CONDITIONS
Autism
Autism in Children and Adults
Autism in Children and Adults
Our approach to supporting those with autism is comprehensive and 360 degrees. We dig deep to identify the underlying factors contributing to your symptoms and provide the body with what it needs for the brain to flourish.
Our approach to supporting those with autism is comprehensive and 360 degrees. We dig deep to identify the underlying factors contributing to your symptoms and provide the body with what it needs for the brain to flourish.
Helping individuals with autism to thrive
Helping individuals with autism to thrive
Individuals with autistic traits vary enormously, which is why it is important to take the time to assess underlying contributing factors and create a fully individualised approach to support them.
Individuals with autistic traits vary enormously, which is why it is important to take the time to assess underlying contributing factors and create a fully individualised approach to support them.
It is possible to optimise overall health and wellbeing of those with autism by taking the time to fully understand the drivers of difficulties..
It is possible to optimise overall health and wellbeing of those with autism by taking the time to fully understand the drivers of difficulties..
Alongside the struggles, there are many wonderful advantages to being autistic. We aim to help make life easier and help unlock potential.
Alongside the struggles, there are many wonderful advantages to being autistic. We aim to help make life easier and help unlock potential.
Our Biology-led Therapy Options
Our Biology-led Therapy Options
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BioNutrient Therapy
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BioTransform
BioTransform for individuals with autism
The body's biochemistry shapes mood, energy, sleep, focus, gut function and behaviour. For individuals with autistic traits, addressing underlying biochemical imbalances can sometimes ease the pressures that make day-to-day life harder.
BioTransform is a six-month, individualised program drawing on Functional Medicine, clinical Nutrition and Walsh Nutrient Therapy. The work is led by The Key Clinic team and based on detailed lab testing. Programs are built around the specific imbalances we find, and adjusted as you or your child responds. The program involves targeted supplements, dietary changes and lifestyle adjustments. It is drug-free. We know that food and sensory differences can make this kind of work feel daunting; our practitioners have decades of experience supporting families through it sensitively, including with selective eating and sensory considerations.
If you or your child are on prescribed medication, do not stop or change it without speaking to the prescribing doctor. BioTransform works alongside medical care.
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BioNutrient Therapy
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BioTransform
BioTransform for individuals with autism
The body's biochemistry shapes mood, energy, sleep, focus, gut function and behaviour. For individuals with autistic traits, addressing underlying biochemical imbalances can sometimes ease the pressures that make day-to-day life harder.
BioTransform is a six-month, individualised program drawing on Functional Medicine, clinical Nutrition and Walsh Nutrient Therapy. The work is led by The Key Clinic team and based on detailed lab testing. Programs are built around the specific imbalances we find, and adjusted as you or your child responds. The program involves targeted supplements, dietary changes and lifestyle adjustments. It is drug-free. We know that food and sensory differences can make this kind of work feel daunting; our practitioners have decades of experience supporting families through it sensitively, including with selective eating and sensory considerations.
If you or your child are on prescribed medication, do not stop or change it without speaking to the prescribing doctor. BioTransform works alongside medical care.
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individuals with autism
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BrightBeatz
BrightBeatz for individuals with autism
Some people find listening genuinely harder than others, and it has little to do with effort. Two patterns are common. In one, background noise feels overwhelming and constant, making it easy to be distracted. In the other, certain frequencies are heard unevenly, scrambling the signal before the brain can fully make sense of it. Either can make a classroom or a busy room exhausting, not because the person isn’t trying, but because their brain is doing extra work just to hear.
BrightBeatz is BeBright’s at-home listening programme, developed to address exactly this. Over 10 days, you listen to customised, gently modulated music through headphones in two short sessions a day, training the ear to process sound in a more balanced way. Developed with Audiology Professor Joshua Reiss of Queen Mary University of London, it brings this work out of the clinic and into the home.
Clients report a range of changes during or after the programme:
Calmer responses to noisy environments
Less startle to sudden sounds
Clearer speech and easier conversation
Better focus during reading and homework
Every person responds differently and individual results vary.
“Sofia has come on leaps and bounds. Her conversation skills and speech have hugely improved, it’s amazing!”
— Parent, Dec 2023
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individuals with autism
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BrightBeatz
BrightBeatz for individuals with autism
Some people find listening genuinely harder than others, and it has little to do with effort. Two patterns are common. In one, background noise feels overwhelming and constant, making it easy to be distracted. In the other, certain frequencies are heard unevenly, scrambling the signal before the brain can fully make sense of it. Either can make a classroom or a busy room exhausting, not because the person isn’t trying, but because their brain is doing extra work just to hear.
BrightBeatz is BeBright’s at-home listening programme, developed to address exactly this. Over 10 days, you listen to customised, gently modulated music through headphones in two short sessions a day, training the ear to process sound in a more balanced way. Developed with Audiology Professor Joshua Reiss of Queen Mary University of London, it brings this work out of the clinic and into the home.
Clients report a range of changes during or after the programme:
Calmer responses to noisy environments
Less startle to sudden sounds
Clearer speech and easier conversation
Better focus during reading and homework
Every person responds differently and individual results vary.
