DDR People: The Individuals Behind the Organization

• Professional Advisory Board
• Executive Board

Professional Advisory Board

• Sidney Baker, MD. Physician practicing in Weston, Connecticut. Co-author of the Defeat Autism Now! Protocol. Founder of Medegenesis.
• Dr. David Berger. Pediatrician practicing in Tampa, Florida.
• Kenneth Bock, MD. DAN! Physician in Rhinebeck and Albany, NY. Author of The Germ Survival Guide, The Road to Immunity and Natural Relief for Your Child's Asthma.
• Jeff Bradstreet, MD. Founder of International Child Development Research Center in Melbourne, FL.
• James Braly, MD. Author of Dr. Braly's Food Allergy and Nutrition Revolution. Expert in nutritional treatments for attention deficit Dr. Braly Allergy Relief the Natural Way.
• Sally Brockett, MS. Special Education Consultant, Auditory Integration Training Specialist IDEA - All about Berard Training.
• Mary Coyle. Homeopathic practitioner; Expert on environmental toxicity.
• Georgia DeGangi, OT, PhD. Occupational Therapist. Founder ITS for Kids and Families, Bethesda, MD
• Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN. Nutritional Consultant and health program planner. Specialist in the impact of diet on development
• Stephen M. Edelson, PhD. Director of the Autism Research Institute, 4182 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116, 619) 281-7165
• Barbara Loe Fisher. Founder of National Vaccine Information Center. Co-Author of DPT: A Shot in the Dark.
• Alan Gaby, MD. President of the American Holistic Medical Association Advisory Panel member of the National Institute of Health's Office of Alternative Medicine
• Kimberly Geary, OTR/L. Occupational Therapist, Rockville, MD
• Sabra Gelfond, MA, CCC-SLP. Speech and Language Pathologist and Cofounder of DDR. Visit the National Speech Language Therapy Center
• J.N. Gordon, MD. Pediatrician
• Joanne Hanson, MA, SLP/CCC. Speech/Lang. Pathologist. Founder, Building Blocks Therapy, Falls Church, VA
• Lynn Hellerstein, OD, FCOVD. Behavioral Optometrist, Englewood, CO. President of College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)
• Diana Henry, MS, OT., Occupational Therapist. Founder of ATEACHABOUT, a mobile OT clinic.
• Lois Hickman, OTR. Co-founders Belle Curve Records
• John Hicks, MD. Pediatrician and Founder of Pathways Medical Advocates, Delavan, WI
• Amy Holmes, MD. Physician, Baton Rouge, LA. Expert in Mercury chelation.
• Carol Kranowitz, MS. Author of The Out-of-Sync Child
• Aubrey Lande, OTR. Co-founders Belle Curve Records
• Richard Layton. Allergist specializing in pediatrics and preventive medicine with information on the link between allergies and a handful of disabilities.
• Mary Megson, MD. Developmental Pediatrician, Richmond, VA. Expert on Vitamin A and perceptual deficits.
• Woody McGinnis, MD. Expert on oxidative stress.
• Lawrence Palevsky, MD, FAAP. Past President, Holistic Pediatric Association
• Mary Rentschler, MEd. Expert in educational kinesiology, Brain Gym, Reflex integration, Psycho-kinesiology, and Family Constellations in Washington, DC.
• Michael A. Schmidt, PhD. Research Associate, NASA Ames Research Center. Consulting Practice, Boulder, CO. Specialist in fatty acid neuro-biology, oxidative stress and brain metabolism.
• Jeff Sell, Esq. Attorney
• William Shaw, PhD. Biochemist and Founder of Great Plains Laboratory
• Robert Sinaiko, MD. Allergist
• William Spear. Macrobiotic teacher and counselor, Litchfield, Connecticut.
• Shelly Stravitz. Parent and Advocate for Children with special needs. Expert on Option Program
• Andrew Wakefield, MD. British physician. Expert on Vaccine-induced autism. Founder of Thoughtful House
• William Walsh, PhD. Founder of the Pfeiffer Treatment Center, Naperville, IL
• Serena Wieder, PhD. Expert on Children with Multi-System Developmental Delays. Co-author of The Child with Special Needs with Stanley Greenspan, MD.

Executive Director

• Patricia S. Lemer is a co-founder of Developmental Delay Resources. She holds a Masters of Education in counseling and learning disabilities from Boston College and a Masters in Business from Johns Hopkins University. Ms. Lemer is a National Certified Counselor, and practiced as an educational diagnostician for over 30 years. Ms. Lemer lectures internationally on viewing developmental delays, including autism, PDD, AD(H)D, LD, OCD, NLD and others, as a spectrum of disorders.  She is the Editor of EnVISIONing a Bright Future:  Interventions that Work for Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, published in 2008.  She specializes in combining developmentally appropriate practice with sound theory. She is especially interested in combining a biomedical approach with vision and other movement and sensory-based therapies. Ms Lemer lives in Pittsburgh, PA and is the mother of an adult daughter and the grandmother of Penelope, born in August, 2006.

Executive Board

• Teresa Badillo, parent of son with autism, Boca Raton, FL.
• Margaret Britt, parent, Long Island, NY
• Farrell Gerber, parent and dentist, Pittsburgh, PA
• Amy Hamilton, parent, Harrison, NY
• Mary Beth Hazelgrove, parent and founder of Preemies Today, Springfield, VA
• Sarah Lane, developmental optometrist, Mannasquan, New Jersey
• Melissa McNeese, parent, Red Hook, NY
• Robin Mumford, retired engineer and lighting expert, Highlands, NJ
• Jayme Lewin Rich, occupational therapist, New York, NY
• Lisa Rudley, parent, lay homeopath, Westchester Cty, NY
• Randy Schulman, developmental optometrist, Trumball, CT http://www.optometrists.org/schulman/
• Scott Theirl, Chiropractic Neurologist, Milwaukee, WI (Functional Restoration)
• Ana Zaldarriaga, Director, Leadership Learning Lab, New York, NY