Over 80 Software Titles from the Around the World

Many children within the autism spectrum love the computer.  Autism Coach allows you to make the most of your child's computer time by offering high-quality, hard-to-find software titles from the U.S., England, Canada, Australia and France that help your child move ahead  in a variety of critical areas.  Autism Coach software benefits a wide range of children:  from preschoolers to teenagers, from classically autistic to Asperger's Syndrome.

Software

Mind Reading

Mind Reading is perhaps the single most brilliant title ever created for the Autism Spectrum, teaching all ages how to read emotions, through games, quizzes and a huge library of video clips of virtually every emotion.  For more information, please click here.

Fun With Feelings

Fun With Feelings uses a step-by-step strategy to teach children to recognize and generalize understanding of 20 common emotions.  Breaks emotions into visual and auditory components, explains when emotions are displayed, and then promotes generalization.  More

Great Action Adventure

The Great Action Adventure teaches more than 70 verbs to children within the autism spectrum using live-action video clips.  More effective than flash cards, this program includes a Play area, where children can click on the verbs and see them acted out, a Teach Me area, where quizzes reinforce their understanding.  It also teaches nouns related to the verbs, verb tenses, and sign language.  It includes a Settings Menu that allows you to customize the words taught, the order in which they are taught, reinforcements given, and more.  Ages 2-6.    More

Picture This Pro

Picture This Pro is an easy to use, highly flexible program that contains thousands of photos that you can use to create photo flash cards, living skills strips, choice boards, token boards, and educational materials to help your child or student learn to communicate, behave and understand the world. Ages 3 and up.

Functional Living Skills

Over 1000 full-color photographs of children, adolescents, and adults doing a variety of functional activities. Activity areas include daily schedules and routines, personal hygiene/grooming, toileting, homework, leisure, simple meal prep, community, and behavioral rules.  These photos may be used stand-alone or with Picture This Professional.  All Ages.  More

Using Money- Ages 3-6

Designed to encourage children ages 3-6 to learn and recognize monetary values and handle money in everyday situations.  Colorful graphics, animations and spoken instructions make this easy for children to use on their own. We sell a U.S. version of this program that uses U.S. coins.

The activities include practice on recognizing different coins, encourage purchasing items using the correct coins, practice converting between differing amounts of money, giving correct change and recognizing prices in a shop, including on a shopping list.

 Ages 3-6. More

Math and Money- Ages 6-8

One of the most effective ways to teach math to young children is through money - money provides manipulatives that enable children to visualize quantities associated with abstract representation of numbers.  Needless to say learning math through counting money has practical application and can be highly motivating as well.  Paws Explore Money is a title. specially designed to help children practice and develop their money recognition skills through a range of fun activities.  The cat and dog are also motivating! This program can be set to play games 5 currencies:  U.S., Canadian, Australian, British, and the Euro.  Ages 6-8.  More

 Thinking Skills- Ages 3-6

This fun title helps develop thinking, visual perception, auditory and logic skills. It includes matching, opposites, sequences, and listening to and following simple instructions. Instructions are spoken narrated so even young players can play.  Ages 3-6.  More

My First Computer Game teaches young children basic concepts of using a mouse, and navigation, and then provides cognitive building activities to play using their new computing skills.  Beautifully illustrated and animated, it uses the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, as narrated by Shelly the Snail.  Ages 3-6.  More

An "island" is land with water around it! That.s how you spell island!  Two Wise Owls shows children how to use mnemonics like this to help them remember difficult spellings and important information.   Mnemonics have been used with great success by visual thinkers, such as the  brillliant autistic author and scientist, Temple Grandin. Ages 6-12.  More

Think About! 1 is the first of a two CD set aimed for learners aged 9 and above. Great for older more reluctant readers, as well as those with specific learning difficulties (including dyslexia). It helps readers in finding attention to detail as well as improving memory, comprehension listening and reading.   Ages 9-14.  More

What if a child can't use a computer?

