I'd balance my checkbook before using Brain Balance.
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/brain-balance/ and http://neurobollocks.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/b...
It's your money but it seems there's all kinds of people out there with therapies if you've got the cash.

@A MyAutismTeam Member, we just completed three full months of the Brain Balance program and I so happy to share that it helped my son. It took about 2 and half months until I saw something different - I was talking talking to my son and something was different...subtle but different. I stood there talking to him and realized that he was looking me in the eyes! My son was talking to me and LOOKING ME IN THE EYES. I was shocked and awed all at the same time. He is slowly blooming....he worked so hard and I am sooo proud of him.

Hello. Thank you all for your reply. I just wanted to update everyone for your own benefit.
We decided not to go through that program for some reasons:
1-We read a blog that the vision therapy can be very dangerous on eyes. Someone discussed that in details.
2-We talked to a known psychiatrist who saw many kids with Autism and ADHD. She believes that this program works for sometime then it is lost. It is similar to train yourself for a game. Once you try another game you need to train youself again. In other words, you see improvement in what they are doing only.

Good luck everyone.
God bless

Lack of controlled studies doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't help. There was a study our of Uc Irvine that showed some simple sensory exercises outperformed traditional therapy (control group).

I think any structured and intense activity can be helpful. The question is that of value. I would and have paid $50/hr to piano, ABA, skating lessons, etc. would I pay $50/hr for a therapist to do brain balance activity? Probably. But would I commit to $6000 upfront with no refund - probably not.

rTMS is repetitive transracial magnetic stimulation which uses a device to activate certain parts of the brain with electromagnetic field. Its use is approved for depression and is being investigated for many other neurological disorders including autism. So far the clinical trials have been positive. Needs to be more commercialized and standardized. There is brain treatment centre which has its own proprietary protocol using rTMS and to their credit they did do their own double blind study that did show efficacy which hopefully will be replicated in larger trial. It is expensive though given proprietary.

Yoga is a great idea. There are a few studies showing qigong (Chinese exercise) as being helpful in ASD as well. The real objective is self regulation and control. I am sure there are lots of activities that can help with that. I don't know if brain balance does or not but chances are they do.

If you are looking at simple sensory exercises to do at home, look in to mendability. It is cheap and can do at home. Good luck.