Title of Journal

Article__________Autism and Food Allergies _________________________________________________

Title of Journal

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Volume______________________________ Date ______/_____/______ Page Number(s) ______________

• What organization is responsible for publishing the journal you chose?

Defeat Autism Now (Dr. Daniel Dantini)

• What is your overall evaluation of this article?

_____Poor          ____*__Fair            ______Good        _______Very Good       _____Excellent

• Why did you choose to review this particular article?

Assignment for Research in Allied Health

• How would you rate this article as a tool for teaching a student about cardiopulmonary physiology, radiography, or another allied health specialty? 

Students:__Poor       _*_Fair       ___Good     __Very Good      _Excellent

Teachers:_*__Poor   __Fair    ___Good    ___Very Good      ___Excellent

Patients: _Poor       __*__Fair      __Good     __Very Good      __Excellent

• Comment on the readability of this article. 

This article was very easy to read and understand. 

• Course Topics covered:

Autism and food allergies.

• Brief Summary:

This article explained that autism can be cured if caught early by taking certain foods out of their diet.  It explains the Sage Test allowed discovery of common foods associated with affecting autism in children as well as hyperactivity.

• Identify and attempt to explain three (3) terms, procedures or concepts that were unfamiliar to you when reviewing this article.

1. Autism can be controlled with diet, thus cutting out delayed food allergies.

2. Milk and wheat are the most common allergens associated with this.

3. The Sage Test is a multi-pathway delayed-food allergy test.

• Detail the strengths/weaknesses of this article.

The only strength I could find was that it is a very ‘easy read’.  And if this article does hold true, then it really makes it easy for everyone to understand, I think that almost any parent who reads this article can understand it because of the easy language in its content.  Of course it also has typos which make it seem somewhat unreliable in my eyes.   Also the author never cited any sources on where this information was coming from and didn’t go into much depth so that the reader could believe his findings held truth.

• How might this article be useful to you in your further studies and career?

It is something that I was unaware of.  Anything that brings an unknown knowledge to a person, especially a healthcare worker really helps us in diagnosing and finding the underlying problem. 

• Does the article include a list of references/citations that can be used to find more information on the topics they cover? 

No

Your Name: _______Ashley Taylor____________ Date:   04/07/2007