If a child shows an interest in computers but can't use a mouse or keyboard, there are a wide variety of hardware add-ons available to let kids use a computer.  Also there are some considerations for helping kids use a computer who are sensitive to screen flickers, high-pitched noises, and excessive animation on the screen.  More

Autism Realized

In May 2008, my son, Will, became the first person in North America and third person in the world to complete Autism Realized., a new program giving high functioning individuals within the autism spectrum the tools to participate fully in life.

This program is the brainchild of and has been in the process of being developed for several years by Ron Davis, developer of Davis Dyslexia Correction®, a method of helping people with dyslexia to read.  Ron, age 65, is uniquely qualified to develop and implement an autism program . he is brilliant and autistic. More

March 10, 2008.  Associated Press investigative reporters have found a vast array of pharmaceuticals in the country's treated drinking water, including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, acetominophen, ibuprofen, mood stabilizers, and sex hormones in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans.  These concentrations are measured in parts per billion, but the their presence is worrying scientists about their long-term consequences. Individuals within the autism spectrum are particularly sensitive contaminants.  Reverse Osmosis filtration is the only way to completely remove contaminants.  More

January 31, 2008.  Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) are cheap and according to a study can cut the risk of cerebral palsy (CP) in half for prematurely born infants.   Epsom salt baths have been widely used for years by parents of autistic children to help calm children down, sleep better, and to elevate levels of sulfur and magnesium.  More

June 25, 2007.   Researchers from the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) genetically manipulated the mice to model Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), which is the leading inherited cause of mental retardation and the most common genetic cause of autism. More

Why is there virtually no Autism in the U.S. Amish communities?

In a ground-breaking piece of investigative journalism published in the June 30-July 14, 2005 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, the noted environmental activist, author, and radio show commentator, Robert Kennedy Jr., about how public officials fudged numbers and refused to release the epidemiological raw data  conclusively proving that vaccines caused an epidemic of autism in the United States. 

Kennedy also noted that the mercury-based preservative, thimerisol, is still being allowed in pediatric flu vaccines, other pharmaceutical products, and in vaccines shipped abroad, causing millions of children in around the world to develop autism (including 1.3 million children in China alone, where autism did not exist until they started receiving vaccines).  In an independent study of autism amongst an Amish population in the United States which does not allow vaccinations, there is virtually no autism - of the four Amish children out of the entire population studied who were diagnosed autistic, all had been vaccinated, some prior to adoption.   More

An article in the March 10, 2006, issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons shows that in U.S. states where mercury was removed from childhood vaccines, the alarming increase in reported rates of autism and other neurological disorders (NDs) in children not only stopped, but actually dropped sharply . by as much as 35 percent.  More

The Autism Coach Approach helps your child reach his or her maximum potential.   The majority of parents whose children have recovered from autism have followed some or all of these guidelines.  More

British researchers have developed a  checklist for diagnosing autism in toddlers.  Preliminary studies show that they were able to identify children later diagnosed within the autism spectrum.   More

Researchers at the University of Florida are pioneering a new technique for detecting autism in infants by evaluating their crawling patterns.  More

Mirror Neuron Research May Lead to New Treatment for Autism

November, 2007.  The latest research on mirror neurons, published by the Society for Neuroscience, may lead to new treatments for autism.  Mirror neurons are used to imitate others and acquire language.  When you perform a voluntary action, such as picking up a pencil, a set of .command. neurons activate.  When you watch someone else pick up a pencil a subset of these neurons, called . mirror. neurons activate.  It is believed that mirror neurons enable us to learn through imitation.  In autism, however, the mirror neurons do not typically activate, when observing activity, leading to the implication that people with autism primarily learn by doing and do not tend to learn by watching others.  The latest research includes retraining the brain to activate the mirror neurons so that learning by imitation may take place.  More

Gifted children and autistic children may be part of the same spectrum.  New research in mapping brain activity provides new intriguing insights into the connections between autism and giftedness, music and language.  More  

According to a survey of 260 parents using the enzymes, Peptizyde and Zyme Prime, over a seven month period, 90% of parents observed sustained behavioral improvements in their children. Virtually all of these parents saw improvements within two weeks of starting these enzymes.  

