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Patricia Lemer: The Autism DetectivePatricia Price: Applying Autonomic Response Testing and Klinghardt Concepts to Autism. 7/08/25Patricia Price is a licensed professional counselor who is highly trained in the works of Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt. She uses Autonomic Response Testing (ART) diagnostically and therapeutically. Tune in to learn about this powerful tool in determining treatment priorities. The beauty of this unique approach is the ability to listen to the body, and avoid wasting time and money by figuring out the proper sequence of treatments for trauma, past generational pain, mold, Lyme and other infections. Patty explains in depth how important and powerful the Klinghardt protocols are in her Baltimore area practice in the office of a...
2025-07-1456 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Meghna Dassani. Dentistry, sleep apnea, and autism. How are they related? 5/14/24Meghna Dassani, DDS, is a dentist who specializes in patients with sleep-disordered breathing. She is the author of 3 books on healthy sleep, and today's sleep crisis. She screens everyone to determine whether their sleep and dental issues are related. Tune into this fascinating interview to learn about how symptoms like snoring, mouth breathing, and thumb sucking can affect the brain's ability to process. Learn what can be done to expand the palate, open up the airway, and how to make sleep a priority for your family. Learn about myofunctional therapy for both children and adults. www.DassaniDentistry.com
2024-05-1557 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveNancy Tarlow, DC. Nervous System Dysregulation in Autism. 4/23/24Dr. Nancy Tarlow is a chiropractor who takes a holistic approach to autism. She believes that underlying the behaviors and symptoms of autism lies nervous system dysregulation. In this episode, she describes how she evaluates each patient, and then uses various tools to bring the body into balance. She can scan for stressors that disrupt sleep, appetite, and alignment. She describes such chiropractic approaches such as Logan Basic and Koren Specific. She uses a bio resonance scanner and sequences to reset the body. She also works with a client's nutrition. Tune in to learn how beneficial these techniques can be...
2024-04-2656 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveSusan Daniel, OD. Vision Issues in Spelling to Communicate. April 9, 2024Dr. Susan Daniel is a neuro-optometrist and the parent of a non speaking adult son with autism. To help her son, she learned how to be a communication partner and use letterboards to spell. Her training as an optometrist was useful in recommending modifications to the letterboards, as well as targeted vision therapy to assist nonspeakers, and allow them success. Listen in to learn about her recommendations for these areas, and how they are being implemented. Learn also about how the book Underestimated has been made into a TV Docuseries, including one episode about vision. This episode should be listened...
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Healing Our SightOutsmarting Autism's visual issues with Patricia LemerDenise discusses ways to address visual challenges within the autism community with expert Patricia Lemer. Patricia doesn't advise doing vision therapy first, so be sure to listen to the end.Resources mentioned in today’s episode: Patricia’s podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHgSXx0LuDl8a4Q6QGy82?si=531e6dbb1d7e4c4bNon-profit organization website: https://epidemicanswers.org/Outsmarting Autism book: https://www.amazon.com/Outsmarting-Autism-Updated-Expanded-Communication/dp/B08WB2NPWF/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12FBCTD8H90MA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NRjlEoT7ICzm36bi8khxxtxLhZcJwqJrXivzzBVMoapZv_UpFy1bqyp880VhqwT-FeUDydHxgYZy62SkKKxe1fU9WRXK...
2024-03-291h 00Patricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveAnne Dachel: The Lies We are Told by our Government and Big Pharma. 3/26/24Anne Dachel, the Media Editor for the online daily newsletter, "The Age of Autism" is also the mother of a 37-year-old son with autism. She has been writing for at least 20 years about the "autism coverup." Tune in to learn the history of how the medical community and federal health officials have continuously lied about :
The link between vaccines and autism;
The rise in profound autism;
That Autism is a man-made condition w/ environmental causes; and how the public
has moved from autism awareness to autism acceptance.
Anne emphasizes the need for treatment and services, rather than trivializing the urgency...
2024-03-2856 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDenise Allen:Healing My Sight. March 12, 2024Denise Allen is an adult, who, after undergoing vision therapy, discovered life in 3D. In this fascinating episode, Denise shares how many of 3 generations of relatives all had a strabismus, or turned eye. Although not genetic, this condition runs in her family. Learn how vision therapy helped her be more functional, and how she is now on a mission to teach others about this often overlooked intervention. Although not diagnosed "autistic", Denise explains how she and relatives have some of the characteristics, which she relates to binocular dysfunction. For other segments on vision, listen also to Drs. Hans Lessmann, Deborah...
2024-03-1756 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveHoney Rinicella: Adult Twin Sons with Autism and MAPS training for doctors. 2/28/24Honey Rinicella is the mother of Identical twin brothers with autism, and the Executive Director of the Medical Academy for Pediatric Special Needs (MAPS). Her sons, Vince and Victor have different autism characteristics, and have both made outstanding progress. Listen in to learn about mitochondrial dysfunction, digestion, and othe medical aspects of autism. Learn how Honey has been a warrior mom who has left no stone unturned, first with parent groups, including TACA, and the National Autism Association (NAA), and now with MAPS. Discover how the Spellers community is changing lives for minimally verbal and non speaking individuals with autism...
2024-03-0857 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveLawrence Miller, DO, Hope, Health, and Wellness for our Children. February 13, 2024Dr. Larry Miller is a family physician and the father of 3 children. A son and a daughter have autism. After learning about interventions that helped his own children, he developed a 12 session program to help other families, not only with autism, but also PANS, anxiety disorders, and ADHD. He uses the acronym DAMNBIGHATS to describe the various components. He works virtually with families all over the country. Listen in to learn about sleep hygiene, sensory issues, and zonulin. Find out about downloading his ebook. www.MyHopeWellness.com
2024-02-1657 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveTracy Slepcevic: Warrior Mom Healing Her Son. 1/23/24Tracy Slepcevic is a certified integrative health practitioner who shares the knowledge gained through healing her son, after he regressed following vaccination. She is the author of the book Warrior Mom: Mother's Journey in Healing Her son with Autism. She is producing the Autism Health Summit, in San Antonio, TX, February 2-3, 2024. Attendance is both virtual and in person. Speakers include Del Bigtree, Brian Hooker, Peter Mccollough, Jared Skowron, and Judy Mikovits. Andy Wakefield will preview his new movie, Protocol 7. Tracy's mission is to educate families about how to develop a healthy lifestyle and underlying biological conditions that cause autism...
2024-01-2557 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveRon "Moondog" Esser. Band Together Pittsburgh. 1/9/24Band Together Pittsburgh is a 501c3 not-for-profit whose mission is to create music with people on the Autism spectrum. Co-founded in 2016 by Moondog and John Vento, parents of sons with autism who enjoy music. Both believe that music has the power to unify, inspire, and enrich lives. Listen in to learn how this organization has made a clubhouse in the back room of Moondogs, a local bar and musical venue in Blawnox, outside Pittsburgh. Anyone can borrow an instrument, and benefit from lessons. One Sunday a month is "open mike," where members sing, play instruments, and do stand-up joke telling...
2024-01-1557 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveLe Trinh Hoang, DO. Osteopathy for Children.Dr. LeTrinh Hoanh is an integrative pediatrician with a private practice in California. She combines traditional osteopathy with homeopathy and other holistic approaches to help her patients regain their health. Listen in to learn how even small falls that infants and toddlers sustain can have long term mechanical effects that can cause behavioral and learning difficulties. Hear how dental trauma and sleep position can also contribute. Dr. Hoang offers many treatment options that are not invasive and can make a remarkable difference in a short period of time. This is the first in-depth episode on osteopathy. Learn more from her...
