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ADHD Resources and Treatment Modalities

This past week, Empowered Medical Advocacy was honored to be a Gold Sponsor of the TMR e-Conference: ADHD: Extensive Options for Treatment Across Childhood and Adolescence.

This conference is packed full of expert presentations and ideas to discuss with your child’s medial team, in order to improve the quality of life of your child and your family.

Some of those experts featured include:

Dr. Mary Ann Block is Medical Director of The Block Center.

Sheri Davis, ADHD Diet Coach specializing in the Feingold and GFCF (gluten and dairy-free) diets.

Joqueta Handy Ph.D., M.S. CCC-SLP is an Integrative Medicine Doctor.

Victoria Dunckley, M.D., psychiatrist, screen-time expert and author of Reset Your Child’s Brain: A Four-Week Plan to End Meltdowns, Raise Grades, and Boost Social Skills by Reversing the Effects of Electronic Screen-Time. 

Peggy Chapman, CNS, PM HCMS-BC  is a Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Beth Monterosso has studied Classical Homeopathy at the Caduceus Institute of Classical Homeopathy.

Patricia S. Lemer is the author of Outsmarting Autism and a Licensed Professional Counselor who practiced as an educational diagnostician for over 40 years.

If you missed it live, you can watch the replay here:

(including our Empowered Medical Advocacy presentation at 6:16:23)

 

 

 

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Mito Resources

If you need more help navigting the Mitochondrial and Autism maze of diagnosis or treatment for your child, please contact us, we are happy to help.

1.)  Video- The Way Energy is Made

2.)  Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Simplified Approach  By Dr. Rossignol and Dr. Frye,  Autism Science Digest Issue 2

3.) Mitochondrial Disease Criteria:

Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders scoring system (2001)

Morava criteria (2006)

Mitochondrial Medicine Society (2015)

Dr. Frye discussion of Modified Walker & Monrava criteria and examples: Autism File Magazine (June/July 2016) pg 30-31

4.) Alyssa Davi’s Articles: Part 1, Part 2

Dr. Martin Natowicz’s  When to see A Metabolic Geneticist? Red Flags 

5.) Journal Article (1998)- Autism: a mitochondrial disorder?

Journal Article (2005) – Mitochondrial dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders: a population-based study

6. Hannah Poling Articles: Court Documents

News Coverage- CBS, Time, NYTimes, Scientific American

7. Journal article (2006)- Developmental Regression and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in a Child With Autism

Journal article (2008)- Mitochondrial Disease in Autism Spectrum Disorder Patients: A Cohort Analysis

8. Dr. Richard Kelley’s manuscript (2009)

Journal Article (2010)- Fever plus mitochondrial disease could be risk factors for autistic regression.

Journal article (2010)-  Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism

9. Dr. Richard Frye’s research

10. Dr. Doug Wallace’s research

11. Dr. Bob Naviaux’s Research and parent perspectives  

and news coverage

Cell Danger Response journal article

12. MitoToxins Articles : Food coloring, Acetaminophen, Anesthesia, Aspartame

13. Top 10 Tests for Mito

14. Mitochondrial Medicine Society Tool Kit for Testing  

15. Dr. Fran Kendall’s article on Mitochondrial disease and Autism with Tier 1 and Tier 2 testing: here

16.  FAMILY SUPPORT:

Empowered Medical Advocacy Support Group (contact us for meeting info) and First Steps Membership group.

Facebook group- Mitochondrial Autism and Autism Like Mito

Mitoaction’s website and quarterly mito/autism support call: here

Mitoaction’s Mito Autism Roadmap

Bonus Links-

Cristy Balcells book: Living Well with Mitochondrial Disease

Cleveland Clinic CME on Autism Spectrum Disorders:
Research and Medical Treatment Implications, (to share with your doctor) : here