Peptizyde breaks down gluten and casein proteins commonly found in wheat and dairy products. Some experts in autism  consider gluten and casein to be  problematic for autistic children. 

HN-Zyme Prime is a complementary broad-spectrum enzyme, which helps to promote proper digestion and assimilation of all foods, and provides some benefit for children with phenol sensitivities.

These two enzymes complement each other when used together and are acceptable for special diets such as the Gluten Free/Casein Free diet and the Feingold diet.

Peptizyde and Zyme-Prime are available from Autism Coach. 

We are pleased to now offer a series of videos and DVDs for children, parents and professionals.  The Sound It Out Land DVD provides games for young children to learn the alphabet while they sing along.  We also offer several video seminars for parents and professionals by leading experts in autism including Dr. Tony Attwood, Dr. Temple Grandin, and Carol Gray.  More

Asperger Syndrome and Employment, provides information on how to succeed at work. Being Bullied describes and provides strategies to handle bullying behaviors.

Bisphenol Banned from Plastics in Canada but not in U.S.

Plastics dishes, baby bottles and cups are also a health concern for our children.  A man-made compound contained in thousands of plastic products in the U.S., bisphenol A, has been declared toxic and banned from all products in Canada.  Unlike Canada, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ignored the same data presented to them September by an independent panel of scientists. 

Products bisphenol A are found thousands of products, including: baby bottles, sippy cups, pacifiers, hard plastic Nalgene sports bottles, reusable water jugs provided at the filtered water units at grocery stores, and in the plastic linings of metal cans (such as soft drinks and canned vegetables).  

To read the full Autism Coach article on the risks of bisphenol A and how to minimize exposure to it, click here.

Books

Kids in the Syndrome is a groundbreaking, concise, scientifically up-to-date, all-in-one guide to the whole range of often co-existing neuro-behavioral disorders in children-from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and bipolar disorder, to autistic spectrum disorders, nonverbal learning disabilities, sensory integration problems, and executive dysfunction.
Dr. Kutscher provides accessible information on causes, symptoms, interactions with other conditions, and treatments. He presents effective behavioral strategies for responding to children who display traits of these disorders-whether at home, at school, or in other settings-along with case vignettes and practical tips.  More

The sequel to  the Karen DeFelice's popular Enzymes and Autism book, her new book, Enzymes: Go with Your Gut, covers new experiences and uses for digestive enzymes. This practical guide to using digestive enzymes goes deeper and wider into the interactions of enzymes, probiotics, and gut healing measures
helpful for many digestive, immune system, and other related health problems. More

Two new innovative products help children learn to tell the time and dress appropriately depending upon the temperature.  The Teaching Hands kit comes with a working clock and a magnetic counterpart clock for kids to match the time.  More

Liquid Carnosine Plus

Order Now - Shipping July 22

Our Liquid Carnosine is coming in next week and we will be shipping it out by July 22.   The supply we anticipated lasting a year was gone in 6 months!  Liquid Carnosine Plus is being used by DAN practitioners and parents have been raving about our new product.  To learn more about our new formulation, please click here.

In a double-blind study, significant improvements in language and socialization were observed in 90 percent of children within the autism spectrum using L-Carnosine, as opposed to children taking a placebo.  L-Carnosine is believed to increase activity in the frontal areas of the brain and promote the production of GABA, one of the brain's primary calming neurotransmitters. GABA is believed to be deficient in children within the autism spectrum.  The quality of a supplement can make a huge difference in effectiveness and L-Canosine Plus contains only the purest, highest quality ingredients in an all-natural, pleasant-tasting, lemonade- flavored base that is free from common allergens and is compatible with most special diets. More

BioActive Vitamin Mineral Powder

Our comprehensive BioActive Vitamin Mineral Powder is designed to economically provide a solid nutritional foundation for individuals within the autism spectrum.  It providing 28 potent, bioactive ingredients, including active forms of B12, B6, folic acid, along with other B vitamins.  It also includes high quality forms of A, C, D, E, K, and the minerals that benefit the majority of individuals within the autism spectrum.   More

Independent Study Shows 100 Fold Increase of Glutathione in Neurons

October 26, 2009.  A paper presented by Parkinson's Disease researcher, Gail Zeevalk, at the Neuroscience Conference in Chicago, attended by over 20,000 researchers from around the world, shows that our Liposomal Glutathione increases levels more tha 100 fold compared to any other form of gluathione testesd. To view the abstract for the paper in Microsoft Word, click here. 

