Mother Determined Panel

Now i am I am a Nutrition Consultant and provide individualized dietary consultation based on whole foods, naturally prepared and tailored to each child’s unique needs. As a Nutrition Consultant my role is to help parents understand, prepare for, and implement whatever dietary prescription is recommended.

Received her B.S. in Nursing from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2006, her youngest child was diagnosed with Autism, requiring countless hours of research to find effective and sustainable treatment options to give him the best life possible. In the process of healing her own child, many families came to her for guidance and support. Catherine’s Cause was formed to help them. Catherine has completed the DAN! (Defeat Autism Now) clinician training.

Mother to Zane, who is 9 years old. Diagnosed with PDD.NOS when he was 33 months old. We started biomedical, O.T., Speech, P.T., ABA when he was 4. Zane's ATEC started at 78 and was down to 12 last summer. Zane is on an organic gfcfsf diet. He takes around 30 supplements per day. We are currently doing chelation, and hoping this will get him to the finish line in recovery. We have been healing Mito dysfunction, MTHFR mutation, oxidative stress, candida, heavy metals, leaky gut, allergies, among other issues.

Jeanna Reed has been a Licensed Practical Nurse for the past 15 years. Her continued advocacy in the area of autism became crucial when her own child suffered medically from multi-system disorders, including autism. She has steadily focused her efforts on the complicated medical needs of this increasing patient population allowing for the formation of the Non Profit Autism Is Medical 501c3. She is currently co-founder and co-director of “AIM”, created to serve the medical needs of the autism community through education and awareness, highlighting equal access to health care and much needed support to this medically complex patient population.

President of The Northwest Indiana Chapter of the National Autism Association Maria is the proud mother of Nathan and Joshua. Nathan and Joshua were diagnosed with severe autism in May 2006 at the ages of five and three. After much research and testing, Maria began biomedical interventions in April 2006 to reverse their children’s vaccine induced autism and improvements are still being seen.

Dana Gorman started DefeatAutismYesterday.org in 2002 as a portal for sharing as she learned from her son with autism. This evolved into THRiiiVE.com, which has hosted 11 summits with Top docs like Mercola, Klinghardt, Usman and hundreds more. The THRiiiVE Top Ten To Do List evolved from this process almost 7 years ago and has over 350 support videos.

Thalia Michelle, MFA (also known as Tex TMR) is a co-author of the book "The Thinking Moms Revolution" and co-founder a blog and LLC by the same name. Thalia is mother to b/g twins, Lance and Trinity. Lance was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in 2008 at the age of three, and Thalia has been on a mission to restore his health and help him reach his highest potential ever since. As a professional actress on screen and stage, Thalia worked directly alongside Jane Fonda in creating the Performing Arts Program for Youth (PAPY) in Atlanta, Ga. The program continues to serve under privileged youth with a mission of teaching life skills through drama. Thalia's current work as an autism advocate includes speaking engagements, online media interviews, serving as video host and anchor for Autism One, and most currently, serving as co-producer of Horse Boy Fest and Rock 'n Horse Music Concert. Thalia's passion for permaculture and sustainable lifestyle choices drives her dream of someday opening a non-profit that would provide job for adults with autism by employing them to grow food using aquaponics right here in Austin, Texas.