The Use of Actos® (pioglitazone) in the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Power Point Presentation By:
Phillip C. DeMio, MD, Medical Director
Angela Shoemaker, Physician-To-Parent Liaison.

What Happens in Kids with ASD who have Abnormal Th-1/Th-2 Function?Immune dysfunction, autoimmunity and, allergy in ASD affects:

Brain/nerves
Gi tract/dysbiosis
Lungs/respiratory/sinus systems
Thyroid (and other hormonal organs)
Frequent severe infections/fever
Other/adult immune problems as mentioned
Allergy (skin, respiratory, food)

Advanced Treatments for Autism and Strategies for Non-Responders

Power Point Presentation By: Dr. Rossignol

Dr. Rossignol will discuss advanced treatments for autism, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), IV therapeutics (including chelation and glutathione/NAC), anti-inflammatory medications, IVIG, high-dose antioxidant therapy, and advanced laboratory testing. He will also review approaches and strategies for children who are slow to respond to treatment or are non-responders, including the management of subclinical seizures, the glutamate/GABA brain ratio, brain autoimmunity findings, and chronic GI Clostridia.

Current State of Autism Research

Autism Redefined 2010
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Current State of Autism Research
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Chicago

Thursday, May 27
7:00 - 9:00 pm

James Adams, PhD

is a President's Professor at Arizona State University, where his research is focused on the causes of autism and how to treat it. He is also president of the Autism Society of Greater Phoenix, and is co-leader of the Autism Research Institute/Defeat Autism Now! Think Tank. His research includes toxic metals/chelation, nutrition (vitamin/minerals, essential fatty acids, amino acids), neurotransmitters, and GI issues. He is the proud father of a daughter with autism.

7:00 - 8:00 pm
Biomedical Treatments for Autism

This talk will summarize the major biomedical treatments for autism that are supported by research, including special diets, vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, amino acids, digestive enzymes, gut treatments, glutathione, sulfation, chelation, and immunological treatments. For each treatment, there will be a short discussion of the scientific rationale and data supporting the treatment, discuss how to test if the treatment should be considered, and discuss how to implement the treatment.

8:00 - 9:00 pm
Nutritional Treatment Studies for Autism

This presentation will focus on new results of a major vitamin/mineral treatment study for children with autism. The study will include the effect of a specialized vitamin/mineral supplement on the symptoms of autism, and the effect of the supplement on nutritional status. This includes a comparison of the nutritional status of children with autism versus typical children, including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, neurotransmitters, oxidative stress, and toxic metals.

A "Best Practices" Model for Treating Autism: Biomedical & ABA Therapies Put into Practice Together Improve Optimal Outcomes

Power Point Presentation By: Lauren Underwood, PhD

Treatments grounded in applied behavior analysis (ABA) as well as biomedical approaches have individually helped provide effective treatment models for autism. However, in developing a "best practices" model, these interventions must work together to provide the best possibilities for optimal outcomes. Therefore, support for the "best practices" approach that incorporates a behavioral-biomedical treatment model for autism is defined.

Nutritional Treatment Studies for ...


This presentation will focus on new results of a major vitamin/mineral treatment study for children with autism.

Current State of Autism Biomedical Research

This presentation will summarize some of the recent advances in the biochemical understanding of autism and biomedical treatments for it. Topics include sulfation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial function, intestinal permeability, and more.

James B. Adams, PhD, PhD

Prof. Adams research is focused on the biomedical causes of autism and how to treat them. His research includes nutritional status (vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, amino acids), metabolic status (methylation, glutathione, sulfation, oxidative stress, neurotransmitters), toxic metals/chelation, and gastrointestinal bacteria.

Important Keys to Recovery

There are many critical elements in an ASD child’s treatment program that are needed to ensure the most successful outcome possible. Lori will discuss the unique combination of therapies that contributed to her son’s recovery including ABA, diet, chelation, supplements, and ionic footbaths. She will also describe how she improved her son’s social, play and cognitive skills through frequent and repetitive therapeutic interactions that parents and caregivers can implement themselves.

Lori Knowles-Jimenez, BA

Lori Knowles-Jimenez is a mother of a recovered child with autism and co-founder and director of New Beginnings Nutritionals, a company that provides high quality supplements designed for individuals with autism. As an international speaker, Lori enjoys drawing from both her extensive research, professional, and personal experience in recovering her own child to support parents and practitioners seeking answers to improve the lives of children affected with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).

Current State of Autism Research


This talk will focus on research results that relate to both the causes of autism and how to treat it biomedically.

Nonverbal Child To Talk Again??

How do you get a nonverbal child with autism to talk again?? I have tried almost everything!! My daughter is going on 9, and still not one word?? I have tried chelation, GFCF, biomed, mb-12, supplements etc... etc... Nothing?? Some people tell me stem cells works miracles?? Is this true?? I think you need to find something very strong to undo what they have done to my daughter. Mercury is the second most toxic substance on earth!! How can you fight that with biomed or anything else for that matter?? It like trying to fight a wildfire with a garden hose.

Surviving Biomedical Therapies without Breaking the Bank

Juggling diets, supplements, IV treatments, IVIG, educational therapies and the rest of life is taxing under the best of circumstances and particularly difficult on a budget. Dr. Brown will provide tips and approaches for choosing which battles to fight and which can be postponed. He will also take a look at those biomedical interventions that can be started before you meet with a practitioner, how to initiate them safely and effectively and how to make the most of your therapy dollar.

Gregory L. Brown, MD, MD

Gregory L. Brown MD is a Board Certified Internist with 18 years experience in Emergency Medicine. He has received Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner training from “Defeat Autism Now” as well as ACAM instruction and certification in chelation therapy and certification in hyperbaric medicine from UHMS. He currently serves as Medical Director of the ARCH Medical Center in Franklin, Wisconsin, a practice dedicated to the medical treatment of children with autism spectrum disorders.