Part of the problem that Autistic children face in the area of communication is that they are unable to decipher facial expressions in others. A child with Autism will watch you cry, sometimes even wipe your tears off, but for the most part, will have no idea that you are unhappy. A large part of communication for most people is their body language and this includes facial expressions so the fact that the Autistic child can't understand this increases the difficulty in communication.

There are methods whereby you can actually enable some Autistic children to read facial expressions thereby increasing their own awareness of how people around them are feeling.

Repetition can help the child with Autism learn. By going over the same thing in different settings and at different times you are rooting it in their brain for them to pull out as necessary.

You can make a list of the different frequently used expressions and have it on a small card with the picture beside it for them to refer to in the beginning. The most common being a smile, sad, angry, laughing, scared and thinking face. This helps the child with Autism reference to something.

Another thing that you can do is discuss it with them in language that they can identify with e.g. "When you pat your puppy, you smile right, that means that you are happy." The child identifies good things like patting the puppy, eating icecream and other things that he/she enjoys as being happy.

Then you can start to reference it to other people so the Autistic child will actually start to look to other people's faces to see what their expressions are saying e.g. "When you throw food on the floor, does that make your Mom smile?." When you get a no answer, you could say, "Then your mom is not happy, what does your Mom's face look like?" And then go on to discuss with the Autistic child the possible meanings of what their mother's face meant, angry, sad etc.

By doing this, you are reaffirming to the child with Autism that he/she can have more of an idea what a person is feeling by looking at the other person's face. It actually works two-fold as it also increases eye contact while increasing the Autistic child's communication skills.

Sometimes the Autistic child will expand on this on their own by asking people if the expression on their face is actually what they are feeling which is great as it shows that they are learning and starting to read expressions for themselves.

Long term, it will lead to the Autistic child being able to understand and communicate more effectively. This will lead to fewer miscommunications and more chances that the child with Autism has to explore not only their own feelings but, to be more sensitive to the feelings of others.

In November of 1983 in an effort to cure herself of debilitating health conditions, Dr Devi S. Nambudripad developed Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique.

Working on the premise that all health conditions are brought about by allergens, she used a selection of different forms of alternative treatments to reduce or eliminate the allergen thereby removing the illness.

Kinesiology is used to determine the presence of the allergen by a form of muscle testing, if the person is allergic to the item placed on their skin, their muscles are weaker.

Accupuncture or Accupressure is used to resolve the imbalance in the body by removing the energy blockages in the Meridian thereby bringing the body back to a state of homeostasis.

This treatment can and has been used on multiple illnesses brought about by allergens including Autism.

A case study in 2005 with a group of 60 Autistic children, 30 of which were treated with NAET, of the 30 treated, 23 of the children with Autism improved so much that they were able to be rediagnosed and lost their Autistic label and were able to attend mainstream classes in a regular school after receiving 50 treatments for allergen removal in a 12 month period.

It can be used to assist with other health conditions brought on by Autism such as constipation or leaky gut syndrome.

For the severely Autistic child a surrogate can be used to facilitate the treatments whereby, so long as the surrogate is touching the skin of the Autistic child, the accupuncture or accupressure can be performed on the surrogate and the child with Autism will be effectively treated.

After the treatment is performed, the Autistic child will need to be kept away from the allergen for between 24 to 30 hours to allow them to clear it. This can present a difficulty for parents of a child with Autism who insists on a regimented meal plan and won't eat a varied diet.

Sometimes for more severe or stubborn allergies, the Autistic child may need to go through the same treatment for the same allergen more than once.

Dr Nambudripad has written a book, Say Goodbye To Allergy Related Autism, published in soft cover in 2006 in which she shares detailed reasoning for her theories and case studies from Autistic children who were helped by her allergy removal technique.

Dr Nambudripad holds regular seminars where she trains others in the NAET practice. There are registered NAET practitioners all around the world.

With so much at stake regarding recovering the child from Autism, this is one treatment that should not be ignored.