Gluathione is one of the most potentent natural detoxifiers, helping to remove heavy metals and other toxins from the body. In a study by Dr. Jill St. James at Arkansas Children's Hospital, children within the autism spectrum were found to have significantly lower levels of glutathione than neurotypical children who also participated in the study.  Until now, glutathione was not absorbed well orally and had been administered intravenously or absorbed through the skin with trans-dermal cream.  However, our new form of glutathione provides quick and efficient  absorption by enclosing the glutathione molecule within a tiny membrane called a liposome.  Liposomes have been shown to have a 90% absorption rate. More

A ground-breaking independent study was conducted using our Liposomal Glutathione with a special breed of mice genetically engineered to develop atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).  This study has shown that the Liposomal Glutathione significantly reduced oxidative stress, blood cholesterol levels and cholesterol deposits in the mice when taken over a 2 month period. Reducing oxidative stress is believed help minimize neurological damage in autism as well.   More

Behavior Balance

Autism Coach's Behavior Balance provides a blend of B Vitamins, methyl donors and zinc that are frequently deficient in children within the autism spectrum.  It contgains patented N-Dimethylglycine (DMG) with Betaine, Folic Acid, Vitamins B6 and B12, Zinc, and Magnesium in a great tasting, natural black cherry flavored liquid. These nutrients work synergistically to balance behavior patterns and socialization skills, support stress coping mechanisms and immune system function. This supplement is also widely used to provide nutritional support for children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD.  More. 

Olive Extract Extra-Strength 

Our Extra-Strength Olive Leaf Extract has anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-bacterial properties and has worked magnificently for our family over the past couple years in beating down emerging colds.  If you can afford only one supplement to prevent the flu, this would be the product I most highly recommend. More

Super Folate

ATP Energy Chewables

Our ATP Energy Chewables provide an energy cocktail that supports chronic health issues where energy production at the cellular level is impaired, including autism, aging, and other conditions resulting in low energy.  This mitochondrial support blend is used by all the cells of the body and provides the essential components of energy metabolism.  More

Melatonin Liposomal Spray 

Provides Melatonin and B6 to promote calm and rest in a convenient liquid spray that is highly absorbable. More

Houston Enzymes

We are please to offer the full product line of Houston Enzymes, the most effective enzymes for individuals on the autism spectrum, in our opinion.  These enzymes come in capsules that can be swallowed, or the contents of the capsules opened and mixed into foods, or there are good tasting chewable forms of these enzymes.  The majority of individuals within the autism spectrum maldigest their food and undigested gluten and casein proteins can actually form opiates that bind to sites in the brain, interfering with neurological development. The Houston Peptizyde enzymes help break apart these proteins so they do not form opiates. 

Trienza Chewables provide a tasty alternative to the popular Trienza which combines three enzymes in a single supplement:  Peptizyde, Zyme Prime, and No-Fenol.  Zyme Prime primarily digests carbohydrates, and fats, and No-Fenol helps to digest phenloic compounds which can also be problematic for individuals within the autism spectrum.  More

Dairy Free Culturelle

We are please to offer a dairy free vegetarian version of Culturelle., the popular probiotic.  Culturelle contains Lactobacillus GG, an extensively studied strain of friendly intestinal bacteria, naturally occurring in the digestive tract.  More

Tried and Tested Flu Supplement Kit 

When my daughter, Amy, started college away from home last year, and being an overly protective mother, I sent her to college with supplements to help her fight off colds and the flu. 

In mid-September, one of her friends on campus was quarantined for a week with what was diagnosed by clinicians at U of M  as  the H1N1 influenza, otherwise known as the "Swine Flu."  A day or two after my daughter visited her friend (she visited him the day before he was quarantined) she started develop flu symptoms, but then she took the supplements I sent with her, the symptoms went away and she did not develop the flu!  Last year, she stayed cold free most of the winter while in a dormitory full of students who have travelled from around the world to attend U of M.

