Internet Resources for Parents and Professionals
Many developmental delays are triggered by auto-immune or allergic reactions to certain foods or medications. When proteins are digested, they are broken down to amino acids, which cells use to build new proteins for the body. When proteins are not completely broken down, the resultant strings of amino acids can produce unexpected, opiate-like effects. When drugs do not break down as expected in the body, similarly unexpected reactions are triggered.
The following alphabetical list of issues points to internet websites that offer insight into diagnoses and dietary/therapeutic alternatives. See also the list of Topics with links to articles from the DDR Newsletter, New Developments.
- Adoption
- Allergies
- Antibiotics
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Auditory Integration
- Autism/pervasive developmental disorder
- Chiropractic
- Dentistry
- Diet
- Environmental Toxicity
- Fetal Alchohol Syndrome
- Homeopathy
- Laboratories
- Laws
- Learning Disabilities
- Nutrition and Vitamins
- Sensory Integration and Occupational Therapy
- Speech and Language
- Vaccines
- Vision Development
- Other Issues
- Commonwealth
- Parents of Kids with infectious disease
- Parent Network for the Post Institutionalized Child - Information about adopting children from orphanages
- Sensory Integration Problems in International Adoption
- Small World
- The Allergy Connection, Dr. Layton's page covering the link between allergies and a handful of disabilities
- Dr. Braly Allergy Relief Allergy Relief the Natural Way
- Cambridge Nutraceuticals
- Food Allergies, Dr. Gislason explains immunology and hypersensitivity
- The Good News Doctor Foundation
- Parents of Allergic Children
- Woodlands Healing Research Center Family, Environmental & Preventive Medicine
- Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, press release from the American Society of Microbiology claiming that many bacteria are gaining resistance to antibiotics
- Kids' Health Page on Antibiotics, Dr. Storlazzi's question/answer session
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Attention Deficits: A Developmental Approach, Patricia Lemer's article on common symptoms and alternative diagnoses
- Dr. Doris Rapp's Homepage - Natural Approaches to Treating AD(H)D
- www.add-adhd.org Recommends treatments that address causes
- AITsite of Terrie Silverman
- Auditory Integration Training and the Counseling Center, includes questionnaires to see if AIT might help
- Awakening Ashley: A mother's recovery of her child through Tomatis training
- The Davis Center - Specializing in Sound based Therapies
- Fast ForWord Therapy - Computer-Based Language Therapy
- Georgiana Institute Educating the world about Auditory Integrated Training
- IDEA All about Berard Training
- Integrated Listening Systems - Visual, auditory and balance systems as foundations for learning
- Project CHILLD
- Samonas therapy
- Spectrum Center
- The Tomatis Method
Autism/pervasive developmental disorder
- A Small Miracle - Information about biomedical approaches to autism. Vaccine safety.
- Angel's Purse - Financial aid for treating autism
- Autism Network for Dietary Intervention (ANDI) The website of Lisa Lewis and Karyn Seroussi
- Autism, links to autism sites, arranged by country
- Autism Newsgroup, an active list (50-100 posts daily) on the subject
- Autism One
- Autism Research Institute - The home of Defeat Autism Now!
- Autism Resource Network, Inc.
- Autism Society of America - The place to find information about resources in your area
- Families for Early Autism Treatment - Site promoting early intervention
- Generation Rescue - Offers Rescue "Angels" to help families cope
- Genetic testing for autism
- National Autism Association
- National Autistic Society, UK's counterpart to the Autism Society of America
- Pathways Medical Advocates, the practice of John and Betsy Hicks
- Programs for Little Learners, Ridgewood, NJ
- On-line Asperger's Syndrome Information and Support, Devoted to high-functioning autism
- Son-rise Autism Treatment Center of America
- Unlocking Autism
- US Asperger & Autism Assoc.
- Information on bio-compatible materials
- Safe amalgam removal
- A list of holistic dentists
- More holistic dentists
- Andy Cutler's extremely informative site
- Mercury and dentistry
- Mercury-free practice of Reid Winnick
- Autism Network for Dietary Intervention (ANDI) The website of Lisa Lewis and Karyn Seroussi
- Collected Net Articles of Dr. Kalle Reichelt, prolific writer about the diet and behavior connection
- Coromega - Get Omega 3 without swallowing a pill
- Cow's milk - Why cow's milk is only for calves!
- Dairy-free products such as puddings and drinks
- DietSpec Info
- EnjoyLife Foods - Gluten Free cereals and snacks
- Feingold Association of the U.S., a dietary connection to better behavior, learning, & health
- Food Intolerance Network
- Frankferd Farms
- gfcfdiet
- GlutenFreeMall Your Special Diet Superstore
- Gluten Free Pantry
- Kininkkinnick For People with Celiac Disease and other Food Intolerances and Allergies
- Livingwithout For People with Food and Chemical Sensitivities
- Martek - Omega 3 products
- NO MSG Dangers of MSG and where it hides
- Specialfoods For persons who have allergies
- Tofu products
- Wild Oats Markets vegetarian health food store
- The Yeast Connection
- American Academy of Enviromental Medicine
- Children's Environmental Health Network a national project dedicated to pediatric environmental health
- Children's Excel Center - The practice of Mary Coyle
- Theo Colburn's site
- Detoxification before conception
- Environmental Working Group
- Feng Shui and Consulting practice of William Spear
- Feng Shui and Bau-Biologie The consulting practice of Jeannie Tower
- Natalie Golos and Alan Vinetsky, MD
- Healthy House Institute Archives, tips on identifying and reducing chemical contaminants in the home
- "Keeping Kids Healthy in a Toxic World" by Richard Piccota and Harold Buttram
- Mercury Policy Project
- Mt. Sinai Hospital report on toxicity
- National Integrated Health Assoc.
