch. 15. Love and loss -- pt. 3. The healing program -- ch. 16. How to begin -- ch. 17. Element #1 : nutritional therapy -- ch. 18. Element #2 : supplementation therapy -- ch. 19. Element #3 : detoxification -- ch. 20. Element #4 : medication -- ch. 21. Putting the four elements together : results of fifteen cases -- Afterword. A newer world -- Appendix #1. A safer vaccination schedule -- Appendix #2. Resources for help -- Appendix #3. Clinical signs of autism and ADHD -- Glossary.