About DDR

DDR is dedicated to meeting the needs of children with developmental delays in sensory, motor, language, social, and emotional areas. DDR is the ONE resource network integrating conventional and holistic approaches for parents and professionals who support children with special needs.


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Edited by DDR's Executive Director, Patricia Lemer, this book is the ONLY guide you need to autism, ADD and learning disabilities.

  • Discover how load factors accumulate and trigger symptoms;
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  • Find out why a diagnosis doesn’t determine treatment; and
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Newsletter


DDR has a new address and phone number

150 Maple Heights Rd.

Pittsburgh, PA 15232

412-450-0373

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DDR and Epidemic Answers Combine Forces

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Watch your mailbox for details on our partnership

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Maria Rickert Hong, counselor interviews Patty Lemer on Therapies That Work.  Click here to LISTEN

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Teachers Guide for Students on the Autism Spectrum

5 Tips form DDR Exec. Director, Patricia S. Lemer, M. Ed.


News and Comments

CDC Releases New Stats:  Autism up 23% in 2 years!! Now 1/88 kids, 1/54 boys!

The numbers are in for 2008.  Yes, that was 4 years ago, but that's the best the CDC can do. It's even worse in NJ and Utah, where the number of boys is almost 20%.  Advocacy groups are holding press conferences, writing press releases, demanding resignations. Read the            full report . 

At a press conference held in NYC on April 2nd advocates demanded that:

Listen to the press conference.

Executive Director's Blog

Revisiting Kuwait: Offering Help to Those with Severe Disabilities

Right before Christmas, I returned from my second mission to Kuwait. Now that the holidays are over, I want to share my impressions.  

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My Kuwait Adventure Part 1Birthing Center 21

It all started with an innocent email on April 12th. “Hi Patricia. We are Lamia and Nabil from Kuwait. We have an autistic son. We met you in 1996 in Wash, DC. We and a group of parents are working to establish a center for special needs kids age 21 and above. The center was approved by the government a week ago. We are requesting that you and other consultants whom you recommend, visit us by end of May to discuss the preliminary stages of development.

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Total Load Theory: How Stressors Accumulate Resulting in Illness

Watch presentation for    Hawthorn University

November 10, 2010

Part 1  

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6


Upcoming Events


DDR Launches HAVING HEALTHY BABIES

OUTSMARTING Developmental Delays!

www.havinghealthybabies.com

Cuttng edge workshops to learn the essentials about being healthy for pre-conception, pregnancy, and in the first year of life.

Would you like to sponsor this program in your area?

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