We are offering the supplements she took as an all-natural Flu Kit.  They include four products:   Olive Leaf Extract, Vitamin D3, Liposomal Gluathione, and our Corn Free Vitamin C crystals.  The glutathione is soy based, everything else is soy free.

Olive Leaf Extract has anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-bacterial properties and has worked magnificently for our family over the past year in beating down emerging colds.  If you can afford only one supplement to prevent the flu, this would be the product I most highly recommend.

There are many studies showing the VItamin D reduce susceptibility to the flu and the severity of the flu.  Our form of Vitamin D3 is a form that is more easily used by the body.

Glutathione and Vitamin C provide a potent anti-oxidant combination.  Glutathione is one of the most powerful anti-oxidants and supports of the immune system that our bodies naturally produce.  

For more information on the Flu Kit, click here.

Vitamin D Theory of Autism

May 1, 2009.  According to Scientific American, one of the latest theories on the cause of autism is that flagging levels of Vitamin D in pregnant women and young children could be the elusive factor explaining the rising rate of autism.  Our bodies produce Vitamin D when we are out in the sun, but those of us who do not expose their skin to direct sun light or have more darkly pigmented skin living in northern or cloudy areas may not be manufacturing enough Vitamin D.  Some researchers theorize that supplementing with Vitamin D may help improve symptoms of autism.  To view the Scientific American article, click here.  

Vitamin D3

We are now offering a high quality form of Vitamin D, in the more absorbable form of Vitamin D3.   Supplementation of Vitamin D in individuals deficient in Vitamin D may improve symptoms of autism. Vitamin D, in doses of 2000 IU or more has anti-viral properties and has demonstrated ability to prevent and fight the flu.  More

LC Theory of Autism

April 2009.    Children within the autism spectrum often function at a higher level when they are running a fever.  Researchers at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in New York believe that this insight may lead to new treatments for autism.  More

Theanine

Theanine is a unique amino acid found almost exclusively in green tea that exerts beneficial effects on brain metabolism. Theanine induces relaxation without causing drowsiness, as measured by increased generation of alpha-waves. Theanine may improve learning ability by affecting dopamine and serotonin neurotransmitters in the brain.  Also, Theanine exerts protective effects on the brain by antagonizing glutamate toxicity. More

Methyl B-12 Spray

Probiotics + Enzymes

Which Biomedical Approaches are Most Effective?

The Autism Research Institute compiled a list biomedical autism interventions as rated by over 26,000 parents of children within the autism spectrum.  More

Specific Carbohydrate Diet

The Specific Carbohydrate Diet has statistically shown to be one of the more effective diets for autism, according the Autism Research Council's data from their parent survey of biomedical treatments, 69% of parents found this diet to lead to improvements in their children.  We are offering information on the diet and are now selling the original book published about this diet, Breaking the Vicious Cycle.  For information about this diet, click here.     More

Alpha GPC for Brain Connectivity

Alpha GPC is a phospholipid metabolite found concentrated in neuronal membranes. Alpha GPC supports brain function and learning processes by directly increasing the synthesis and secretion of acetylcholine. Alpha GPC protects neurons and improves signal transmission by serving as a precursor to membrane phospholipids. Strengthening the membranes encasing the neurons increases the speed and accuracy with which information is transmitted, reducing timing delays and reducing distortion of signals.  Sensory distortion and timing delays are believed to be the amongst the root causes of autism.  The better neurologically connected, the fewer the symptoms.  More

Citicoline  Scientifically Proven to Increase Energy Supply in Brain

We are pleased to offer Citicholine, a  supplement that has been extensively tested by scientists and shown to improve brain function in people of all ages. 