2024-01-0356 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Randy Schulman, Integrative Optometrist. Often Missed Visual Issues in Autism. 12/12/2023Dr. Randy Schulman is an integrative optometrist with offices in CT and NY. She has practiced for over 25 years, and has mentored many newly licensed doctors. She supervises and teaches about rehabilitative vision therapy for many complex issues, including autism, developmental delays, and brain injuries. In this session, she discusses how to recognize, evaluate, and treat often ignored vision dysfunction. These visual problems can exacerbate behavior, and interfere with development. She expands on how she collaborates with other professionals, especially occupational therapists. If this session interests you, also listen to Dr. Hans Lessmann, Dr. Deborah Zelinsky, Dr. Sarah Lane, and...
2023-12-1857 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveLaura Villanti. Parasites: An Often Undiagnosed Problem in Autism. November 28, 2023Laura Villanti is a nutrtionist with over 15 certifications in functional nutritional therapy, advanced dietary protocols for restoring the gut microbiome, Allergy Release Technique® (ART), Klinghardt Autonomic Response Testing, Eden Energy Medicine, REIKI, Bio Individual Nutrition, Healing Food Specialist, 200 Yoga RYT, and more. As the youngest of 15 children, she learned how to grow, prepare, preserve, serve – A LOT, eat and enjoy real foods from childhood. She has helped hundreds of people get well by determining the inderlying causes of their symptoms. She serves as the CoPresident of the Rochester, NY area chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation.
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2023-12-0457 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveKelli Foulkrod: Treating Anxiety and Depression without Drugs. 11/14/23Kelli Foulkrod LPC is a holistic psychotherapist based in Austin, Texas and licensed in Colorado, with over 20 years of experience. Her truly holistic interventions combine body based techniques, energetic practices, nutrition coaching, and nervous system support. Her plans include turning 75 acres of farmland she has inherited into a residential organic Mental Health Center. Healing the soil is first. Eventually, she plans to build a community of tiny houses. For now, services help those on addictive drugs to detox and to change to more natural approaches. Listen in to learn how she has helped dozens of moms. The Organic Mental Health...
2023-11-2056 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveRob Greco and Kent Savage. All without Words. From vocalizations to a symphonyJustin Morell heard music in his non-verbal autistic son's vocalizations. Working with his friend, John Daversa, a world class trumpeter, he wrote a 4 movement symphony. Kent Savage and Rob Greco of the Boundless Arts Foundation relate how this remarkable work came to be premiered live in September, 2023 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Learn the story of this event, and how it has changed people's views of those who communicate without speaking. www.AllWithoutWords.com www.BoundlessArts.org
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2023-10-2856 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveIngrid Kanics, OTR. Designing Play Spaces for Sensory Integration. October 10, 2023Ingrid Kanics is a world leader in inclusive design for creative play. As an occupational therapist who experienced an incomplete spinal cord injury, she knows firsthand about the need for accessible indoor and outdoor spaces. Listen in to learn about what makes a great play space that engages all of the senses. Learn how Ingrid has used her knowledge to transform playgrounds, children's museums, and schools. Learn how the surface, weather, and safety concerns are taken into account. Discover how you and your community can learn from Ingrid, and bring her expertise to your area. www.InclusivePlaybyDesign.com
2023-10-1356 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveAmy Hull Arbetter: Healing My Sons, Part 2. Sept. 26, 2023Amy Hull Arbetter is a holistic health practitioner, and the mother of identical twin sons. She first appeared on this show 2 1/2 years ago, when her sons were in high school. Consider listening to that episode first. After graduating, they both started college. One is doing well both health wise and academically. The other has had health challenges, including seizures. Amy recently sought help from Dietrich Klinghardt, MD PhD. Using cutting edge techniques, seizures have lessened and health gains continue. In this episode, learn about bio individuality, and why the sequence of therapies is so important. Find out also how Amy...
2023-09-2756 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveBrian Hooker PhD. Vax-UnVax, Let the Science Speak for Itself. 9/12/23Dr. Brian Hooker is a Professor of Biology at Simpson University in Redding, CA, and the Chief Scientific Researcher for Children's Health Defense, where he hosts a weekly podcast called "Doctors and Scientists." He is also the father of a young adult son with autism. In this episode he talks about the role of vaccines and their additives in Autism, a out which he has written in 2 books. He explains what happens physiologically, and how some people's bodies are unable to deal with the insult to the immune and other systems. He discusses the health differences in several key areas...
2023-09-1856 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJoanne Spence: Trauma- Informed Yoga for Stress Reduction. August 22, 2023Joanne Spence is a veteran Yoga Therapist, teacher, writer, and poet, based in Pittsburgh, PA. She is the author of Trauma-Informed Yoga, and accompanying spiral bound card deck: A Toolbox for Therapists; 47 Practices to Calm, Balance, and Restore the Nervous System. In this fascinating episode, learn how to use various poses to help calm or energize the nervous system, as Joanne takes us through a number of simple exercises. Joanne explains the importance of the breath, as well as the function of the vagus nerve in moving out of fight/flight. Joanne's experience in the world of mental health disorders...
2023-08-2857 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Mary VanHoy: Vision Care through a Multi-Senory Approach. August 8, 2023Dr. Mary VanHoy is a veteran Indiana based optometrist with over 40 years clinical experience. In this episode, she describes the many tools in her tool chest for enhancing the lives of those on the spectrum. Her practice includes combining visual, auditory, and vestibular processing. In addition to her extensive battery of specialty tests, she also offers functional visual field studies to rule out non-pathological constrictions in the visual fields (tunnel vision) due to sensory overload or visual stress. If the functional visual fields are found to be constricted, Optometric Syntonic Phototherapy will be included in the patient's treatment plan. Mary wa...
2023-08-1055 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Viola Valletta: Chiropractic Care for Autism, July 25, 2025Viola Valletta, DC, is a veteran Pittsburgh area chiropractor, who utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment. Listen in to learn how when a patient is diagnosed with an allergy, asthma, autism, or ADHD, she works closely with the brain and nervous system to balance function. Since her son's diagnosis in 2003, she has dedicated her attention to those on the spectrum, utilizing the program proposed by Dr. Robert Melillo. She combines chiropractic tools with the knowledge of diet, nutrition, reflex integration, auditory, visual, and sensory processing, and more. Learn also about an innovative music program for those on the spectrum. www...
2023-07-2756 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJudy Chinitz: 2nd episode. Spellbound: 3 years later. July 13, 2023Judy Chinitz is the mother of two sons, one of whom has severe autism. She is well known in the autism community for her tenacity in finding many innovative biomedical and other therapies for her son Alex. It wasn't until Alex was 25 years old that she learned how to teach him to communicate using a letter board. Judy learned that all the motor impairments she had recognized in her son had prevented him -- for his entire life -- from showing that he has both normal language and exceptional intelligence. She did an interview right after Alex passed the New Y...
2023-07-1657 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveLisa Erskine Knopp: Our Visual Brain, June 27, 2023Lisa Knopp is a Vision Therapist at Hope Clinic Vision Therapy, Bellevue, WA. She is passionate about helping people reach their optimal productivity, empowerment and joy through brain training and education. She has expertise in the areas of Education/Special Education, Curriculum Development, Vision Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury.
She serves on the Vision Therapists' Education Committee for the College of Optometric Vision Development (COVD). Through Our Visual Brain, she has developed a "Seussical" rhyming flip book story about three animal friends on a playful "See and Say" walking adventure, leading the characters/readers to cloud and nighttime sky viewing...
