Schedule of Events

Wednesday 5/22
Time Room Tracks Presentation
9:00 am - 4:00 pm Montrose Conferen..., Diet - ..., Ferm - ... Food Fun with Fermentation
Edie Brennan
Betsy Hicks
John Hicks, MD

9:00 am - 10:00 am Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... Action Plan for Parents of Children with Down Syndrome
Andi Durkin
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... GAPS™ - Gut And Psychology/Physiology Syndrome
Kris Gustafson
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... The Biochemistry of Down Syndrome: Opportunities for Intervention
Kent MacLeod
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... Let's Learn - Reading Math and Fun Stuff
Alison Wimmer
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... Glutamate: How to monitor and mediate its effects in Down syndrome
Erica Peirson, ND
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... Balance tips for a busy household & Lydia presents her life
Jane Winans
Lydia Winans

Thursday 5/23
Time Room Tracks Presentation
8:00 am - 8:30 am Guggenheim Conferen..., IEP - E... IDEA Overview
Timothy A. Adams, Esq.
Lynne Arnold

8:00 am - 5:00 pm Montrose Conferen..., Cul - C..., Diet - ... Culinary Reality Check ~ What's REAL and What's Not!
Sueson Ross Vess
Nina Kilbride Sheehan, MSN
Jasmine Jafferali, MPH, ACE-CPT
Bill Scheffler
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Sherrin Ross Ingram, Esq.
Donna Gates

8:30 am - 9:00 am Guggenheim Conferen..., IEP - E... Preparing for Advocacy
Timothy Adams, Esq.
Lynne Arnold

9:00 am - 10:15 am Guggenheim Conferen..., IEP - E... Assessments and Evaluations - Part 1
Timothy A. Adams, Esq.
Lynne Arnold

9:00 am - 3:30 pm Louvre 2 & 3 Conferen..., Frst Re... Autism, Law Enforcement & First Response Training
Dennis Debbaudt
Stephen M. Shore, EdD

9:00 am - 10:00 am Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... Biomedical and Thyroid Basics: Where to Begin
Norm Schwartz, MD
9:00 am - 10:00 am Cassatt Body - b..., Confere... How to Use SuperFoods, Medicinal Herbs and Mushrooms in Autism Treatment
Patrick Flynn, ND, NMD, DC
10:30 am - 11:20 am Cassatt Body - b..., Confere... Posture and Motor Matter in the Autism Spectrum
Charles W. Chapple, DC, FICPA
10:30 am - 11:20 am Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... Feeding Options and Oral Motor Methods: Paving the Way for Optimal Speech
Jill Rabin M.S. CCC-SLP/L IBCLC
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Guggenheim Conferen..., IEP - E... Assessments and Evaluations - Part 2
Mitchel Perlman, PhD
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Cassatt Adj - Ad..., Confere... Visual Stimming--Why's and Treatment
Jeffrey Becker, OD
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... Predictive Biomarkers in T21
Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN
1:00 pm - 3:15 pm Guggenheim Conferen..., IEP - E... IEP Strategy
Lynne Arnold
Timothy A. Adams, Esq.

1:30 pm - 3:50 pm Cassatt Body - b..., Confere... MNRI Reflex Integration for Children with Autism and Other Developmental Challenges
Svetlana Masgutova, PhD
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... Down Syndrome: Evidence of a Susceptible Subgroup for Vaccine Injury
Laurette Janak
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Louvre 1 Conferen..., EBCALA ... Panel: Impact of the DSM-5 Changes on ASDs - What Parents Need to Know
Steven Kossor
Mitchel Perlman, PhD
Katie Weisman
C. Rick Ellis, EdD

3:00 pm - 3:40 pm Louvre 1 Conferen..., EBCALA ... Know Your Family Law Rights
Lisa F. Colin, Esq.
Kim Mack Rosenberg, Esq.

3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... Health Risks for Down Syndrome Moms and What to Do About It
Laurette Janak
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Guggenheim Conferen..., IEP - E... Advanced Special Education Topics
Jennifer Keefe, Esq.
Timothy A. Adams, Esq.

3:45 pm - 5:15 pm Louvre 1 Conferen..., EBCALA ... Know Your Insurance Rights
Karen Fessel, Dr PH
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Cassatt Conferen..., Edu - E... How Can I Help My Child Make Sense of the World?
Kathy Darrow
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Guggenheim Conferen..., IEP - E... Special Education Law Day: Q & A
Timothy A. Adams, Esq.
Lynne Arnold

4:00 pm - 4:55 pm Avedon C/D Conferen... Boost Cognition Potential
Anju Usman, MD
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Cassatt Adj - Ad..., Confere... Understanding Behavior from a Sensory and Movement-Based Perspective
Sally Brockett, MS
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Down - ... Neuroepigenetic Regulation and Down Syndrome
Richard Deth, PhD
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Montrose Conferen..., Diet - ... Special Diets, Seizures, and Strategies for Kids
April Runge
Kim Diersen

