Guest christie Posted March 19, 2003 Report Share Posted March 19, 2003 Below is the conference link along with some topics being covered as well as speakers. Christie ************* http://www.autismone.org/homepage.asp Autism One Conference, May 2  4, 2003, Loyola University Chicago The Most Comprehensive Conference on Autism Ever Assembled Autism One, the most comprehensive conference on autism ever assembled, will be held May 2  4, 2003, at Loyola University Chicago. It is a conference for parents and professionals for the care, treatment, and recovery of children with autism. Our web site is http://AutismOne.org. The conference organizers are themselves parents of children with autism. Parents are, and must remain, the driving force of this community. The issues are too sacred and the stakes too high to delegate to outside interests. Meet Officials from the NIH and CDC High-ranking officials from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will present, answer questions and explain the government's present and future projects for fighting autism. Meet Dr. Steve Foote from the NIH and Dr. Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp from the CDC. Register your concerns and make your voice heard. More than 60 Presentations  The World's Leading Authorities Autism One features many of the world's leading researchers, educators, and practitioners. Featuring over 60 presentations including experts such as Dr. Boyd Haley, Dr. Stephanie Cave, Dr. William Walsh, Teresa Binstock, and Dr. William Shaw, among others. Learn about the latest treatments to help our children, your rights when dealing with school districts, the best ways to handle insurance companies, how to petition government agencies, along with a host of other pressing issues. In addition, leading parent-advocates and autism organizations will be on hand to present and inform. Questions And Answers Do Not Stop at the Boundary of a Discipline Autism is a multivariate disease. As parents we know questions and answers do not stop at the boundary of a discipline. Autism One offers four tracks to help parents and professionals make the most informed choices and decisions. The tracks include: 1. Biomedical Treatments 2. Behavior / Communication / Education Therapies 3. Alternative / Complimentary Medicine 4. Government / Legal / Personal Issues 1. Biomedical Treatments (some of the topics by track include) Autoimmune factors / treatments Biochemistry of autism Casein- gluten-free diets Chelation Dental care Diagnosis Enzymes Essential fatty acids Food / nutrition / diet / vitamins / minerals / glandular / organic foods Environmental medicine / toxins IVIG, secretin, chelation, transfer factors, IV glutathione Neurological testing, findings, treatments Phenol sulfur transferase deficiency Ongoing research Understanding food labels Understanding medical test results Vaccinations 2. Behavior / Communication / Education Therapies Applied Behavior Analysis Auditory Integration Computers as learning tools Greenspan / Floor time Home schooling Music therapy Occupational Therapy Puberty and beyond Sensory Integration Verbal Therapy Vision Therapy TEACCH 3. Complementary / Alternative Medicine Ayurveda Medicine Chiropractic Homeopathy Naturopathic Medicine Neuro Feedback Neural organization technique Orthomolecular Medicine Traditional Chinese Medicine 4. Government / Legal / Personal Issues Autism the law and you Centers for Disease Control (CDC) findings, funding, and future directions Counseling - coping and communication for parents Dealing with insurance companies Individualized Education Programs National Institutes of Health (NIH) findings, funding, and future directions Obtaining government services Vaccines the law and you A partial list of speakers Dr. James B. Adams, Ph.D. (CME) Dr. Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, M.D. Margaret Ayers Teresa Binstock Liz Birt Cheryl Blackwell Bruce Boyer Dr. Brazdziunas Dr.Timothy Buie, M.D Dr. Jeffrey Cantor, DDS Jane Casey Dr. Stephanie Cave Dr. Andy Cutler Dr. Joan Fallon Dr. Steve Foote Raymond Gallup John Garrett Georgianne M. Gerber, LCSW, BCD Dr. Boyd Haley Dr. John Hicks Mary Higinbotham Sonja Hintz R.N., B.S.N Dr. Patricia Kane Carolyn Keatinge Michael Lang Willis Langford Joe Lillard Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D. Ph.D. Jackie Marquette Stephanie Marohn Joseph Morrow, Ph.D April Oaks Susan Owens Dr. Isaac Pessah Morana Petrofski Betsy Prohaska Tim Ray Rick Rollens Amy Rothenberg ND Adrienne Rousseau Ravi Roy Dr. Carola M. Lage-Roy Dr. André Saine Mark Schauss Jeff Sell Dr. William Shaw Dr. Tinus Smits Dr. Aristo Vojdani Dr. Andrew Wakefield William Walsh, Ph.D Andrea Watson Sandra Weizman Dr. Brian Wikoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahib Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Thanks--it looks like it will be a great conference! Hope we will get a report on it afterwards or maybe tapes avail. for those of us who can't go' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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