Treatment of Autism using Metal Detoxification and Nutritional Approaches

In October of 2000 a meeting of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences was called on the possible role of mercury in the causation of autism. The meeting was attended by a number of physicians and scientists. One of the physicians, Dr. Stephanie Cave of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, told the group that having treated in excess of 400 autistic children at that time with various modalities, she had found no modality which was more effective in a great many autistic children than mercury detoxification. Her successful cases now are several fold that number.  My experience reflects hers and includes other metals as well. The parents are echoing these observations. 

The result of our first consensus conference is known as the first “Consensus Protocol for Mercury Detoxification of Autistic Children” a new focus that has since been refined.

• I invite you to investigate the DAN protocols www.AutismResearchinstitute.com  with the understanding that experience is needed to best navigate the multiple options available in the most efficient way. The most recent “Treatment Options for Mercury/Metal Toxicity in Autism and Related Developmental Disabilities: Consensus Paper” published as a book by Jon Pangborn PhD and Sidney Baker MD  was released in February of this year and is available on www.autismresearchinstitute.com
•  Chairmanship of the Program, "Mercury, a Valuable Tool, a Risk Realized" sponsored by the International College of Integrative Medicine occurred shortly after my participation with the 2001 Dallas, consensus team. It is there that I first taught the use of preloading of glutathione before as a detoxication prime prior to administration of sulfur based chelators.
• Dr. Sidney Baker presented on the treatment of autism at this conference.

As a DAN participant, I focus on directing the patient, through his or her parents, through the many treatment options available and evaluated by DAN.

 Once the toxins are removed, a graded maintenance program is developed with the ideal goal being enhancement of the patient’s own ability to remove them . The schedule for periodic evaluation and augmentation of the program as needed over time will depend on the level of ongoing exposure and the patient’s heredity.

Autistic children are the "miner's canaries" of our world. 

With New Hope for the Children,