Autism Treatment Trust

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The Autism Treatment Trust is a Glasgow, Scotland based charity, established in 2006 by the autism advocacy group Action Against Autism, whose mission is predicated on the belief that every child diagnosed with autism or related conditions should have access to an appropriate biomedical treatment programme after screening for biochemical, immunological and psychological abnormalities.

The Autism Treatment Trust opened an autism consultation and treatment centre in Edinburgh in April, 2006.

[edit] Objectives

• To raise awareness of potential environmental triggers for autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and to counter the claims that autism is a purely inherited (genetic) condition
• To promote research into potential environmental insults and develop screening methods to recognise at risk individuals during early development
• To encourage and promote targeting of research funding into the study of potential environmental factors including toxic elements, organic xenobiotic chemicals and pathogenic organisms which act to perturb immune function
• To ensure that every child diagnosed with autism, or a related condition, is screened for a comprehensive range of biological, biochemical, immunological and psychological abnormalities such that an individual treatment programme can be developed and funded by government.
• To raise awareness of and to encourage clinical trials on novel treatments to alleviate the symptoms of and, improve the quality of life for individuals with autism

[edit] External links

• AutismTrust.org.uk - Autism Treatment Trust homepage
• TheHerald.co.uk - 'Reasons for sharp increase in autism' (opinion), Bill Welsh, The Herald (July 17 2006)