NIDS Neuro-Immune Dysfunction Syndrome

10/01/2026

ME/CFS AND ASD: ARE WE ASKING THE RIGHT MEDICAL QUESTIONS?
For decades, patients with what is now called ME/CFS — many of them women — struggled to have their illness taken seriously. Today, we know much more.
ME/CFS is recognized as a serious, multisystem illness. In many patients, symptoms begin after an infection, and research continues to examine abnormalities involving the immune system and other biological pathways.
So why is this important to families dealing with ASD?
Because I believe there is an important lesson here.
When a previously healthy person becomes chronically ill following an infection, we should investigate the biology.
And when a previously developing child changes — losing language, energy, attention, motor abilities, social engagement or other previously acquired skills — we should also be asking: What happened medically?
Not every child with an ASD diagnosis has the same underlying condition. A behavioral label should not end the medical investigation.
For years, I have argued that a subset of children diagnosed with ASD may have an underlying complex immune/complex viral or other medical disorder producing autistic-like symptoms.
That hypothesis should be tested with good science — not dismissed simply because the child has already been given a diagnostic label.
ME/CFS taught medicine an important lesson: patients with complex chronic illness deserve serious biological investigation. Children deserve the same curiosity.
We need better research into infection (particularly chronic viral), immune dysfunction, inflammation, neurological function and other measurable medical abnormalities — and we need treatments based on what the science actually demonstrates.
The diagnosis should be the beginning of the investigation, not the end.
Dr. Michael Goldberg, M.D.
818-343-1010

09/15/2026

Was your child developing normally — and then something changed?

Maybe they lost words. Became less connected. Developed new behaviors after an illness. Or you simply knew that the child you were seeing was different from the child you had known before.

A diagnosis of autism may describe the symptoms, but parents can still ask an important question:

What happened medically to my child?

Dr. Michael Goldberg has spent decades evaluating children with autistic-like symptoms for underlying medical and neuro-immune abnormalities, a clinical picture he describes as NIDS — Neuro-Immune Dysfunction Syndromes.

If your child experienced regression or you believe there may be more behind the diagnosis, learn more and ask questions.

Dr. Michael Goldberg, M.D.
NIDS Research Institute
📞 818-343-1010
Consultations available for families in the U.S. and internationally.

Autism, ADD/ADHD, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, NIDS, Dr. Michael J. Goldberg ,NIDS 501C

08/26/2026

“My child was developing normally. Then something changed.”

For many parents, that change is impossible to forget.

Loss of language. Regression. Changes in behavior or attention. Fatigue. Symptoms that appeared or became worse following an illness.

A diagnosis may describe the symptoms, but it doesn't always explain why they happened.

For more than 30 years, Dr. Michael Goldberg has evaluated children with complex neuroimmune and developmental symptoms, looking beyond the diagnostic label for medical factors that may be contributing.

Every child is different. The first step is asking whether there is more to investigate.

Hope. Answers. Help.

📞 Call (818) 343-1010 to learn about an evaluation.
Telehealth consultations available throughout the United States and internationally,

Autism, ADD/ADHD, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, NIDS, Dr. Michael J. Goldberg ,NIDS 501C

08/22/2026

Other physicians may use some of the same medications, testing, or terminology. But the Goldberg Approach is a specific clinical approach developed by Dr. Michael Goldberg over decades of treating children with complex neuroimmune and developmental symptoms.

The goal is to look beyond a diagnostic label and investigate the medical factors that may be contributing to a child's symptoms.

The NeuroSPECT images shown are from one patient before and after treatment. Individual results vary.

Dr. Goldberg sees patients throughout the United States and internationally by telehealth.

There is only one Goldberg Approach.

📞 Call (818) 343-1010 to learn more.

Dr. Michael Goldberg
NIDS — Neuro-Immune Dysfunction Syndromes

Autism, ADD/ADHD, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, NIDS, Dr. Michael J. Goldberg ,NIDS 501C

08/21/2026

The first week is hard. ❤️

New classroom.
New teacher.
New routines.
New faces.

They hold it together all day—and sometimes the minute they get home, they're simply done.

The backpack hits the floor.

One shoe comes off.

And before you know it, they're asleep on the couch.

This week doesn't have to be perfect.

Maybe they didn't eat all their lunch. Maybe the morning was chaotic. Maybe there were tears at drop-off. Maybe everyone is exhausted.

That's okay.

They showed up.

And tomorrow, we'll try again.

To all the parents making it through the first weeks of school: give your child—and yourself—a little extra grace. 💙

Sometimes getting through the day is enough.

08/18/2026

“Mom… I had a good day.” ❤️🍎

Five little words.

But after spending the entire day wondering…

Was he scared?
Did he find his classroom?
Did he talk to anyone?
Was someone kind to him?
Did he feel like he belonged?

Those five little words meant everything.

He made it through the day.

And judging by that smile, he did more than make it through.

He had a good day.

So tonight, we celebrate.

Tomorrow morning we'll pack the backpack, take another deep breath, and do it all over again.

Because sometimes progress isn't about the whole school year.

It's about one good day at a time. 💙

08/17/2026

“Mommy.” ❤️

Just one word.

A word other parents might hear a hundred times a day without thinking twice.

But when you've waited and hoped to hear your child call for you, that one little word can feel like the most beautiful sound in the world.

I didn't need a sentence.

I didn't need anything more.

I just needed to hear:

“Mommy.”

And when it finally happened, I knew it was a moment I would carry in my heart forever.

Some milestones aren't measured on a chart.

They're measured in tears, hugs, and memories that never leave you.

❤️ To everyone else, it was one word. To me, it was everything.

08/15/2026

He let go of my hand… and walked into school. 🍎❤️

I stood there watching him with tears in my eyes.

Not because I was sad.

Because I remembered all the days he needed me right beside him.

And today?

He was ready.

A new classroom.
A new teacher.
New challenges.
And so many new possibilities.

Sometimes progress doesn't announce itself with a giant milestone.

Sometimes it's a backpack, a little wave goodbye, and a child finding the courage to take those next few steps on his own.

To every parent watching their child walk through a school door this year:

Celebrate how far they've come.

And maybe celebrate how far you've come, too. 💙

Sometimes letting go is a milestone, too.

08/14/2026

“Mom! I did it myself!” ❤️

To most people, it's just a bowl of cereal.

To a parent, it can be so much more.

Yesterday, he needed help.

Today, he wanted to try.

And then came those wonderful words:

“I did it myself!”

Independence doesn't always arrive in giant leaps. Sometimes it appears in the smallest everyday moments—the first time they dress themselves, pour their own milk, tie a shoe, or insist, “Let me do it.”

Those moments matter.

Because every new skill can build confidence for the next one.

So celebrate the cereal.
Celebrate the attempt.
Celebrate the messy kitchen.
Celebrate that enormous smile.

💙 Progress doesn't have to be perfect to be worth celebrating.