PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― For children struggling with autism, the treatment options are limited and families are often desperate for answers. Now a controversial doctor in North Jersey says he's discovered a solution. A year ago, Tommy Ellison who's 3 now, couldn't interact at all. He was lost in the dark world of autism. "It tore our lives apart, it tore it upside down and we were desperate," Ellison's dad said. They turned to Dr. James Neubrander and his alternative treatments. They included a variety of supplements and vitamins; a gluten free diet and oxygen therapy in a hyperbaric chamber. Inside the hyperbaric chamber, there's pressurized oxygen traditionally used to promote healing. Now it's part of Tommy's therapy. He climbs up and is zipped in for the blast of oxygen along with his mom and plenty of toys. "He became a...
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