2023-07-0656 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveMaureen McDonnell: From DAN! to MAMM June 13, 2023Maureen McDonnell is a nurse who, for 10 years, ran the Defeat Autism Now! conferences for the Autism Research Institute. She has dedicated herself to promoting natural approaches and prevention techniques that minimize vaccine risk and improve and heal chronic conditions. Her organization Save Our Children Heal Our Planet (SOKHOP) focused on prevention. Today she is a Vaccine Injury Specialist with Millions Against Medical Mandates (MAMM). She also has a monthly show on Children's Health Defense television. Tune in to hear her passion for keeping this generation of kids and their families well. www.MillionsAgainstMandates.org
2023-06-1657 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDawnmarie (DM) Gaivin: Spelling for Non- and Unreliable Speakers May 23, 2023Dawnmarie Gaivin is the mother of 2 non-speaking teens with autism. DM realized that their inability to talk did not mean that they had nothing to say. Rather, it was because they were apraxia, and lacked the fine motor skills in their mouths, lips, tongue, and cheeks to form the words. To help them and others like them communicate, she started using letter boards. This method was so successful, that with an occupational therapist, she founded the Spellers Center of San Diego. Today she has helped hundreds of others be able to show their true abilities by communicating with letterboards. Furthermore...
2023-05-2557 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveWendy Beth Rosen May 9, 2023. School, the Seedbed of Society and The Vision Learning ConnectionWendy Beth Rosen, a former early childhood educator and seasoned elementary school teacher, is an adjunct instructor at Pacific University. As a proponent of innovation and creativity in the field of education, Wendy has developed numerous curriculum resources on a wide range of topics. In this episode, she discusses her two books. The first is about the connection between vision and learning, and why many students struggle in school because of hidden vision problems that are often misdiagnosed and mistaken for other conditions. Her second book came out of the pandemic. She writes, "The pandemic exposed pervasive societal fractures that...
2023-05-1257 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveKenyon Keily: Herbal Medicine for Autism. April 25, 2023What would Nature Do? That's the question that herbalist, Kenyon Keily asks when someone brings him a health issue. An herbal medicine practitioner, by trade, he is much more than that. He combines the wisdom of ancient Asian tongue diagnosis with understanding of Ayurveda. Australian by birth he has lived all over the United States for almost 40 years. He is a homesteader, who practices what he preaches. Tune in to learn about what a tongue tells us about health, how detrimental a moldy environment can be to health, and how all things from plants can heal. Keily makes liquid extracts...
2023-05-0558 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveBG Mancini. Heal the Gut, Heal the Brain. March 28, 2023BG Mancini is an Acupuncture physician and Functional Medicine practitioner who addresses root causes of children's neuro-developmental issues. She has always been interested in health as it relates to food, supplements, growth and development. At only 6, her dad introduced her to what we call “super-foods,” like bee pollen, blue-green algae, how to grow sprouts, juicing, and the power of breathwork. By the time she got to college, and studying Nutrition, she launched right into working with chronically ill patients with whole foods nutrition, and started to see the incredible healing capabilities of the body. She was hooked! Listen in to learn abou...
2023-04-2157 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJonathan Hartman, DC Cognitive Brain Training. April 11, 2023Jonathan Hartman DC is a Chiropractic Neurologist specializing in treating people, not conditions. By focusing on alleviating sensory abnormalities, he helps improve the way his patients process their world. Listen in to learn about his in depth functional neurological evaluation, and his brain enhancement and recovery system. His patients often have had concussions or present with an Autism diagnosis. His program includes a look at lifestyle, diet, toxins, viruses, bacteria, hormones, and other stressors. His cognitive brain training incorporates the Arrowsmith training. Listen also to the episode by Filomena LaForgia, whose son, Dean, was helped immensely with this approach. www...
2023-04-1456 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveRaun Kaufman Autism Crisis Turnaround (ACT) March 14, 2023Raun Kaufman is a 50 year old man who was diagnosed with severe autism as a young child. His parents refused to follow doctors recommendations for institutionalization and worked to recover him completely. Raun attended Brown University and today helps families of kids with Autism understand the underlying causes of their behavior. He developed the ACT program to work with meltdowns and other behaviors along with Kate Wilde. Listen in to understand how the environment and imposed situations can lead our loved ones with autism into a crisis mode, and "neuro-crashes", making it impossible for them to function. Raun believes that...
2023-03-2457 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveKelly Dorfman: Cure Your Child with Food. February 28. 2023Kelly Dorfman is one of the world’s foremost experts on using nutrition therapeutically to improve brain function, energy and mood. She collaborates with other medical professionals to create individualized programs to address complex ailments and symptoms. After identifying core issues, she employs tried-and-true strategies grounded in research to attain the best results over time.
Kelly’s special talent is integrating information from many sources and finding practical solutions. She is the author of the winning book Cure Your Child With Food: The hidden connection between nutrition and childhood ailments, updated in late 2020. Listen in to benefit from Kelly's unique viewp...
2023-03-0156 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveBeth Lambert: Documenting Hope. February 14, 2023Beth Lambert is the cofounder and Executive Director of the non-profit Epidemic Answers, and the President of The Documentong Hope Project. Epidemic Answers is the organization with which Developmental Delay Resources merged. The Documenting Hope initiative is following 14 children with autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, rheumatoid arthritis, and complex auto immune conditions to show that healing is possible. By providing therapies, food, and expert guidance, this project will be a model for future treatments. Beth is the author of the book A Compromised Generation, and the coauthor of multiple other publications. Listen in to learn how you can support the...
2023-02-2157 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveTeresa Badillo Raising and Understanding Marco: August 21, 2019Teresa Badillo is the mother of 7 children, including Marco, now 30. Since he was diagnosed at age 3, she has been an in depth researcher about all things related to autism. This recording was one of the first in the Autism Detectives podcast, and was recorded in 2019. Teresa shares with us what it was like learning about autism in the 1990s, before Google and an Internet. She goes through the many therapies she tried, what worked, and what didn't. Teresa and her family now live in Canada, and Marco is thriving in an adult program. Teresa was one of the charter members...
2023-02-1157 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJodie Dashore: Gestational Lyme leading to Autism. August 13, 2019Jodie Dashore, PhD. OTD, is a naturopathic physician, and the Founder/Director of the BioNexus Health Clinic in Bayshore, NJ. She is an internationally recognized pioneering clinician in autism spectrum disorders, mold/ biotoxin illness, chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS), and Lyme disease. While already credentialed as an occupational therapist, her son was diagnosed with autism at a young age. Hear her compelling story about how her husband survived the trauma of escaping from the Twin Towers while she was over 7 months pregnant, and how this affected her son's birth and early months. Learn about how he got Lyme in utero, a...
2023-02-1057 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJen Barsamian: The Non-Toxic Mama. January 24, 2023Jen Barsamian is an Autism mom who took what she learned during her son's journey of healing and shares it with others. By embracing a toxin-free lifestyle, and learning about lurking poisons in our foods and environment, like EMFs, she educates others on the importance of buying organic, avoiding GMOs, and the importance of building a healthy microbiome. In this episode, she discusses stress reduction, hormone balancing, sleep, homeopathy, and a fully multi faceted healing program. She stresses all the components of what it takes to live a non-toxic life in today's toxic world. Her son, now 23, is recovered because...
