A Blind Spot on Autism

Rethinking Autism. What the Autism Curve May Be Telling Us.

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

A mom turned medical investigator. Her son's significant improvement in autism symptoms from long-term antibiotics led her to tell the story of a medical blind spot that could help thousands, or possibly millions of families.

Edward Breitschwerdt, DVM

One of the world's foremost experts on Bartonella and vector-borne diseases. Professor at NC State, Adjunct Professor at Duke University, and Co-Founder of Galaxy Diagnostics.

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

A Word From the President of ILADS

"In physician's practices across the globe, doctors are seeing families affected by autism, autoimmune disease, ADHD, and PANS. Chronic illness and vector-borne disease expert physicians are equipped to look for infections that standard tests often miss. This book connects the dots with science and heart. I hope you'll read it. It may change how we understand autism."

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Dr. Amy Offutt, President of ILADS

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