“Sofia has come on leaps and bounds. Her conversation skills and speech have hugely improved, it’s amazing!”
— Parent, Dec 2023
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Auditory Integration Training
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NeuroMature
Some people with autism have retained primitive reflexes, automatic movement patterns from infancy that never fully integrated as the nervous system matured. Not everyone does, but where these reflexes stay active, decades of neurodevelopmental research link them to challenges with anxiety, sensory sensitivity, attention and coordination. NeuroMature works on those specific reflexes, and only those, through short daily movement exercises built on a decade of clinical work.
Follow it yourself at home through the BeBright app, with clear, structured video guidance every step of the way, and the option to add one-off coached sessions if you'd like extra support.
Parents and adults report improvements in confidence, coordination, focus and anxiety. Everyone responds differently.
"Ollie was oversensitive to sound, and now he's calmer, more confident, like a different child. Really pleased."
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Auditory Integration Training
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NeuroMature
Some people with autism have retained primitive reflexes, automatic movement patterns from infancy that never fully integrated as the nervous system matured. Not everyone does, but where these reflexes stay active, decades of neurodevelopmental research link them to challenges with anxiety, sensory sensitivity, attention and coordination. NeuroMature works on those specific reflexes, and only those, through short daily movement exercises built on a decade of clinical work.
Follow it yourself at home through the BeBright app, with clear, structured video guidance every step of the way, and the option to add one-off coached sessions if you'd like extra support.
Parents and adults report improvements in confidence, coordination, focus and anxiety. Everyone responds differently.
"Ollie was oversensitive to sound, and now he's calmer, more confident, like a different child. Really pleased."
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Testimonials
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See the good news
NeuroMature
In just a matter of weeks, we saw a huge change following the removal of certain food groups. This had a positive knock-on effect across multiple areas of his life.
BioTransform
The Key Clinic has really helped my son to thrive in daily life. His sleeping and eating habits improved significantly, having a knock-on effect on his focus and emotional regulation.
BrightBeatz
We have just finished a 6-month nutritional regime with amazing results. The biomedical report made us understand what our daughter's body needs. It was a real pleasure working with Josie.
BrightBeatz
After following BrightBeatz and the neurodevelopmental program I am so pleased we also did the biomedical. Our son was diagnosed with Pyrrole disorder. The change has been remarkable.
BrightBeatz
We have just finished a 6-month nutritional regime with amazing results. The biomedical report made us understand what our daughter's body needs. It was a real pleasure working with Josie.
NeuroMature
After nine months, he was completely transformed into a happier and more settled child. His social skills improved and he is trying a variety of foods he would never have touched before.
NeuroMature
In just a matter of weeks, we saw a huge change following the removal of certain food groups. This had a positive knock-on effect across multiple areas of his life.
BioTransform
The Key Clinic has really helped my son to thrive in daily life. His sleeping and eating habits improved significantly, having a knock-on effect on his focus and emotional regulation.
BrightBeatz
We have just finished a 6-month nutritional regime with amazing results. The biomedical report made us understand what our daughter's body needs. It was a real pleasure working with Josie.
BrightBeatz
After following BrightBeatz and the neurodevelopmental program I am so pleased we also did the biomedical. Our son was diagnosed with Pyrrole disorder. The change has been remarkable.
BrightBeatz
We have just finished a 6-month nutritional regime with amazing results. The biomedical report made us understand what our daughter's body needs. It was a real pleasure working with Josie.
NeuroMature
After nine months, he was completely transformed into a happier and more settled child. His social skills improved and he is trying a variety of foods he would never have touched before.
NeuroMature
In just a matter of weeks, we saw a huge change following the removal of certain food groups. This had a positive knock-on effect across multiple areas of his life.
BrightBeatz
We have just finished a 6-month nutritional regime with amazing results. The biomedical report made us understand what our daughter's body needs. It was a real pleasure working with Josie.
BrightBeatz
We have just finished a 6-month nutritional regime with amazing results. The biomedical report made us understand what our daughter's body needs. It was a real pleasure working with Josie.
Symptoms of Autism
In Children
In Children
In Adults
You may have noticed some or several of the following symptoms:
Avoiding eye contact
Not responding to your facial expressions (ie smiling at them)
Repetitive movements, such as spinning, hand flapping and rocking (also known as “stimming”)
Difficulty with imaginative/ pretend play
Not talking as much as other children (delayed speech/echolalia/no speech)
Sensory processing difficulties:
They may be hypersensitive to sounds, smells, light, clothing textures and fussy eating
They may be hyposensitive to their own internal signals eg too warm/cold or needing the toilet (they may also enjoy specific sensory input, such as a weighted blanket)
Having a very keen interest in certain subjects or activities
Stomach pain and/or difficulties with digestion
Get ill frequently or (rarely) never get ill
Dislike loud environments/sounds
Better answers.
Brighter futures.
Brought home.
Assess, explore your options, choose a program and track your progress, all in the BeBright app, coming soon.
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