2023-02-0757 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveFirst show: The Autism Detective, Patricia Lemer June 11, 2019Patricia S. Lemer. M.Ed., LPC, is the Host and Moderator of The Autism Detective. Her career as an educational diagnostician has spanned over 50 years. She is always looking for clues to the possible root causes of childhood developmental, behavioral, and learning issues. She is the author of 3 books on healing Autism Spectrum Disorders. Her most recent book, Outsmarting Autism: Build a Healthy Foundation for Communication, Socialization, and Behavior at all Ages, has been called "the Bible" of autism. It covers 5 important steps to take from diagnosis through the lifespan, including prevention. In this episode, she gives her personal and...
2023-02-0157 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveAmber Cleveland Lewter: The Effects of Autism on Marriage. 8/20/20Amber Cleveland Lewter is a licensed professional counselor, based in Atlanta, who has been a psychotherapist since 2010. She is passionate about holistic health for mothers, babies, and developing children.
Amber is trained in integrative mental health, mindfulness and family therapy. She is committed to helping women learn how to reduce stress and manage anxiety in their lives and navigate transitions in life. Her work focuses on assisting women in implementing mind-body techniques, learning about creating a healthy life style, and resolving relationship issues. With an emphasis on holistic health and mindfulness; she implements practices that strengthen the mind/body connection...
2023-01-0255 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveTeresa Badillo: Arsenic poisoning as autism and Lithium Dumping as part of the Total Load. 10/26/21Teresa Badillo is the mother of Marco, her 30-year-old son with autism. Marco had severe sensory and language processing problems as a young child, which led Teresa to adopting a biomedical, sensory, and auditory therapy program. In this episode, she discusses the symptoms of arsenic poisoning, and how she has worked to get it out of his body. She then goes into depth on the benefits of lithium supplementation, and how that has helped Marco. She discusses the possible connection to genetic mutations, and how to recognize them. Teresa is one of the most knowledgeable veteran moms out there. She...
2023-01-0255 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJonathan Alderson: Part 1 Challenging the Myths of Autism. Recorded 12/22/2022Jonathan Alderson is an autism expert, residing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His book, Challenging the Myths of Autism, debunks 7 of the negative stereotypes and fallacies about ASD. These myths include that those with ASD have low IQs, reject affection, lack creativity and imagination, and cannot make friends. Listen in to learn why these are untrue, and why the 5 year window if development is also false. After listening to this segment, tune in to Part 2 of Jonathan 's wisdom, where he discusses how he uses a multi-treatment approach tailored to uniquely meet each individual's needs. www.IMTI.ca.
2023-01-0256 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. David Dornfeld: Maybe it's Lyme! What about Detoxification? Have you considered HBOT? 12/13/22David Dornfeld, DO is a functional medicine consultant and Autism Spectrum Disorder Specialist who focuses on treating and caring for the PERSON who has a disease, or condition, rather than treating the disease that a person has. He started as a Traditional Medicine Physician before becoming an Integrative Medical Physician in 1986. His goal is to improve the person’s “Terrain” and support their immune system, to allow for an enhanced reversal of symptoms. He believes that fixing the Gut fixes the brain. His motto is "You are what you eat, and cannot excrete." To learn more a out HBOT, listen also t...
2022-12-1658 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveGiving Getting and Gratitude: A Holiday MessageEvery year, I replay this episode around the holidays to remind everyone what the season is about. To show my gratitude for your loyalty, I offer a free consultation about your child. I also discuss food and gift choices. Happy, healthy New Year! www.PatriciaLemer.com
2022-12-1256 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveLisa Sosnowski: Spectrum Tech and Training Center June 23, 2020Lisa Sosnowski is the mother of a son on the autism spectrum, and the Founder, Director, and CEO of Spectrum Tech Trade School, Village, and Training Center, a 501c3 Corporation,
based in Manasaquan, NJ. The multi-faceted program includes intensive therapies that address root causes of behaviors, and outdoor experiences. For older students, career and vocational training will be matched to interests and abilities. To learn about other programs for young adults that include vocational training, listen to Mike Sweeney and Nancy Bernotaitis. www.SpectrumTechTradeSchool.com
2022-11-2457 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJenna Blaze: Homeopathy and Beyond. November 22, 2022Jenna Blaze is a homeopath and healing mentor in Austin, Texas. She uses homeopathy and intuitive wisdom to facilitate mind-body healing, gentle detoxification of trauma and toxins, immune system rebuilding, and soul mending. She teaches homeopathy and healing principles online for those wanting to go beyond pharmaceutical, supplements, and what homeopathy can do alone. Like many others in her field, she applies the knowledge she acquired while healing herself, relying on her intuition and spirit. Want to learn more about homeopathy and or her energy techniques, listen to Mary Coyle and Jan Polansky. www.JennaBlaze.com
2022-11-2457 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectivePolly Tommey: Autism as a Vaccine InjuryPolly Tommey is the mother of 3 children, one of whom developed autism after vaccination. This life changing event made her a warrior mom, who has, in the subsequent 25 years, become a strong advocate for vaccine education and developing resources for families with vaccine damaged children. She is the Founder and Director of The AUTISM Trust, an international project based in Austin, Texas. Polly also serves as the Media Director of Children's Health Defense (CHD). In that capacity she hosts several shows on their Television channel, including "Tea Time with Polly", and "This Week" a news program with CHD President, Mary...
2022-11-1156 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveLyndsy Karrie Moffatt: Healing the Gut to Heal the Autistic BrainLyndsy Karrie Moffatt is a certified GAPS Diet coach and holistic nutritionist. After learning about the power of diet and nutrition to heal her son Dominic, her passion has been to help other parents heal their children from the inside out. She has developed online courses, including a 30 day Real Food Challenge. In this episode learn how you can do it too. Learn the ins and outs of the Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) diet as implemented by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. Work with Lyndsy to overcome picky eating and get your child talking and relating. www.LyndsyMoffatt.com
2022-11-0657 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveValerie Aprahamian:Navigating Your Child's IEP. October 26, 2022Valerie Aprahamian is an expert on helping parents navigate their children's IEPs. After her daughter, Chanel was diagnosed with autism at age 3, she had to learn the logistics of placing her with neurotypical kids, while getting needed support. She dismissed the "doom and gloom" prognosis the doctors delivered, to help Chanel graduate from high school and become a productive citizen. Valerie believes that parents know their kids best. In this episode, learn 5 steps to help your child thrive in special education, and how to avoid common mistakes. Valerie teaches an IEP masterclass, and knows how to sidestep delay tactics school...
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Vision Beyond SightWhy Vision Assessment is Crucial to Treatment of Developmental Delay and Autism Spectrum Disorders with Patricia Lemer (Episode #33)Dr. Lynn Hellerstein of Vision Beyond Sight speaks with Patricia Lemer, co-founder of Developmental Delay Resources, licensed professional counselor, educational diagnostician, author, podcast host, and well-known for her Total Load Theory of autism. She talks about why a full vision assessment is crucial to the understanding and treatment of developmental delay and autism spectrum disorders in children.
Dr. Lynn Hellerstein, Developmental Optometrist, co-owner of Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center, P.C., award-winning author and international speaker, holds powerful and inspiring conversations with her guests in the areas of health, wellness, education, sports and psychology. They share their inspirational stories of healing...
2022-10-2751 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Anju Usman Singh: Attaining True Health October 11, 2022Anju Usman Singh, MD is one of the most experienced and sought after physicians in the field of autism. After working at the Pfeiffer Treatment Center, she opened the True Health Medical Center and the PURE Compounding Pharmacy in Naperville, IL, where she works with Dr. Julie Logan. She has experienced the heart breaking loss of a daughter to an anaphylactic peanut allergy, so she personally understands her families' needs. Listen to her strategies and priorities in possibly reversing and healing autism through cleaning up the environment, changing the diet, and healing the gut. Hear about innovative teas that she...