7:00 pm - 7:50 pm Louvre 1 Bio - B..., Confere... Recovery: One Family’s Biomedical Journey and Lessons Learned Along the Way
Holly Riley
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Montrose Advocacy..., Confere... Mercury through Generations – Similarities in Impacts from Vaccines and Calomel Teething Powders
Eric Uram
7:00 pm - 7:50 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Diet - ..., Down - ... Enzymes and Gut Health
Devin Houston, PhD
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Louvre 1 Budget, Confere... Autism on a Budget
Jackie Moore
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Avedon C/D Brain - ..., Confere... Autism, The Scientific Truth about Preventing, Diagnosing and Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders
Robert J. Melillo, MS, MNeuroSci, DC, PhD (C) ,DABCN, FACFN, FABCDD
Friday 5/24
Time Room Tracks Presentation
8:30 am - 9:30 am Louvre Adj - Ad..., Confere... The Power of Exercise 2
David S. Geslak
Cody Jordan

8:30 am - 9:30 am Montrose Adult - ..., Confere... Insights Into Making Employment Work: An ASD Kentucky Pilot Study
Jackie Marquette, PhD
8:30 am - 9:30 am Guggenheim Advocacy..., Confere... An Update On Congress, Autism and the VICP
Mark Blaxill
Louis Conte
Brian S. Hooker, PhD
Rolf Hazelhurst, Esq.
Lisa Colin, Esq. (Moderator)

8:30 am - 9:30 am Cassatt Bio - B..., Confere... Beginning the Biomedical Journey
Daniel Rossignol, MD
8:30 am - 9:30 am Avedon C/D Bio - B..., Confere... Metal Imbalances in Autism Brain Tissues
Bill Walsh, PhD
10:00 am - 11:30 am Guggenheim Conferen..., Key - K... Keynote: Congressional Panel-Answers in the Age of Denial
Congressman Bill Posey (R-FL)
Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN)
Congressman Dave Weldon, MD (R-FL)
Robert Krakow, Esq. (Moderator)

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Cassatt Bio - B..., Confere... Immune Dysfunction in Autism
Judy Van de Water, PhD
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Pollack Conferen..., Edu - E... Introduction to the Rapid Prompting Method
Erika Anderson
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Montrose Conferen..., Pre - P... Preconception Gut Preparedness
Geri Brewster, RD, MPH, CDN
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm Avedon A/B Adult - ..., Confere... Vocational Roundtable Discussion: Authentic Living-Creating Possibilities and Opening Doors in a World of Social Barriers
Dr. Jackie Marquette
Carolyn Gammicchia
C. Rick Ellis, EdD
Peg Pickering
Andrew Gammachia

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Avedon C/D Bio - B..., Confere... Biomedical Approaches and Behavioral Therapies Combined for the Treatment of Autism
Lauren Underwood, PhD
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Guggenheim Advocacy..., Confere... The Great American Regression
Mark Blaxill
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Louvre Brain - ..., Confere... Autism Associated Enterocolitis: Unique Pathologic Features of Diseased Intestinal Tissue
Arthur Krigsman, MD
2:15 pm - 3:05 pm Guggenheim Brain - ..., Confere... Fermentation Products of the Gut Microbiome: Bench to Bedside Implications for Autism
Derrick MacFabe, MD
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Pollack Adj - Ad..., Confere... Acoustically-Modified Music: Brain Based Training for Improving Auditory Processing and Sound Hypersensitivity
Alex Doman
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Louvre Brain - ..., Confere... Time for a Gut Check: ASD IBD is the Real Deal
Stephen Walker, PhD
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Avedon C/D Bio - B..., Confere... Sequential Homeopathy + Biomedical Science = Houston Homeopathy Method for Autism
Cindy L. Griffin, DSH-P, DIHom
Lindyl Lanham, DSH-P