In a study conducted in 2007 at McClean Hospital in Belmont, Massachussetts, Dr. Perry Renshaw showed that Citicholine improved brain function in middle aged people.  The researchers took a group of volunteers and put them in an MRI to measure the energy needed to make our brains work. Then they told the volunteers to take Citicoline every day. After six weeks the volunteers were put back into the MRI to see if there were any changes. "The unanticipated and somewhat remarkable result that we found was that the brain energy supply... is actually increased in critical brain regions by this supplement," said Renshaw. More

Special Supplements for Your Child

Not all supplements are created alike. Autism Coach supplements help your child derive the most benefit from his or her supplement program. Most are easy to take (either as a liquid or can be mixed into food), contain  high-quality, all-natural ingredients, and are free from ingredients that are commonly allergenic and/or problematic for children within the autism spectrum.  Our supplements provide a full range of nutritional support.  More  

Detoxification Supplements

Based on current research in autism indicating that heavy metal toxicity may be  a primary cause of autism, Autism Coach offers several supplements that promote the removal of heavy metals.  Our Liquid Liposome-Enclosed Glutathione provides a 90% absorption rate of this powerful anti-oxidant.  Raising levels of glutathione supports  methylation which is one of the primary metabolic pathways used by the body to detoxify.  We are also offering Folinic Acid as a separate supplement to support methylation and stimualte the production of dopamine. Herbal Detoxifier includes alpha lipoic acid, which binds to heavy metals, and milk thistle, which helps to ensure these metals are removed from the body. Pro-C. provides a high dose of vitamin C which helps to unbind and remove heavy metals  in a form buffered with zinc, calcium and magnesium to be easier on the stomach, in combination with other potent antioxidants.  Another new supplement is Cal-Mag Butyrate , which includes butyric acid, a precursor to the brain's primary calming neurotransmitter, GABA, which is frequently deficient in autistic children.  

Phosphatidyl Serine

Phophosphatidyl Serine is a supplement that helps to regenerate damaged nerve cells, reverse defects in nerve cell message transmission, and establish new receptor sites in the brain. Phosphatidyl Serine benefits memory, learning, concentration, mood, alertness, sociability, and improved reaction time.  More

Liquid Minerals For Taste Test Kit

Our liquid minerals are used by parents and clinics to test for mineral deficiencies and are available with either 2 or 4 oz. bottles of our minerals.  We also sell the minerals individually. Instructions for using the minerals as a taste test kit are provided in the detailed description of the minerals.  More

We are pleased to offer two of the highest quality probiotics on the market, Culturelle, a potent form of Lactobacillus, and Saccharomyces boulardii.  Both of these probiotics populate the intestinal tract, crowd out pathogenic organisms and pathogenic forms of yeast, such as Candida, and support normalization of intestinal function. 

We are also offering Vinpocetine, a supplement that has long been used in Europe and Japan for neurological support but is not as widely known within the U.S. There are many studies supporting the neuro-protective properties of Vinpocetine and the observation of improved cognitive functioning.  My family has used this for several years - this was one of the supplements that seems to work especially well for our son - where we could see a noticeable improvement in alertness.  We have found it to provide optimal neurological support, when taken with natural licorice, such as our new Licorice Syrup.  Studies have shown that licorice has many beneficial properties, supporting the production of hormones in the intestinal tract and brain, including secretin.  It also has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties. 

Chlorella supports detoxification and elimination of heavy metals.  It also provides beneficial nutrients. Our Yaeyama Chlorella is amongst the the purest forms available. In our years of trying different brands of Chlorella and green algae products - we have found this particular chlorella to possibly be the most effective we have used.

Our Co-Q10 is another supplement that has been consistently shown to provide immune-system and neurological support over the years through studies and use within the autism community.  We offer a high-quality, high-potency form to provide optimal benefit. 

Most Vitamin C that is an added to supplements and food products is derived from corn.  Our corn-free form of Vitamin C is a water-soluble powder. This product would work well mixed in orange juice (or another citrus drink) in combination with our liquid Liquid Liposomal Glutathione to support detoxification.

Early Intervention Kits

We are now offering early intervention kits to help parents whose young children have been recently diagnosed with autism.  These kits enable parents to quickly and economically implement an intervention protocol that has been proven to be effective for many children within the autism spectrum. The items in these kits are discounted for less than they would cost if sold separately. More