2022-10-1256 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJonathan Alderson: Part 2 Using a Multi-Treatment Programming for ASD Recorded 10/22/19Jonathan Alderson is an autism expert in Toronto, Canada. He worked at the Autism Treatment Centers of America for 8 years before expanding to using a trans disciplinary approach. Jonathan recognizes that each person with autism is unique, and requires a carefully prioritized program. For Jonathan, order matters. Learn how he incorporates lifestyle changes into diet, nutrition, movement, sensory, and other programs. If you have not already listened to Part 1 of Jonathan's interview, listen in as he describes and debunks 7 myths about autism. www.IMTI.CA
2022-10-0757 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveZoey O'Toole: Turtles All the Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth. 9/27/22Zoey O'Toole, a Co-founder of Thinking Moms Revolution, co-edited an anonymous, translated-from-Hebrew book, Turtles All the Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth, along with attorney, Mary Holland, President of Children's Health Defense. This is the first book critical of vaccines to have ever received a positive review from a mainstream medical journal. Learn how clinical trials of vaccines are done, exactly what herd immunity is, and how thr public has been duped into thinking that vaccines have been proven to be safe and effective. Whether you are a healthcare professional, a parent of a young child or someone who wishes...
2022-10-0257 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveBonnie Brandes: Quantum Reflex Integration (QRI) Is Foundational for Development 3/24/20Bonnie Brandes, M.Ed., is an innovative practitioner who has developed a groundbreaking program called Quantum Reflex Integration (QRI) that uses the Harmonic low level laser along with sound frequencies and reflex integration techniques to balance the nervous system. QRI combines Bonnie's training in MNRI and Educational Kinesiology (Brain Gym).
Listen in to learn how sound and light frequencies can help the reflexes do their crucial job in developing language and cognition. Bonnie travels worldwide training parents and professionals on QRI protocols.
Her book, The Symphony of Reflexes directs the sequential use of this home-based program that can help accelerate...
2022-09-2256 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveBetsy Hicks Russ: Raising a son with severe non-verbal autism and Managing Picky Eating 9/13/22Betsy Russ is the widow of beloved autism doctor, John Hicks, and the mother of an adult son and daughter. She is a veteran warrior mom, who has dedicated her life to advancing the rights of those living with autism. More than 10 years ago she wrote one of the first books on Diets for Autism. Picky Eating Solutions guides families gently and without guilt to finding a healthy lifestyle. Betsy recognizes that changing diet is hard, and offers a 4 part online course and blog. She has developed the "Be Kind Vest" for both autistic individuals and their caregivers. She has...
2022-09-1555 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveCarla Atherton: A Family Health Revolution. Elevate health through lifestyle medicineCarla Atherton is a health empowerment coach. She is the Director of Healthy Family Formula (HFF), the Practitioner Training Academy, Host and Producer of four Children’s Health Summits, and author of Family Health Revolution. Carla’s mission is to support people to achieve their best health through information, guidance, inspiration, and empowerment.
Carla lives on an acreage in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, where she works from a home office. Carla consults with people from all over the world on the resolution of chronic physical and mental/emotional health challenges through the combination of lifestyle modification, mind/body practices, creativity and purp...
2022-09-0456 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveCarrie Fick: Healing Owen 12/14/2021Carrie Fick is the mother of 3 children, the oldest of whom has autism. While he developed typically, and was healthy in his first year, after receiving a flu shot at 12 months, he lost skills, screamed and cried often, had chronic diarrhea, and developed an eye turn. Carrie discusses how she began a special diet and therapies after reading a book by Jenny McCarthy and Dr. Jerry Katzinel. When her daughter was born before Owen was 2, Carrie refused further vaccinations. Learn how a biomedical approach plus RDI helped Owen regain skills. He is now in 7th grade, and doing well.
2022-08-2955 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDiandra Taveras: Power Moms, Applying Total Load Theory. 05/11/2021Diandra Taveras is the mom of 2 sons, one of whom has an autism diagnosis. She is an active member of Power Moms, a Facebook community, based on applying Total Load Theory to healing autism. Power Moms support a completely natural approach that includes eliminating unhealthy foods that have been sprayed with glyphosate, and including immune boosting foods like blueberries, omega 3 oils, and natural sweeteners, like honey. She uses fermented foods, like kombucha. In this episode, Diandra tells about how she has orchestrated her son Julian's development by including new motor planning experiences every day. She uses a trampoline for rebounding...
2022-08-2956 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveSabeeha Rehman: A Muslim Grandmother's Perspective on Autism 08/23/22Sabeeha Remhman is a founding member and past President of the greater NYC chapter of the National Autism Association (NAA). She is also the author of three books on her life experiences as a young Muslim woman in an arranged marriage, in the United States and abroad. In this episode she discusses her role as Omar's grandmother, and his siblings' relationship to their autistic brother. She includes how she worked with local police to raise their awareness about autism, and how her faith helps her embrace autism. Finally, she mentions what needs to be done to support adults with autism...
2022-08-2656 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJudy Chinitz: Just Because He Doesn't Speak Doesn't Mean He Has Nothing to Say. 1/28/21Judy Chinitz is the mother of two sons, one of whom has severe autism. She is well known in the autism community for her tenacity in finding many innovative biomedical and other therapies for her son Alex. It wasn't until her autistic son was 25 years old that she learned how to teach him to communicate using a letter board. The program, called Spell to Communicate, or S2C for short, was a miracle! Judy learned that all the motor impairments she had recognized in her son had prevented him -- for his entire life -- from showing that he has...
2022-08-0256 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJennifer Laude-Leggett: Hyperbaric Oxygen for Autism Recovery 12/24/19Jennifer Laude-Leggett, PhD. Is the Owner/Director of Hyperbaric Oxygen Center of Idaho, which focuses on in-home hyperbaric oxygen rentals and specializes in delivering in-clinic hyperbaric oxygen therapy. She holds doctorates in experimental psychology and Traditional Naturopathy and has studied various types of energy medicine. Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) include inflammation reduction, wound healing, antibacterial, antiviral, and pain relief. www.HBOTClinicIdaho.com
2022-08-0156 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJanet Oliver: Sensory-Motor Reflex Integration to Maximize Function 7/28/20Janet Oliver PhD is a master teacher in neurodevelopment and sensory-motor reflex theory and a practitioner in Minnesota. She instructs courses throughout the United States and Europe. Parents, teachers, therapists, and others seek out her courses to learn how development affects life and learning and what can be done to remediate barriers to learning and well-being. It is Janet’s greatest wish to help others to meet their potential. She also has a passion to spread the knowledge and research that she has gained through her decades of experience. www.PlanForLearning.com
2022-07-3055 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveIlana Gerschlowitz After the Diagnosis, Then What? 09/28/21Ilana Gerschlowitz is the mother of 3 sons. As an attorney in South Africa, she researched treatment options in her country after one became severely autistic, and another showed signs of autism. Finding few, she founded and directs The Star Academy. In addition to providing centre-based ABA intervention, Star Academy clinics also provide home, school, and community-based instruction, as well as training for teachers and aides in the classroom environment. She is also the author of the book Saving My Sons. https://za.africabz.com/gauteng/the-star-academy-johannesburg-school-for-autism-related-disorders-125159
2022-07-2955 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveKaty Held: Bal-A-Vis-X for Brain Body Integration 07/26/2022Katy Held is an educational kinesiologist and a licensed Brain Gym consultant, practicing in Minnesota. She specializes in movements that relieve stress and result in increased performance in individuals age 6 months to 95 years. “Bal-A-Vis-X” is a brain integration program that integrates the senses of BALance, Auditory, and VISion using rhythmic eXercises done with beanbags or racquetballs while standing on a balance board. This program is wonderful for all ages. It helped Katy’s son and others practice spelling words, and also helps people with focus and attention, speech, auditory processing, and stress. www.Purposeful-movement.com
2022-07-2955 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Jared Skowron: Healing Your Child 7/6/22Dr. Jared Skowron is an internationally recognized biomedical expert in autism, ADHD and anxiety, who has been helping kids using natural medicine for over 15 years. He is the author of 100 Natural Remedies for Your Child: The Complete Guide to Safe, Effective Treatments for Childhood's Most Common Ailments. He practices in Wallingford, CT, and remotely. He offers a specialized line of supplements under the label Spectrum Awakening. Each Thursday, at noon Eastern time, he holds an informative Facebook live session on the Spectrum Awakening page. He serves on the Advisory Boards of Autism Hope Alliance, Natural Practitioner Magazine, and Chemo & Crayons...
