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, 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
Teresa Binstock
Liz Birt
Cheryl Blackwell
Bruce Boyer
Dr. Brazdziunas
Dr. Tim Buie
Dr. Jeffrey Cantor
Dr. Stephanie Cave
Dr. Andy Cutler
Dr. Sydney M. Finegold
Dr. Steve Foote NIH
Raymond Gallup
Dr. Boyd Haley
Dr. John Hicks
Sonja Hintz
Dr. Patricia Kane
Dr. Carola Lage-Roy
Michael Lang
Stephanie Marohn
Dr. Joseph Morrow
April Oaks
Susan Owens
Dr. Isaac Pessah MIND Institute
Morana Petrofski
Betsy Prohaska
Dr. Tim Ray
Rick Rollens co-founder MIND Institute
Dr. Ravi Roy
Jeff Sell
Dr. Andrι Saine
Dr. William Shaw
Dr. Tinus Smits
Dr. Aristo Vojdani
Dr. William Walsh
Andrea Watson
Dr. Brian Wikoff
Dr. Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp CDC
Please let me know if there are any other question I can answer. Thank
you.
My Best,
Edmund Arranga
714.680.0792
http://AutismOne.org
earranga@autismone.org