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Cassatt Advocacy..., Confere... Vaccine Manufacturing Contaminants You Have Not Been Told About and Autism
Theresa Deisher, PhD
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Montrose Conferen..., Edu - E... The Practical & Personal Side of Applied Behavior Analysis: A Proven, Helpful Educational/Behavioral Intervention
Mary Joann Lang, PhD, ABPN, BCBA-D
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Guggenheim Brain - ..., Confere... Acyl-carnitine Abnormalities in Children with Autism and Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Richard E. Frye, MD, PhD
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Montrose Conferen..., Dads - ... Raising a Child on the Spectrum. One Dad's Journey of Transformation
Ken Siri
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Cassatt Advocacy..., Confere... Measles deaths and injuries and the world war over MMR
Patrick Tierney
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Louvre Conferen..., Diet - ... Nutritional Supplements/Which Ones Are Essential For You
Larry Newman
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Pollack Conferen..., Edu - E... Empowering Parents to Self Advocate for Their Special Needs Student and Their IEP
Michelle Ortega, Esq.
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Avedon C/D Bio - B..., Confere... New Autism Treatments Target :"Innate Pathogens" Causing Focal Brain Inflammation
Theoharis C. Theoharides, MPhil, PhD, MD, FAAAAI
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Pollack Adj - Ad..., Confere... What is Sound Therapy? Presenting Answers
Dorinne S. Davis
4:30 pm - 5:20 pm Montrose Conferen..., Girls Thriving, Not Just Surviving, as the Parent of a Special Needs Child
Karen Kain
4:30 pm - 5:20 pm Cassatt Bio - B..., Confere... Helping Nonresponders with Biomedical Treatments
Daniel Rossignol, MD
4:30 pm - 5:20 pm Guggenheim Bio - B..., Confere... Neurofeedback for ASD: Empirical evidence and directions
Robert Coben, PhD
Ann L. Rigby, MSW, LSCW, BCN

4:30 pm - 5:20 pm Louvre Conferen..., Edu - E... Innovative and Practical Uses of Technology for Autism at School and Home
Kristen Franchak
4:30 pm - 5:20 pm Avedon C/D Advocacy..., Confere... Unexpected Power: Stories, Science, and Social Change
Louise Kuo Habakus
Jennifer Margulis, PhD
Alison MacNeil

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Cassatt Conferen..., Key - K... Keynote: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.-Chronicling the Dangers and Exposing the Cover Up
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr
Saturday 5/25
Time Room Tracks Presentation
8:30 am - 9:30 am Guggenheim Bio - B..., Confere... Bugs and Biofilms
Anju Usman, MD
8:30 am - 9:30 am Cassatt Bio - B..., Confere..., New - c... Furthering observations of Stem Cell Outcomes in ASD
James Jeffrey Bradstreet
8:30 am - 9:30 am Avedon C/D Conferen..., Pre - P... A Revolutionary Organic Approach to Preventing Autism & Conceiving an Extraordinary Child
Roy Dittman, OMD, MH
8:30 am - 9:30 am Montrose Conferen..., Diet - ... Food Allergies and Intolerances – The Enzyme Solution
Tom Bohager
8:30 am - 9:30 am Louvre Advocacy..., Confere... Age of Autism: Year in Review and the Search For the Kanner Kids
Mark Blaxill
Dan Olmsted
Kim Stagliano

9:45 am - 10:45 am Guggenheim Bio - B..., Confere..., New - c... A Causative Mechanism for Autism: The Common Thread in Reported Neuropathological Findings
Manuel F. Casanova, MD
9:45 am - 10:45 am Avedon C/D Bio - B..., Confere... Mending Autism: The Bio-Medical Approach
Jerrold J. Kartzinel, MD
9:45 am - 10:45 am Louvre Advocacy..., Confere... Challenging the Consensus Through Effective Advocacy
Jake Crosby
9:45 am - 10:45 am Montrose Adult - ..., Confere... Spectrum of Possibilities: Decreasing Barriers - Increasing Options
Cathy Purple Cherry
9:45 am - 10:25 am Cassatt Advocacy..., Confere... Defending Our Children: Advocacy to the Next Level
Robert Krakow
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Cassatt Conferen..., Key - K... Keynote: Celebrity Panel-No Limits
Jenny McCarthy
Jacqueline and Chris Laurita
Alexis Wineman

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Louvre Conferen..., EBCALA ... Know Your Vaccine Exemption Rights
Mary Holland, Esq.
Kim Mack Rosenberg, Esq.
Kevin Barry, Esq.

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Montrose Bio - B..., Confere... Important New Insights into the Hormonal Basis of Behavioral Problems in Autism
Mark Geier, MD, PhD
David Geier

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Cassatt Bio - B..., Confere... Observations of GcMAF protein therapy in ASD
James Jeffrey Bradstreet
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Pre - P... Preconception to Infancy: Environmental/Nutritional Strategies to Lower the Risk of Autism
David Berger, MD
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Guggenheim Conferen..., New - c... Parasitological Vaccinosis
Andreas Ludwig Kalcker, PhD
1:45 pm - 6:00 pm Avedon A/B Adult - ..., Confere... Residential Roundtable Discussion: Spectrum of Possibilities-A Discussion of Housing and Funding Options
Cathy Purple Cherry, AIA, LEED AP
Dan E. Burns, PhD
Mark L. Olson
Peg Pickering
Diane Belnavis

