ASD Family Handout—Answers About Complementary and Integrative Medicine
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Published:2019
American Academy of Pediatrics, "ASD Family Handout—Answers About Complementary and Integrative Medicine", Autism – Caring for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Practical Resource Toolkit for Clinicians
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Many families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have questions about other types of treatments for symptoms of ASD. They may read about these online or hear about them from other parents.
Complementary medicine refers to practices that are used in addition to the educational, behavioral, and medical interventions recommended by your child’s pediatrician and schools.
Alternative medicine refers to treatments that are used in place of the recommendations of your child’s pediatrician.
When traditional and complementary practices are used together, it is often called integrative medicine.
CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) is another way of saying complementary...