Medically reviewed content from Autism Treatment Center of Raleigh — Dr. Novlet Jarrett Davis, M.D. & Dr. Kevin Davis, D.C. "Just go with your gut." Most of us have heard that advice, or given it, at some point in our lives — before a first date, a big decision, a job offer that didn't quite sit right. That gut feeling is real. It's your enteric nervous system, the dense web of neurons lining your digestive tract, communicating with your brain in ways scientists are only beginning to fully...

In this article: Why public meltdowns happen, the judgment autism parents face from strangers, the safety fears that keep parents awake at night, and how one family saw their son reach 90-95% symptom recovery in 2 to 2.5 years through a structured, step-by-step approach. "Is this something we would overcome, or is this something we would be dealing with our entire life?" That question sat with me for a long time. If you're a parent standing in the middle of a grocery store aisle right now,...

There is a moment every autism parent knows. You are sitting in a clinical office, the fluorescent lights hum above you, and someone in a white coat finishes a sentence that changes the entire trajectory of your family's life. You are holding your child's hand — or chasing him around the waiting room, as the case may be — and the word autism lands in the room like a stone dropped in still water. That was us. My wife and I, staring at each other across that room, trying to stay calm for our...