Recent news coverage about autism, focusing on topics like causes and prevention, has fueled even more confusion, anxiety, and questions regarding the widespread condition. According to Dr. Robert Melillo, what’s not being addressed and what really matters is:
“What is happening in the Autistic brain?”
This principal topic has been at the forefront of the career of Dr. Melillo, a clinician, developmental cognitive neuroscientist, researcher, professor, and best-selling author. With over 100 scientific papers and 35 years of clinical experience, he and his lab have published some of the most important research in leading journals to answer this most crucial question: What is Autism?
Their findings have shown biological, functional, and physical differences in the brain — the root issues in autism — explaining symptoms on each point of the autism spectrum. There are many variations of autism, but Dr. Melillo and his team have proven that there is one primary underlying issue known as a Functional Disconnection. There is no damage, pathology injury, or genetic mutation in autism in most cases, but there are developmental delays and imbalances in networks in the brain particularly between the two hemispheres, which explains the wide variety of unusual strengths and weaknesses in autism. This imbalance not only affects cognitive, emotional, and social issues; it can impact all systems in the body, including the immune and autonomic systems.
The root issue is in the brain — not in the gut or immune system, as many are told. Although important, those issues are secondary to the primary issue in the brain. Dr. Melillo and his research team are the first group to identify a universal model of autism, allowing them to answer the many questions about autism that no one has been able to before.
Dr. Melillo is very vocal about the fact that virtually all individuals with autism, especially those who are nonspeaking, are actually Left Hemisphere Geniuses, but this also presents vulnerabilities, which is at the core of neurodivergence. Dr. Melillo and his staff have developed the most cutting-edge program to help improve communication and balance in networks and improve functioning in the brain. This allows individuals with autism to become the best version of themselves, by reducing or eliminating many challenges, and without losing their unusual gifts.
Another important question that has never been answered before, until now:
“What prevents some individuals with Autism from speaking?”
In creating the world’s most effective and comprehensive program to address all neurobehavioral issues, in all age groups, Dr. Melillo and his team have uncovered the root cause of Nonverbal Autism as well. The Melillo Method program is individualized, comprehensive, data driven, and goal directed, achieving real, measurable, objective results — not just in Autism, but also ADHD, Dyslexia, processing disorders, and many other neurological-based issues.
The Melillo Method is available exclusively at The Melillo Centers, in Midtown Manhattan and on Long Island. If you wish to learn more, go to drrobertmelillo.com, @drrobertmelillo on Instagram, get a copy of Dr. Melillo’s best-selling book “Disconnected Kids,” and attend his NYC lectures. He can also be heard every week on iHeartRadio, WOR and WNEW, on “A Moment of Xen.”
The Melillo Center for Developing Mind
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