- Protecting Children's Health Click to download the free booklet In Harms Way
- www.detox.org - List of physicians who do detoxification
- www.thegreenguide.org - Where to buy non-toxic products
- www.safeminds.org - THE paper on mercury toxicity
- Fetal Alcohol Support Network, a nonprofit agency, promoting education, advocacy, and survival tactics!
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects, facts about treatments, education, and parenting (as well as general information) on FAS/FAE
- National Academy of Sciences Committee to Study FAS, covers diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention, and treatment
- Classical Homeopaths, listing for Canada, and U.S. (by state)
- HomeoViticS contemporary, innovative homeopathy
- Drs. Reichenberg-Ullmann
- Dr. Franne Berez & the Squirrel Hill Family Wellness Center
- Genova Laboratories (formerly Great Smokies)
- Great Plains Laboratory
- Immuno Labs Allergy testing for IMMEDIATE and Delayed FOOD REACTIONS
- Immunosciences Laboratory
- The Center on Human Policy, an organization that watches out for the rights of people with disabilities
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1995, highlights recent changes to IDEA
- Lindamood Bell
- Introduction to Learning Disabilities, overview from the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health
- ldonline, an interactive guide to learning disabilities online
- Kelly Dorfman's site
- Dana Laake Nutrition - website for Nutrition, Alternative Health
- The practice of Julie Matthews
- HealthPro Labs - Transdermal creams for complete absorption
- Hopewell Pharmacy - Compounding Pharmacy also offering single valent vaccines
- Kirkman Labs - Supplements
- Nutri-Chem, on the connections among nutrition, chemistry, and certain disabilities
- Nutrition Newsgroup, for those concerned with better health through proper and supplemented diets
- The Pediatric and Adolescent Ability Center Dr. Mary Megson's site
- The practice of Laura Power
- The Village Green Apothecary - Pharmacy specializing in nutritional supplements, vitamins, homeopathic remedies, and additive-free prescriptions
- Willner Chemists providing nutritional supplements and homeopathic remedies
- York Downs Pharmacy Canadian pharmacy
Sensory Integration and Occupational Therapy
- Bergen Pediatric Therapy Center
- Lindsey Biel, OTR/L
- Building Bridges Therapy Center
- Canada's Association for the Neurologically Disabled, link to checklist indicating sensory dysfunction
- Expressive Therapeutic Movement - Creative Pathways to body mind integration in No. VA.
- Sandra Glovak, OTR/L
- GMS Institute/ Perceptual Motor Therapy
- Henry's Occupational Therapy Services, Diana Henry's tools and services for OT teachers
- How Does Your Engine Run?
- Kids Moving Co./Perceptual Motor Therapy
- Marie's Sensory Integration Page, one mother's compendium on SI
- Northeast Occupational Therapy
- Out of Sync Child Understanding the Sensory Integration Dysfunction and your Child
- PDP Sensory Integration Products
- Pocketful of Therapy - Toys and educational products
- Promotes daily PE for kids
- Sensory Integration According to Cindy Hatch-Rasmussen, OTR
- Sensory Learning Institute, Boulder, CO
- Sensory Resources, SI products and expertise available
- Southpaw Enterprises, Inc., makes sensory integration and neuro-developmental products
- Special Clothes for special children
- Therapeutic Integration Services, Naples Florida
- Theraproducts
- Tummy Time with Judy Jennings
- Beyond Speech Language Therapy - web based program
- National Speech/Language Therapy Center
- Communications Connections, McLean, Va
- Stepping Stones Therapy, Bethesda, MD
- www.teamchatterboxes.com Boston , MA
- Australian look at vaccine side effects
- The Autism Autoimmunity Project
- DMPS challenge tests unsafe
- General information about Vaccines
- Dr. Amy Holmes' article on Mercury chelation
- NVIC , National Vaccine Information Center
- Neal Miller's site
- Sandy Mintz's site
- People Advocating Vaccine Education
- Vaccine Adverse Event Report System (VAERS)
- Vaccine Injury Alliance
- David Kirby's book on mercury and vaccines
- Mercury in vaccines
- Thimerosal contents of various vaccines
- Why mercury is dangerous
- Sam Berne, OD
- www.children-special-needs.org - Vision issues in children with developmental delays
- Children's Vision Care, good variety of topics on children with special needs
- College of Optometrists in Vision
Development
- The practice of Dr. Steven Gallop
- Optometric Extension Program Foundation
- www.optometrists.org -- List of doctors offering vision therapy
- Parents Advocating Vision Education
- Leonard Press, OD
- Strabismus Information about what is commonly known as crossed-eyes
- Alan Toler, OD
- www.strabismus.org -- What to do about crossed eyes
- www.vision3d.com - How vision affects spatial understanding
- www.visiontherapy.org -- Benefits of vision therapy
- Vision Therapy, Sally Brockett's article describing vision therapy as an "intervention for developmental disabilities"
- The practice of Dr. Joel Warshowsky
- Center for Mind Body Medicine
- Drug-free head lice treatment
- Family Village, broad range of information for disabled individuals and their providers
- Far Infrared Saunas
- Fortunate Blessings Foundation
- HANDLE Institute, drug-free alternatives for neurodevelopmental disorders
- Health World Online, the self-described "health supersite"
- Hippotherapy.com Therapeutic horse-back riding
- Internet Resources for Special Children, broad range of diagnostic and issue-related links
- Mothering magazine
- National Pediculosis Association - Ridding the body of head lice naturally
- Osteopathic Center for Children Treating birth injuries and other structural issues
- Parents Helping Parents, resources for and by parents of special-needs children
- Psychologist-father's help site
- Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network
- Reflux and later digestive issues
- The private practice of Susan Johnson, MD