2022-07-2456 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveBecky Rutherford: Camphill Education for Special Needs 2/23/21Becky Rutherford is a veteran educator in the Camphill movement, the special needs arm of Waldorf Education. Becky was a teacher for 25 years at Camphill Special School, in Glenmoore, PA. She is a curative educator who has taught and mentored parents, therapists, special education teachers, Waldorf teachers and curative teachers nationally and internationally (North America, Latin America, Central Asia, Middle East, Southeast Asia and China) and is a core faculty member of the Curative Education Program. Her particular interests are in the healing potential of the arts, and in the expanded understanding of the Waldorf curriculum, in order that all...
2022-07-2355 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveHeidi Hess Buckley: The Autism Caring Center 11/24/20Heidi Hess Buckley is a long time autism advocate, and the mother of a daughter with an autism diagnosis. She is presently the Director of Development at Pathways of Southwestern PA. In 2017, she recognized the need for understanding and support in Western PA, and helped establish The Autism Caring. They partner with local businesses for events, and provide autism training for schools, community groups, and businesses. Heidi works with law enforcement professionals to help them understand behaviors of individuals with autism that could be misinterpreted. She recently established a sensory garden at the Pittsburgh Botanical Gardens. www.AutismCaringCenter.com
2022-07-2356 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveShelley Stravitz, Parents as Partners 5/24/22Shelley Stravitz, PhD, is the parent of two sons, the younger of whom acquired an autism diagnosis as a toddler, very early in the autism epidemic. She consulted with the late renowned psychiatrist, Stanley Greenspan, who guided her son's recovery. His FloorTime program was SO beneficial that she felt compelled to share her knowlege to help other families, and eventually obtain a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership. She now consults to develop opportunities that promote optimal autism outcomes for all ages. She also conducts trainings for schools and clinics on using a multi-disciplinary, developmental approach. She serves on the Professional...
2022-07-2257 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Julie Logan: Diagnosing and Treating Biomedical Issues in Autism 6/28/22Julie Logan, DC specializes in helping children with the symptoms of Autism, ADD/ADHD, PANDAS/PANS, food sensitivities, methylation defects, GI issues, and environmental illnesses. She is especially interested in how mold can wreak havoc with functioning. Dr. Logan's entry into this field was personal, as she was plunged into the struggle to rescue her two sons. She watched their amazing paths of recovery from ADHD and autism through chiropractic care and nutritional therapies. She is fully MAPS certified (Medical Academy of Pediatrics Special needs) and works alongside Dr. Anju Usman at the True Health Medical Center in Naperville, IL.
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2022-07-2256 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveSunil Patel: Stem Cells and other Treatments for Autism 06/14/22Sunil Patel is the father of a young adult son with autism. He has indefatigueably researched many treatments, some of which have greatly increased his son's functioning. He speaks about the use of anti-virals, hyperbaric oxygen, vitamins, melatonin, and other biomedical interventions. In addition, he has done intensive sensory therapies, MNRI therapy for reflex integration, Brain Gym and Bal-A-Vis-X. He also speaks about vision therapy and different types of stem cells. This is an incredibly rich interview from a devoted Dad whose son now attends a college program.
2022-07-2156 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveLindsey Biel: Raising a Sensory Smart Child, April 14, 2020Lindsey Biel, M.A., OTR/L, is an occupational therapist with a private practice in New York City where she evaluates and treats children, teens, and young adults with sensory processing issues, autism spectrum disorders, and other challenges. She is the author of the best selling book, Raising a Sensory Smart Child, originally published in 2009, and updated in 2018. She is a popular speaker across the country, running workshops and speaking at conferences to parents, teachers, therapists, and others about how to help children with special needs, especially those with sensory challenges. www.SensorySmarts.com
2022-07-2056 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveEnrique Basurto: The Autism Research Coalition , September 24, 2019Enrique Basurto is the father of 2 sons with autism. He started the private Facebook group, Autism Research Coalition to join forces with doctors, researchers, companies, and knowledgeable parents to generate and distribute research about effective treatments for autism. Members “support” each other by sharing experiences, research, theories, brainstorming and collectively trying to answer some key questions, but it is not a traditional support group. They broadcast occasional live webinars with important researchers about their work. Webinars are recorded and available for watching at a later date. Membership in the Coalition is by invitation. Please contact Patricia Lemer if you would like...
2022-07-2057 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveShari Unger Shine: Laying the Foundations for LearningShari Unger Shine is an educational therapist with a multitude of tools in her tool chest. She goes into the homes of students with many types of learning issues, and sets up programs that fill in foundational gaps to learning. She is particularly knowledgeable about and interested in primitive reflexes, nutrition, and vision. Her goal is nervous system self regulation by using programs such as Safe and Sound, MNRI, and Brain Gym. She works with all ages, and is particularly interested in infant development.
2022-07-0957 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveAmy Orringer Hamilton: Medical Intuitive to a Clearer PathLooking for Answers? As a Psychic, Medium, and Medical Intuitive, Amy Hamilton uses her gifts to help people gain answers to their deepest questions.
She discovered her gifts after getting an MBA, and working in the corporate world. Amy does readings that focus on general issues, health, family, children, and career change. She works with doctors and others, gives presentations on developing intuition, and appears at psychic fairs. She is a strong supporter of the Extraordinary Lives Foundation, where she focuses on mental health. www.AmyHamiltonHelps.com
2022-07-0957 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Sarah Lane: Meaningful MovesDr. Sarah Lane is a developmental optometrist who specializes in helping familes of children struggling with learning and behavior by combining movement with vision development. She is the owner of the Focus Vision Center in NJ, and is especially interested in babies. Her booklet, Meaningful Moves details 5 exercises to enhance infants' development through simple movements focusing on integrating primitive reflexes. She is also a certified yoga instructor, and teaches hypnobirthing. Www.FocusVisionCenter.com
2022-06-2954 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveKristi Wees: Empowered Medical AdvocacyKristi Wees is the mother of two children, including a daughter who presented health challenges as a baby. Utilizing her extensive industrial, academic and research experience, as well as, hands on medical and clinical know-how, Kristi navigated her daughter’s medical journey back to restored health. Through this process, Kristi became a passionate advocate for all children no matter what the diagnosis. She offers 2 ebooks called "Top 10 Lab Tests" and "Top 10 Red Flags for your Child's Health". All of her work is founded on the belief that every family deserves the best quality of life together with their child. www.Empo...
