Preventing Autism : What You Can Do to Protect Your Children Before and after Birth

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xxi

Introduction: You Can Reduce the Risk of Autism 1

PART ONE The New View of Autism

Chapter 1 The Autism Epidemic 13

Chapter 2 The Changing View of Autism 17

Chapter 3 No Two Children with Autism Are Alike 20

Chapter 4 The Autistic Brain 26

Chapter 5 The Genetic Factor 33

Chapter 6 Genetics Loads the Gun, but the Environment Pulls the Trigger 38

PART TWO Protect Your Baby before Birth

Chapter 7 Risk Awareness 51

Chapter 8 Get Started the Minute You Think about Having a Baby 63

Chapter 9 What to Do When You Are Expecting 80

Chapter 10 Home Detox 120

Chapter 11 A Wardrobe Not to Die For 159

Chapter 12 Beauty Does Not Have to Hurt 166

Chapter 13 Planning a Nursery That Is a Healthy Nest 204

PART THREE Protect Your Newborn

Chapter 14 Feeding Your Newborn 227

Chapter 15 Your Baby Is Changing Every Day 240

Chapter 16 Vaccines: The Middle Ground 257

Afterword: Better Living without Chemicals 266

Appendix: Milestone Tracker 268

References 274

Resources 281

Index 285

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