3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Cassatt Bio - B..., Confere... Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress
Richard E. Frye, MD, PhD
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Guggenheim Conferen..., New - c... Healing the Symptoms Known as Autism
Kerri Rivera
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Montrose Bio - B..., Confere... Recovering a Tough Case of Seizures and Autism
Stephanie Ray
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Pollack Bio - B..., Confere... Homeopathy Center of Houston Parent Roundtable
Cindy L. Griffin, DSH-P, DIHom., FBIH, BCIH, DCNT
Lindyl Lanham, DSH-P, BCIH, DCNT
Julianne Adams, DSH-P, BCIH, NST-CP
Lynn Rose Demartini, DSH-P, RN, HN-BC, LMT, BCIH, DCN

3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Louvre Advocacy..., Confere... Restoring Gut Integrity After Iatrogenic Enterocolitis: Regeneration Using Silver Hydrosol, Homeopathy, Probiotics
Robert Scott Bell, DA Hom
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Avedon C/D Bio - B..., Confere... A Comparison of Children with Autism and Controls on Measures of Somatic Mutation, Toxicant Exposure, and Immune Dysregulation (Encore)
H. M. Skip Kingston, PhD
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Advocacy..., Confere... More Lies of the CDC Regarding the Relationship between Vaccines and Autism
Brian S. Hooker, PhD, PE
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Montrose Bio - B..., Confere... Advocating for Medical Treatment, When Practitioners see Autism as Behavioral
Sonja Hintz , RN
Linda Betzold

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Avedon C/D Bio - B..., Confere... PDD-PANS : Clinical and scientific aspects
Rosario Trifiletti, MD, PhD
Tami Giles

4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Cassatt Bio - B..., Confere... The Redox/Methylation Hypothesis of Autism: New Findings, New Perspectives
Richard Deth, PhD
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Guggenheim Conferen..., New - c... Parasites, Allergies and Autism: Paradise Lost in a Parallel Universe
Simon Yu, MD
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Cassatt Advocacy..., Confere... Defending Academic Integrity and Research
Andrew Wakefield, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCPath
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Cassatt Conferen..., Diet - ... Camel's Milk: The Science Behind Its Healing
Barry Smeltzer, MPAS, PA-C
Sunday 5/26
Time Room Tracks Presentation
9:30 am - 10:20 am Montrose Adult - ..., Confere... My Journey with Healing My Autism Issues
Nicholas Glenski
9:30 am - 10:20 am Guggenheim Conferen..., End - E... Canary Kids, The Tipping Point, and The End of the Autism Epidemic
Beth Lambert
9:30 am - 10:25 am Cassatt Bio - B..., Confere... A Comparison of Children with Autism and Controls on Measures of Somatic Mutation, Toxicant Exposure, and Immune Dysregulation
H. M. Skip Kingston, PhD
9:30 am - 10:20 am Avedon C/D Conferen..., Gut - G... Chronic GI Symptoms In Children With ASD: . What Are They and What to Do About Them?
Arthur Krigsman, MD
10:30 am - 11:30 am Avedon C/D Bio - B..., Confere..., Diet - ... A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of N-Acetylcysteine in Children with Autism
David Aiello
10:30 am - 11:30 am Guggenheim Adj - Ad..., Confere... Vision Processing Skills in ASD: What They Are, How to Develop Them
Neil Margolis, OD
10:30 am - 12:45 pm Montrose Conferen... Sanctity, Sovereignty, and Salvation
Teri Arranga
Candy Robles

10:30 am - 11:30 am Cassatt Conferen..., End - E... How Can We End Autism for Good? A Positive and Hopeful Solution
Marvin D. Anderson, MD
10:30 am - 11:30 am Louvre Advocacy..., Confere... No Shots No School No Work Not True
Mayer Eisenstein, MD, JD, MPH
11:45 am - 12:35 pm Avedon C/D Bio - B..., Confere... Brain Thyroid Hormone Deficiency in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Raphael Kellman, MD
11:45 am - 12:35 pm Cassatt Bio - B..., Brain -..., Confere..., Gut - G... Time for a Gut Check: ASD IBD is the Real Deal
Stephen Walker, PhD
11:45 am - 12:35 pm Guggenheim Conferen..., End - E... Microglial Activation In Autism... Closer Than Ever To Finding A Cure
Juan Rodriguez
11:45 am - 12:35 pm Louvre Conferen..., Diet - ... Vitamin D—New Science Offers Improved Health and Disease Prevention Opportunities
Larry Newman
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Avedon C/D Conferen..., Diet - ..., Gut - G... The Gut-Brain-Nutrient Connection to Autism--Prevention and Treatment Protocols
Leonard Smith, MD
Brenda Watson, CNC

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Montrose Adult - ..., Confere... Wired For A Purpose
Ruth E. Snyder, RN
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Guggenheim Advocacy..., Confere... The Myths of Modern Science and Medicine
Liam Scheff
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Louvre Bio - B..., Confere... Overview of the Biomedical Approach … Evaluation and Treatment
Michael Montico MD