Comments on: Dr. Robert Melillo Publishes Results of New Autism Study http://www.theautismeducationsite.com/2009/10/13/dr-robert-melillo-publishes-results-of-new-autism-study/ Autism Schools, Autism Summer Camps and Autism News Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carol Burk-Braxton, PhD http://www.theautismeducationsite.com/2009/10/13/dr-robert-melillo-publishes-results-of-new-autism-study/comment-page-1/#comment-6924 Carol Burk-Braxton, PhD Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:19:33 +0000 http://www.theautismeducationsite.com/?p=519#comment-6924 This article advertises release of a study on autism but reads like the hype on a book jacket. If Dr. Melillo (a chiropractor by training) has completed such a ground-breaking study, why hasn't it been picked up by the popular press where there has been attention given to autism? Why can't one find reference to Dr. Melillo's work in any of the credible sources for this kind of research? Do you know what the institutions are that Dr. Melillo uses to construct an impression of his professional expertise? Why don't you find reference to his academic accomplishments (besides his authorship of his books used for foundation of his high dollar "treatment centers") when you do an internet search on his name? The idea that there is a disconnect between the two hemispheres of the brain for persons with autism, ADHD, and dyslexia is a little naive since the corpus callosum handles complex transactions between the two hemispheres. His premise that having some areas of the brain "weaker" than others in these diagnoses seems also to be moot since we all have differences in how various areas of our brains work, but we all do not have these diagnoses. This article advertises release of a study on autism but reads like the hype on a book jacket. If Dr. Melillo (a chiropractor by training) has completed such a ground-breaking study, why hasn’t it been picked up by the popular press where there has been attention given to autism? Why can’t one find reference to Dr. Melillo’s work in any of the credible sources for this kind of research? Do you know what the institutions are that Dr. Melillo uses to construct an impression of his professional expertise? Why don’t you find reference to his academic accomplishments (besides his authorship of his books used for foundation of his high dollar “treatment centers”) when you do an internet search on his name?

The idea that there is a disconnect between the two hemispheres of the brain for persons with autism, ADHD, and dyslexia is a little naive since the corpus callosum handles complex transactions between the two hemispheres. His premise that having some areas of the brain “weaker” than others in these diagnoses seems also to be moot since we all have differences in how various areas of our brains work, but we all do not have these diagnoses.

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