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From the Director:
Catch Dr. Kenneth
Bock on CBS Monday Morning
Dr. Kenneth Bock - one of our Defeat Autism Now! Conference
Presenters and a practicing physician using a Defeat Autism Now! approach to
treat autism - is scheduled to appear on CBS's The Early Show this
coming Monday, April 16.
In addition, the Institute of Medicine
is conducting a workshop this week titled Autism
and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for Research. Defeat Autism Now!
® Conference presenters Jill James and Martha Herbert – as well as
several parent leaders from the ARI/Defeat Autism Now! community – are participating in the
proceedings. The workshop will be audiocast live.
I hope you'll tune in for these exciting media events.
And, of course, the Spring Defeat Autism Now! Conference is set for later this
week in Alexandria, Virginia. I look forward to seeing
you there as we pay
tribute to Dr. Rimland and learn about emerging
developments and treatments from many of the leading researchers and
clinicians in the autism community.
Sincerely,
Stephen M. Edelson, Ph.D.
Director, Autism Research Institute
Testimonial:
Katie Wright Praises Defeat Autism Now!
While so much autism research is focused
on genes, practitioners using a Defeat Autism Now! ® approach are researching treatments to help our kids now.
I would like to thank the courageous physicians who are working to stop this
epidemic and helping sick kids -like my son Christian - with destroyed immune
systems, IBD, and heavy metal poisoning.
Katie
Wright
Mother
to Christian
IOM Workshop Focuses on Autism
On April 18th and 19th the
Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders is
hosting a workshop, entitled: Autism
and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for Research. Leaders from the autism community
including Laura Bono, Jill James, Martha Herbert and Lyn Redwood
will be presenting to the Board on Health Sciences Policy. The workshop will be audiocast live in its
entirety with interactive capabilities.
It will also be recorded and available on the IOM web site to “listen
to” shortly after the workshop.
Join
us at the Tribute to Dr. Rimland Saturday in Alexandria
 A special evening of testimonials from
those closest to Bernard Rimland, as
well as a movie premier of how this great man changed the face of autism. The
evening also is a chance to network with other parents and clinicians.
Don't miss this celebration
of Bernie's life and work. Sign up when you register!
Why Go to the Defeat Autism Now! Conference?
The Defeat Autism Now! Conference
is such a powerful tool for arming parents in the fight against Autism and
spectrum related disorders. The parents are such a large part of the
healing process and they need to take an active role in biomedical therapies
in order for their children to receive the maximum benefit from these types
of interventions.
The Defeat Autism Now! Conference
equips parents with two key components essential for the most productive
biomedical journey: answers and empowerment. The amazing lectures and
information provided at the Defeat Autism Now!
Conference provides the parents with answers…answers about what may have
happened to their children and answers for how to find the right help and
healing. Knowledgeable parents make the most effective parents for clinicians
to work with as a team to uncover the best protocols for each individual
child. Knowledge is power. Parents who are knowledgeable are
empowered. Defeat Autism Now! also
opens the door for getting connected with other parents and caregivers who
are on the same journey. The ability to share knowledge and support is
so important for all who are involved with biomedical interventions and the Defeat Autism Now!
® Conference provides an excellent way to
find and connect with others who share the same views.
I found the Defeat Autism Now!
Conference to be one of the best learning experiences of my life. It
taught me how to help my child. When I look at my son, I am so grateful
for the knowledge I have gained that allowed me to take an active role in his
recovery process.
Angela Shoemaker
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In This Issue
·
From the Director
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Testimonial: Katie Wright praises Defeat Autism Now!
·
IOM Workshop on Autism and the Environment
this week
·
Dr. Rimland Tribute set for this Saturday at
Defeat Autism Now!
·
Clinician’s Perspective, Featuring:
Kenneth Bock, MD, FAAP,
FACN
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Comments from Defeat Autism Now! Attendees
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Important Links
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Meet the
leaders in the field:
Speakers, schedule, hotel information and registration
information is online at the:
Defeat Autism Now! Conference Web site
Clinician’s Perspective:
Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: a Biomedical Treatment Program for
Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies
By Kenneth Bock, MD, FAAFP, FACN
 Over the past
nine years, many medical colleagues and researchers have worked together
to develop a comprehensive, individualized Biomedical Healing Program to
treat autism spectrum disorders, and I have expanded this approach to treat
children affected by ADHD, asthma, and allergies. I refer to these
disorders, together with autism, as the 4-A Disorders. This integrative
approach works to rebalance the body’s biochemistry so that metabolic,
immunologic, neurological and digestive systems are all working
optimally. Other behavioral and educational interventions work well in
combination. Causal links include excessive toxicity, failure to
adequately detoxify, metabolic dysfunction, nutritional insufficiency,
allergies, immune dysfunction and genetic vulnerability. The range of
treatments includes nutritional therapy, supplementation, detoxification, and
medication. I have treated more than 1,000 children with 4-A disorders,
and many of them have made excellent progress. The development and
success of this program is testimony to the cooperative spirit of
the physicians using a Defeat Autism Now!
approach, researchers and parents who all strive together to give
children the lives they deserve.
Kenneth Bock, MD,
FAAFP, FACN is the current
President of The American College for Advancement in Medicine, co-founder of
the Rhinebeck
Health Center, in New York state, and a clinical instructor
in the Department of Family Medicine at Albany Medical College. He
co-authored Healing the New
Childhood Epidemics released April 10, 2007. A DVD
documentary Healing Autism: A
Breakthrough Approach with Kenneth Bock M.D. chronicles the “before
and after" results experienced by five families.
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