The Documenting Hope Project: Grassroots Initiative Tackles New Childhood Epidemics by Beth Lambert One of the greatest paradoxes of our times is that the most affluent, resourced and medically advanced societies in the world also have the highest rates of chronic...
Patricia S. Lemer, M. Ed., NCC gives us the scoop on educational testing and neuropsychological evaluations for special needs children. When I was twelve, my mother showed me some vocational tests she used in her volunteer work with seniors. I was fascinated. I loved...
by Kelly Dorfman, M.S., Co-founder, Developmental Delay Resources Every day we hear a new theory about the cause of autism. First it was “refrigerator mothers,” then sulphotransferase deficiency or DPP4 enzyme malfunction, then G-alpha protein malfunction. More...
William J. Walsh, PhD Metallothionein and autism: At the DAN! 2001 Conference in San Diego, I presented a model which assumes that metallothionein (MT) dysfunction is the primary cause of autism. My model is the culmination of 30 years of experience, focusing on...
Laura has Down syndrome. She used to be overweight. Since joining a fitness program at her school, she’s more confident and focused, and yes, she’s also lost 20 lbs. Michael has autism. He completed OT in preschool and has recently finished 40 sessions of vision...
This is a true story of how I went about supporting self esteem for my son with the truth. We were on our way to the developmental optometrist's office when it happened. My son Joe's current diagnosis basically translates to "chatty, skinny boy with remarkable...
Three years ago Jake's parents sought out a clinic offering neurofeedback, a form of biofeedback that involves displaying a person's brain waves on a computer screen and helping him control them. Jake would sit at a monitor with a sensor on his scalp, and whenever his...
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Patricia S. Lemer, M.Ed., NCC, M. S. Bus., Chairman of the Board, Epidemic Answers Nosology? According to Webster, it's the systematic classification of diseases. I first heard the term from Sid Baker at the 1999 DAN! Conference. He drew a tree, using the latest...
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN writes about the impact of heavy metal toxicity on children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Experts have long recognized heavy metal toxicity as a cause of or contributor to developmental delays, autism, ADHD and Sensory Processing Disorder. ...