2022-06-2956 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectivePamela Ferro: The Specific Carbohydrate Diet. September 14, 2021Pamela Ferro, RN is widely recognized as an advocate who assists children and adults with autism to use the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). She collaborated with the late Elaine Gottschall, author of Breaking the Vicious Cycle, when her son was diagnosed with ASD. Pamela's book, co-authored with Raman Prasad, is called, "The SCD for Autism and ADHD: A Reference and Dairy-Free Cookbook for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.” After retiring, she founded The Spectrum Empowerment Project and the Gottschall Access Program. www.SpecificCarbohydrateDietAssociation.org
2022-06-2756 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveLori Knowles-Jimenez: New Beginnings Nutritionals 9/8/2020Lori Knowles-Jimenez is the mother of a recovered son, and the General Manager of New Beginnings Nutritionals. Recognizing the important role of supplements in her son's recovery, in 2003, in conjunction with Dr. William Shaw, and other medical professionals, she helped create and New Beginnings. Their products use pharmaceutical grade ingredients, and do not contain harmful or allergenic components. This diverse line of specialized, high quality supplements are for adults and children who struggle with chronic physical, neurological, and mental health issues. Lori is a frequent speaker on autism recovery and nutritional supplements at autism conferences around the world. www.nbnus...
2022-06-1756 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveMary Holland & Mike Sweeney: Endeavor 21, a community for young adults w/ disabilities 1/25/2022Mary Holland and Mike Sweeney are parents of young adult sons, who aged out of public education. After searching for a good match to continue their sons' learning and vocational development, they came up empty, so they decided to join with other families in the same boat. Voila! Endeavor 21+ Foundation, a 501c3 that offers educational, vocational, and life skills opportunities at the safe, diverse, and intergenerational community of the Threefold Educational Foundation in Rockland County, NY. Endeavor 21+ “Team Members” have access to a truly integrated community where all embrace the opportunity to “Learn. Work. Live.” together. The mission of Endeavor 21+ is to ma...
2022-06-1756 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveChela: The Otto Specht School 2/22/2022If you were to design the perfect school for kids on the spectrum, this might be it! Based on Rudolph Steiner principles of Waldorf Education, this K-12 gem is located in Rockland County, NY, just outside NYC. Listen in to learn why families have moved here, and even commute to take advantage of its idyllic setting, supportive, yet rich academics, and hands on learning, that meets the needs of students with developmental delays, social and sensory sensitivities, and learning challenges. They provide developmentally appropriate and artistic curricula in small, individualized class settings. Artistic activities — speech and movement, visual and musical — are...
2022-06-1756 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveKristan Weisdack: An Integrative Approach to Behavioral Therapies 8/24/2021Kristan Weisdack is the Founder and Director of BehaviorWorx of Southwestern Pennsylvania, where she creates holistic, individualized behavior interventions to address the root cause of children's behavior. She conducts trainings for teachers and therapists, as well as works with individual families. She is knowledgeable about nutrition and a biomedical approach, as well as the importance of movement, vision and occupational therapy, and the primitve reflexes. She is presently a doctoral candidate at Baylor University. www.BehaviorworxSouthwesternPA.com
2022-06-1655 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveMary Coyle: How Homotoxicology Can Benefit Those on the Spectrum 2/11/2020Mary Coyle, DIHom offers consultations on homotoxicology, and other biological therapeutics, as a solution for children with ASD,ADD, ADHD and SPD. She focuses on achieving the maximum health potential of each child. Mary offers valuable information on homeopathic and European drainage remedies, herbal tinctures, and many other natural approaches, designed to ignite the self-healing mechanisms of the body. www.RealChildCenter.com
2022-06-1556 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJoye Newman: A Year of Mini- Moves 10/11/2021Joye Newman is a Perceptual Motor therapist, who is passionate about kids moving and learning through all of their senses. Originally the owner of The Kids Moving Company, she has now partnered with author Carol Stock Kranowitz to keep kids "in sync." They have published materials in several languages, including a calendar with a year of moves anyone can do. Listen in to learn how these moves serve as foundations for the integration of reflexes, enhance vision, and are essential to efficient learning and behavior. www.in-sync-child.com
2022-06-1353 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveAmanda Friedman: The Atlas Foundation for Autism 6/9/2020Amanda Friedman is the Founder and Executive Director of The Atlas Foundation for Autism in NYC. They provide both part and full-time educational programming, social groups, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, feeding and mealtime success sessions, Solisten® (Tomatis® sound therapy), HANDLE®, workshops, professional development, parent training, music and art sessions, yoga and recreation groups, and much much more for children, young adults, adults, and parents too! Learn about this amazing resource and join the Atlas family!
2022-06-0454 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveElisa Beck: Enlivening Consciousness 7/27/2021Dr. Elisa Haransky-Beck is a developmental optometrist specializing in Vision and Movement Therapy. She is a Fellow in the College of Optometrists in Vision Development, F.C.O.V.D. She holds an M.A. in Spiritual Nutrition-Vegan and Live Food Nutrition from the University of Integrated Science of California.
She has certificates in Expanding Culinary Joy: Mastering Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine and The Conscious Eating Program from the Dr. Cousens' Tree of Life Center US Vegan Live Food Trainings in 2015. She also attended the incredible Life Transformation program at the Hippocrates Health Institute in 2012.
2022-06-0452 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveBrigitte Shipman: Episode 2, A Mother's Guide Through Autism May 10 2022Brigitte Shipman returns to The Autism Detective to launch the publication of her book, A Mother's Guide Through Autism, co-written with her 30-year-old son Joseph. The book cleverly shows Brigitte's story on one cover and, after flipping it over, Joseph's on the other side. Each writes passionately. This book offers two distinct perspectives. Brigitte shares her journey and leads mothers through a journey to heal their own hearts. In part two of the book, “Through the Eyes of the Guided”, Joseph offers insight into his experience living with autism. www.MothersGuideThroughAutism.com
2022-05-312h 51Patricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveBrigitte Shipman: Episode 1, Surviving Tsunami after Tsunami 12/9/2020Brigitte Shipman is the mother of two sons, the older of whom was diagnosed young as having autism. This was the first of what Brigitte describes as a sequence of "tsunamis." Living in a small town in Arkansas, Brigitte had few resources locally, and had to travel to find help for her son Joseph, now 30. Brigitte describes how she has dealt with her tsunamis, which have made her stronger. She is now a trained Martha Beck Heath Coach who help moms of autistic kids move from grief, heartbreak, and feeling lost so that they can be joyful, resilient, and fully...
2022-05-3156 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveMaria Rickert Hong: Almost Autism, Recovery IS Possible 11/26/2019Maria Rickert Hong is the author of the best selling book, Almost Autism, and the co-author of Brain Under Attack. She became interested in the intersection of sensory processing problems and nutrition when observing her sons' development. She left her career in the financial world and became a certified health coach. She presently has a private practice counseling families. She also serves as the Education and Media Director for the 501c3 organization, Epidemic Answers, where she hosts monthly podcasts. www.MariaRickertHong.com
2022-05-3056 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDana Woods: Autism is Medical and Treatable 08/10/2021Dana Woods is the mother of Ethan, now entering high school. She has worked indefatigueably to heal him. Listen in to learn about her journey with biomedical interventions.
