The Five Levels of Healing According to Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD
Patricia Lemer MEd NCC describes the five levels of healing from autism and other chronic health conditions according...
Causes
read more
Anesthesia and Autism
Parent advocate Alyssa Davi explains the risks of anesthesia and autism in this article. The purpose of this article...
Preventing Sensory Processing Disorder in High-Risk Infants
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LDN discusses how a good neurological diet and healing the gut may stave off Sensory Processing...
Phthalates in Personal-Care Products
Patricia S. Lemer, MEd, NCC fills us in about the dangers of phthalates, another family of toxic chemicals, in this...
Parasites Can Cause Seemingly Unrelated Symptoms
It took me years to understand how my seemingly unrelated symptoms of dental, digestive and respiratory issues as well...
Undiagnosed Lyme Disease
Nika Hamblin relates her personal story of dealing with undiagnosed Lyme disease in this post. Many years ago, my...
Vitamin D Deficiency
Increasing amounts of research (see Sources & References, below) point to a vitamin D deficiency as being linked...
How Nutrition Affects Hypotonia
Many children with developmental delays have low muscle tone, or hypotonia, because external factors that impact the...
Flame Retardants: A Threat to Our Children‘s Development?
Patricia Lemer, M. Ed., NCC, discusses the danger of flame retardants to a child's neurological and endocrine...
Epigenetics: Genetics and Environment
Epigenetics is the biology of how external modifications to an individual’s DNA can turn genes “on” or “off” with...
Tonsils Removal or Regeneration
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND walks us through her thought process on the subject of tonsils removal. A study from 2015...
EMF Dangers
Chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) puts your child’s body in a state of stress, even when resting. If...
The Importance of Soil Microbes
by Maria Rickert Hong, CHHC, AADP Kids who live and work on farms have far less allergies, asthma and autoimmune...
Immune System and Nervous System
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND During the summer, life has gotten better for most parents of a child on the autistic...
Holistic Dentistry
by Maria Rickert Hong, CHHC, AADP I am fortunate to live near the office of Dr. Mark Breiner, a holistic dentist who...
Why TV Is Bad for Your Child
by Susan R. Johnson, MD, behavioral and developmental pediatrician; certified Waldorf teacher My son’s birth, 6 years...
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Autism
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND writes about nutritional interventions for children with mitochondrial dysfunction and autism....
Schizophrenia and Nutrition
by Patricia S. Lemer, M.Ed., NCC, M.S. Bus. A friend in Pittsburgh was astonished when I suggested that Epidemic...
Mercury Amalgam Toxicity
Adapted from information provided by National Integrative Health Associates (NIHA) in Washington, D.C. In Lewis...
Why Is My Child Always Sick?
by Kelly Dorfman. MS, LND My daughter’s friend came to spend the weekend. Afterwards, she told her mom she wanted to...
Ear Infections and Autism
Kelly Dorfman MS LND discusses the relationship between ear infections and autism in this post. Many years ago, a...
Green Your Life
Chemicals and toxins can be found in most areas of the home. While we may be unaware of many of them, they can affect...
Metallothionein and Autism
William J. Walsh, PhD Metallothionein and autism: At the DAN! 2001 Conference in San Diego, I presented a model which...
Our Favorite Recovery Books
You can purchase items from Amazon Smile and designate us as your beneficiary - we'll get 0.5% of all purchases. We'd...
Child Malnutrition
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Child malnutrition is often associated with the image of a thin, forlorn child with a...
Pesticide Risks
This article is condensed with permission from Pesticides and You, the quarterly publication of Beyond...
Understanding Heavy Metal Toxicity and Chelation
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN writes about the impact of heavy metal toxicity on children with neurodevelopmental disorders....
Does Mitochondrial Dysfunction Finally Connect the Diverse Medical Symptoms We Now See in Children With Various Health Problems?
By Alyssa Davi, Parent Advocate What is mitochondrial dysfunction and why may it be important to a child with:...
Vision Therapy for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
by Maria Rickert Hong, Certified Holistic Health Counselor, AADP I am fortunate to have Dr. Randy Schulman, MS, OD,...
Pediatric Chiropractic for Autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder and Developmental Delays
by Warren Bruhl, DC, DICCP "Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases." -Hippocrates,...
IgG Allergies in Autism, ADHD, Asthma, Autoimmune and More
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN discusses the role of IgG allergies and symptoms of autism, ADHD, asthma,...
The Leaky Gut and Autism, ADHD and Other Developmental Delays
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Leaky gut and autism, ADHD and other developmental delays: Many children with developmental...
The Picky Eaters
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND provides practical sensory and nutrition strategies for picky eaters in this blog post....
Is Your School Suffering from Sick Building Syndrome?
by Margaret Wulf, MS A healthy learning environment should be every schoolchild's right. Yet, according to the...
More About Water and Health Issues
"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth, when clearly it is Ocean." -Arthur C. Clarke Do You Know These Water...
Teacher Says: Help Kids Become Food Allergy Detectives
By Evelyn Porreca Vuko Science teachers and parents can turn kids from elementary to high school age into food allergy...
Toxins in Water
Ensuring that our drinking water is pure is one of the most important steps we can take for children with chronic...
Thyroid Dysfunction and Autism, ADHD, SPD and Other Developmental Delays
Excerpted from Resistance to Thyroid Hormone: Implications for Neurodevelopmental Research on the Effects of Thyroid...
Sugar and Candida
by Christine Winderlin and Dr. Keith Sehnert. Reprinted with permission from Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas. Of all the...
Greening Your Home, School and Life
by Marcia F. Marks, ACSW, LCSW, Environmental Health Consultant Daily news reports alarm us about the hazards of...
Fat and Brain Development
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, co-founder, of Developmental Delay Resources, discusses how different types of fats affect...
Sensory Integration and Vestibular Processing
What Is the Vestibular System? Sensory integration and vestibular processing: Of all the sensory systems that we talk...
Autism and Vision
Donna Wendelburg and Kathy Nurek, vision therapists and founders of Achievers Unlimited, Fond du Lac, WI, discuss the...