Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Autism Presentation

Presentation Title: Mitochondrial Disease/Dysfunction and Autism: What Happens when the Battery Runs Low?

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

This presentation explores the link between autism and mitochondrial dysfunction and helps the audience understand what behaviors can happen when the batteries of the body (our mitochondria) run low.

This presentation is easy to understand for parents, therapists, teachers, support staff and has been helpful to pediatricians and primary care physicians as well. Starting from the basics of what a mitochondrion is and moving to investigate its function and connection with autism, the audience is taken on a journey that puts the pieces of the very confusion and sometimes mysterious condition of autism into place, offering concrete next steps for a parent or caregiver to take for their child who may benefit from support for an underlying mitochondrial dysfunction.