2022-05-3056 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveNancy Bernotaitis: Good Works Farm 5/26/2020Nancy Bernotaitis is a mom to three grown children and a grammy to one remarkable little girl. She works for the State of Ohio as a Shared Living Provider for her adult son with autism. and is the Founder/Executive Director of Good Works Farm in Waynesville, OH. It is a nonprofit inclusive farmstead community for differently-abled farmers. It includes summer camps, adult day programs and transportation. Residential Services are planned for the future. If you have a young adult on the spectrum, this is an episode for you. www.NancyBernotaitis.com
2022-05-2756 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveCass and Len Acuri: Autism Parenting Secrets 1/22/2021After their son was diagnosed with autism, Cass and Len Acuri went "all in" to learn what he needed to heal. The totally removed toxins from their lives, changed their diet, and learned how to love their child unconditionally. They are now sharing what they learned with other "all in" parents through their support system Warrior Parent Coaching. They publish a weekly podcast called Autism Parenting Secrets and offer one-on-one support. They assist motivated but overwhelmed autism parents get the clarity, confidence and tools they need NOW to help their child overcome challenges. They know that progress is possible. They h...
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Mother's Guide Through AutismHealing the Mother's Heart - My Interview on Autism Detectives with Patricia LemerSend us a textFor this week's episode, I'm sharing the interview I did recently for the Autism Detectives Radio Show with Patricia Lemer where I talk about the deep grief mothers of autistic kids go through that they need to process in order to move forward lighter and happier. We talk about my newly released book A Mother's Guide Through Autism which my son Joseph and I co-authored and what the intention of this book is. We also talk a lot about healing the mother's heart and I share my personal journey o...
2022-05-2750 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Deborah Zelinsky: The Mind-Eye Connection 8/25/2020Dr. Deborah Zelinsky is a world-renowned neuro-optometrist, practicing in suburban Chicago. Her global reputation is due, in part, to her discovery of the use of eyeglasses to alter sound location and subsequent development of the Z-Bell Test℠. The patented test allows Dr. Zelinsky and her team to prescribe lenses and use other optometric interventions that balance processing of central and peripheral eyesight, while synchronizing the integration between auditory and retinal sensory systems. She has had great success with this intervention for those with autism, concussions, and other visual disorders. Www.MindEye.com
2022-05-2556 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveHannah Bradford: Lifestyle Choices Matter 2/10/2021Hannah Bradford is an integrative health practitioner, who is formally trained as an acupuncturist and who applies the 5 Levels of Healing model of Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt. She evaluates her patients using autonomic response testing, and is able to provide treatments at appropriate levels. She is passionate about evaluating toxic metal and electromagnetic field exposure, detoxification capacity, digestive function, hormone metabolism, and neurotransmitter levels. She uses energy techniques, including homeopathy, and recommends ways to boost the immune system. Listen in to learn how your choices affect health. www.PotomacIntegrativeMedicine.com
2022-05-2556 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Hans Lessmann: Vision is More than Meets the Eye 3/10/2020Hans Lessmann is a developmental optometrist with many tools in his toolchest. His evaluations of those on the autism spectrum include not only eyesight, but many other visual skills, such as binocularity and accommodation. He is a veteran in working with visual thinking, the basis for cognition, comprehension and organizational skills. He is highly skilled in syntonics, the use of colored light as therapy, and works with primitive reflexes. Has your child had a comprehensive vision evaluation? Listen in to learn why they need one! www.VisionDevelopmentInstitute.com
2022-05-2556 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectivePeter Sullivan: Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) and Autism 1/14/2020Peter Sullivan is the father of 2 sons who he is recovering from autism. He is an expert on electromagnetic field safety and awareness and environmental factors in autism. He is the Founder and CEO of Clear Light Ventures, whose mission is to improve human health and performance by removing widespread environmental health threats. Peter serves on the Advisory Board of the International Institute for Building-Biology & Ecology and on the board of Pure Earth. He is an Executive Producer of the documentary film Generation Zapped (2017).
Listen in to learn how EMFs interfere with sleep and other biological processes, and how you can...
2022-05-2556 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveCarol Stock Kranowitz: The Out-of-Sync Child 4/26/22Carol Kranowitz is a pioneer in translating the world of sensory processing disorder (SPD) to teachers and parents. Since the publication of her now classic book, she has been busy writing and speaking about sensory processing differences. In this interview, commemorating the updated, third edition, she does not disappoint. The book has a new chapter on SPD "look alikes" such as ADHD, allergies, and even autism spectrum disorders. She maintains a good balance between pathologizing and recognizing individual differences. Carol gives us a refreshing look at these kids, many of whom are also on the autism spectrum. www.Out-of-sync-child.com
2022-05-2453 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveDr. Michael Goldberg: The Myth of Autism 4/12/2022Michael Goldberg, MD has spent over 30 years helping families whose kids have an autism diagnosis. Recognizing that which is called autism is the consequence of an inflammatory process, he developed a treatment approach that has yielded much success. He starts with an evaulation, focuses on diet, by identifying food intolerances and treating allergies. He then prescribes anti-virals, and addresses fungi and bacteria. Listen in to learn why he has so many followers and a private group on Facebook. Dr. Goldberg is currently the founder and director of the N.I.D.S. (Neuro-Immune Dysfunction Syndromes) medical advisory board and research...
2022-05-2456 minPatricia Lemer: The Autism DetectiveJesse Saperstein: How an Adult with Asperger's helps Others Achieve Success 4/28/2020Jesse is a best selling author, anti-bullying expert, autism advocate, and public speaker. He provides the skills for vulnerable individuals to recognize exploitation, such as the red flags of Catfishing scams. Jesse is passionate about passing "Bailey's Law," which will punish perpetrators more severely for targeting the Disability population. He has appeared on television and been featured in books about successful adults with autism. He is passionate about honoring people on their birthday, and eliminating straws from the planet. www.JesseSaperstein.com
2022-05-2356 minMother's Guide Through AutismTransitioning Our Kids on the Spectrum into Adulthood with Patricia LemerSend us a textIn this week's episode, Brigitte interviews Patricia Lemer, an author of three books including Outsmarting Autism, to talk about transitioning kids on the spectrum into adulthood. Patricia Lemer is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and practiced as an educational diagnostician in the Washington, DC area for over 40 years. She was a co-founder and served as Executive Director of Developmental Delay Resources (DDR), an international, non-profit organization for 20 years.Ms. Lemer and Brigitte talk about the estimated 800,000 adults that are entering adulthood needing support services and how we as a society n...
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Helping Children ThriveEpisode 9: Outsmarting Autism with Patricia LemerMy guest this week is Patricia Lemer.Patricia is a licensed professional counselor, holding a Masters of Education in counseling and learning disabilities from Boston College and a Masters in Business from Johns Hopkins University. She practiced as an educational diagnostician for over 40 years.She was a co-founder and served as Executive Director of the international non-profit organization Developmental Delay Resources (DDR). After DDR merged with Epidemic Answers, she became Chairman of the Board.She is the author of Outsmarting Autism, Updated and Expanded: Build Healthy Foundations for Communication, Socialization, and Behavior at...
2021-06-2747 minMother's Guide Through AutismWhy Every Child with Autism Needs a Vision Exam with Patricia LemerSend us a textIn this week's highly informative and powerfully enlightening episode, Brigitte speaks to Patricia Lemer, author of Outsmarting Autism, about the power of vision, which might be the missing link for the structural issues many children and adults with autism have. Patricia Lemer is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and practiced as an educational diagnostician in the Washington, DC area for over 40 years. She was a co-founder and served as Executive Director of Developmental Delay Resources (DDR), an international, non-profit organization for 20 years.Ms. Lemer has served as a bridge between o...
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