Wendy 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 have long been destabilizing our educational system. These imbalances and injustices that have compromised teachers, children, families, and communities have been enabled for decades. This watershed moment in our human story requires us to respond to these inhumane conditions with unprecedented commitment and action. At the heart of this book are questions and talking points that will spur us to reimagine schools as healthy, safe, sustainable, vibrant places." 

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What 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 that are formulas, using a combination of herbs. He can not only help those with autism, but almost any health issue. Many of his patients have Lyme. He can help with fertility, and other issues. His work is done remotely, as he asks for photos that give him important information. I believe you will find this to be one of the most fascinating podcasts I have done. [email protected]

BG 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 about macrobiotics, the power of healing the vagus nerve, and more. Sharing this with as many people as possible is what brings BG joy.  That's why she founded THE Brain and Gut Institute.

Today, she shares with her husband and two kids about nutrition, growing foods and eating in season, how to use supplementation to support our bodies in an unbalanced world, and most importantly, how to be kind humans!  www.BrainGutInstitute.com

Jonathan 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.TheHartmanCenter.com

Raun 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 symptom suppressers used to mitigate or avoid meltdowns, such as medications, are inappropriate. While these may be quick fixes, they merely suppress the behavior. www.AutismCrisisTurnAround.com

Kelly 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 viewpoints. www.KellyDorfman.com

Beth 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 Documenting Hope efforts, all about the conference to be held in the Fall of 2023, and the proof that healing is possible. Www.DocumentingHope.com

Teresa 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 of Developmental Delay Resources (DDR), and served as President and a Board member for many years. She moved over to Epidemic Answers when the two non profits merged in 2013. Be sure and listen to Teresa's other Autism Detectives interview about how her son's autism was probably a result of arsenic poisoning, and how he benefited from lithium. www.EpidemicAnswers.org

Jodie 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, and how the coinfections, exacerbated by exposure to mold resulted in Autism. Learn about how she healed him using a combination of herbal remedies, homotoxicolgy, and other treatments. Jodie is now helping other families with complex autism and other disorders through virtual telemedicine. She has worked with families from over 80 countries. Her son is fully recovered, and will be entering medical school. www.BioNexusHealth.com

Jen 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 of all she learned about how he developed autism. Join her Non-Toxic Mamas private Facebook group.