A Blind Spot on Autism

Rethinking What Could Be Driving the Autism Pandemic

An investigative look at autism's unexplained rise and the overlooked biological clues hiding in plain sight.

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About the Book

A Blind Spot on Autism explores a bold new hypothesis: that stealth, misunderstood, chronic infections may be silently driving the rise in autism.

Co-authored by a mom whose son improved with treatment, and a world-leading infectious disease researcher, this book challenges everything we thought we knew.

What if autism's rise isn't environmental or genetic?

What if it's spreading?

A Bold Hypothesis for the Autism Epidemic

Is Your Child's Brains on Fire?

Here are six questions the medical system has yet to fully answer:

Why are the symptoms so varied and neurologically complex, often including tic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), ADHD, gastrointestinal, and sleep issues, not just social delays?
Why do so many autism families also struggle with autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, thyroid disease, or fibromyalgia?
Why do autism symptoms sometimes emerge suddenly or gradually after an immune challenge like illness or vaccination?
Why do some children improve with long-term antimicrobial treatment, sometimes significantly?
Why does autism run in families, including siblings who have ADHD, learning issues, or PANS?
And most importantly: why is the autism curve rising exponentially?

This book is the first hypothesis that connects all six.

Built on decades of published research, clinical experience, and real case reports, this book may change the way we understand autism and what we do about it.

This is the book you cannot miss.

Meet the Authors

Debbie Kimberg

Debbie Kimberg is the founder of the Autism Infectious Disease Alliance (AIDA), whose mission is to fund research into infectious contributors to autism, including Bartonella, and to advance education and advocacy for parents and the medical community. She is the CEO of Agent Brigade, maker of Cerewell, a patient-centered health technology platform focused on improving symptom tracking and sharing information with clinicians to support better health outcomes and research for individuals with chronic illness. She is also the mother of a child with autism and an active autism advocate who blogs for LymeDisease.org.

Learn more at aidaalliance.org and cerewell.com.

Ed Breitschwerdt, DVM

Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt is the Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and an adjunct professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He has authored or coauthored more than 450 peer-reviewed manuscripts on vector-borne and intracellular infections in animals and humans.

Dr. Breitschwerdt is a founder, shareholder, and Chief Scientific Officer of Galaxy Diagnostics Inc. He is also a member of the Alzheimer's Pathobiome Initiative.

We wrote this book because too many families, doctors, and the NIH are still in the dark.

What Readers Are Saying

"As autism rates rise worldwide, A Blind Spot on Autism offers a fresh perspective for parents and professionals alike. It explores the possible role of underrecognized infections in autism, PANS, other neuropsychiatric conditions, and physical health issues, while generating new ideas for research, assessment, and treatment."

Dr. Rosalie Greenberg

Child and Adult Psychiatrist

"An eye-opening book on the role of stealth pathogens and immune disruptors on people diagnosed with autism. This concise, evidence-based guide offers parents and physicians with new diagnostic and treatment ideas—and most importantly, hope."

Kris Newby

Author of Bitten and Swamp Boy

"Debbie's commitment to finding and explaining the hidden elements of autism have produced what will become a new standard in understanding it. This book exposes various lines of evidence of autism's origin that help me feel hopeful and confident in ways to improve life for those I love. I'm also now confident enough to share this evidence and hope with others. The opposite of a blind spot is strength. This book gives it!"

Dianna M.

Parent

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