Autism is the only disease currently referred to in common parlance as a spectrum. The suggestion of dimensionality embodied in that metaphor ties it to my longstanding interest in capturing, storing, and analyzing detailed, accurate, structured medical narrative. Autism360's founding with funding with support of The Moody's Foundation and the gift of a license from Medigenesis reflects efforts I have undertaken over many years to understand autism and to employ information technology in those… Show more Autism is the only disease currently referred to in common parlance as a spectrum. The suggestion of dimensionality embodied in that metaphor ties it to my longstanding interest in capturing, storing, and analyzing detailed, accurate, structured medical narrative. Autism360's founding with funding with support of The Moody's Foundation and the gift of a license from Medigenesis reflects efforts I have undertaken over many years to understand autism and to employ information technology in those efforts. Show less

My practice is based on two simple questions appropriate to finding actionable options for treatment of chronic illness:1. Is there something for which you may have a special unmet need, which, if met, would hasten Nature's buoyant impulse toward healing?2. Is there something for which you may have an unmet special need to avoid or be rid of, which, if met, would favor healing?

Medigenesis is the emobodimnent of a project begun under the mentorship of Shannon Brunges who headed the Division of Medical Computer Sciences where I held a position as Asst. Professor, 1969-1971 with appointments in Pediatrics and Ob-Gyn. After leaving to do family practice and work on medical records at a prepaid health plan in New Haven in 1971 I continued to work with the division until Shannon left Yale. Subsequently during my tenure as Director of the Gesell Institute of Human… Show more Medigenesis is the emobodimnent of a project begun under the mentorship of Shannon Brunges who headed the Division of Medical Computer Sciences where I held a position as Asst. Professor, 1969-1971 with appointments in Pediatrics and Ob-Gyn. After leaving to do family practice and work on medical records at a prepaid health plan in New Haven in 1971 I continued to work with the division until Shannon left Yale. Subsequently during my tenure as Director of the Gesell Institute of Human Development in New Haven 1978-1985, and research Director there 1985-1087 I worked on the architecture and lexicon of MCares. It was a system for encoding the granular details of medical narrative and became the basis for what became Medigenesis when the focus for implementation shifted to from capturing data from practitioners to providing an interface for capturing it directly from its source, the patient. That interface is currently exemplified by Autism360.org and is under ongoing development. Show less

Introduction of the concepts of Integrative Medicine and Information Technology to the care of individuals who have been most severely handicapped by the expression of factors the lead to their categorization in the autism spectrum.