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homeopathy in autism:10 Common Mistakes in Homeopathy Treatment of Autism: as per Dr Kondekars experience over last 2 decades

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10 Common Mistakes in Homeopathy Treatment of Autism 1. Treating Autism as a Curable Disease : Autism is a Autism Spectrum Disorder, not a temporary illness. Mistake: Assuming medicines can “reverse” autism instead of focusing on development. 2. Giving False Promise of Cure:  “Complete cure”,“Child will become normal”. 👉 This creates false hope and delays real intervention.  3. Ignoring the Importance of Early Intervention:  👉 Critical years (0–5) are wasted while trying alternative cures. 4. Not Focusing on Communication Development:  An expert who is not insisting on improving verbal listening is not working on understanding and communication. 👉 Core autism deficit is communication, not just behavior. 5. Ignoring Evidence-Based Therapies:  Speech therapy,Occupational therapy,Behavioral approaches like Applied Behavior Analysis. 👉 Mistake: Replacing these with medicines. 6. Focusing on Symptoms, Not Skills:  “Child is calmer”,“Sleep improved”,👉 But:...

Autism a neurodeficit perspective

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abstract / summary: The attention in autism is best achieved by repeating the posture of attention. instead of frequently teaching movement based learning, if the parents indulge thier time in sitting based learning; better attention can be established. similarlly, the more time parents spend with kid in face to face eye to eye sitting floor based connection, the easier for the kid to socialise. Socialisation and communication is possible only between 2 living beings. No amount of activities or engagement through non living toys or activities or mobile or youtube is going to help. in fact, by continuously or repeatedly keeping child busy with objects toys or mobile, we are desocialising child by promoting solo play. Best games to initiate in autism kids are face to face sitting games like snake& ladder, uno cards, carrom; or in younger kids simple games like chawu mawu , tota udd kauwa ud ,  ithe ithe bais re mora , karangali marangali.    hadel happ khar kabutar doli...

From Trust → Eye Contact → Listener - Dr Kondekar

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Protocol: From Trust → Eye Contact → Listener (CBT-based structured approach for autism & developmental disorders. It integrates trust building + eye steadiness + body regulation + CBT shaping .  PHASE 1: REGULATION (Prepare the brain to listen) 🎯 Goal: Calm, alert, organized body 🛠️ Methods: Proprioceptive input: Wall push-ups, Carrying weight, Squeezing ball, Reduce noise & distractions ⏱️ Duration:3 months ✅ Outcome marker: Body slows down, Child stays in place 🔷 PHASE 2: TRUST BUILDING (Enter child’s world) 🎯 Goal: get to a level 🛠️ Methods: Join child’s activity (no interruption),Sit at eye level (non-threatening angle) Minimal talking,  Observe and mirror ❗ Avoid: Direct commands, Forcing interaction ✅ Outcome marker: Child does not avoid,  Allows proximity 🔷 PHASE 3: INITIATE CONNECTION (Invite eyes, don’t force) 🎯 Goal: connect 🛠️ Methods: Call name softly → pause, Wait for even 1-second glance,  Use facial expression / interest 🔁 Reinforceme...