95% of families using biomedical interventions to treat autism found it beneficial. 24% of all respondents actually categorised implementing biomedical treatment for autism as "life changing".

This is why the Treating Autism 2nd International Biomedical Conference is important. Autism is treatable - we need more people to find this out and to find out how.

There were instances of good practise within the NHS - health visitors, nutritionists and GPs who DID listen to you and were interested in knowing more. We salute those people - they're may still be in the minority but some of these stories gave us a lot of hope.

However, although 55% of respondents reported bowel problems only 12% of those had been diagnosed by the NHS. Of those who reported bowel problems half were categorised as either "severe" or "debilitating" - hardly instances of the "normal childhood constipation" tag that can prevent early and appropriate treatment.

49% of respondents had had to return on 6 or more occasions before their medical problems were correctly diagnosed. 152 respondents gave very worrying accounts of their experiences of failure to secure appropriate and timely treatment. All these findings have been sent off to the Department of Health, keeping contributors identities confidential. We'll keep you posted.