Patricia Lemer: The Autism Detective

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By: Patricia Lemer

Patricia Lemer, a licensed Professional Counselor, with over 50 years experience, and the author of the best seller, Outsmarting Autism, interviews Moms, Dads, therapists, educators, and other professionals. They share clues they follow to help individuals of all ages, on the autism spectrum become the best version of themselves. Learn how biomedical, sensory, motor, visual, auditory, perceptual, homeopathic, detoxification, language, behavioral, social-emotional, energy, vagus nerve, and other therapies can heal our kids.

David Steinman: Raising Healthy Kids: Protecting Children from Hidden Environmental Toxins 8/12/25
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David Steinman is an award- winning author of several books on the environment and health, including Raising Healthy Kids.

He’s also the full-time chief officer of the non-profit Chemical Toxin Working Group (CTWG, also known as the Healthy Living Foundation), a public-interest environmental and consumer advocacy organization that takes legal action and litigates on behalf of consumers. Tune in to learn how CTWG has won major court and legal cases against brands such as Herbal Essences, Pantene, and Mrs. Meyers for selling products with high amounts of toxic chemicals that required their removal or labeling. Learn al...


Dr. Larry Palevsky: Why So Many Kids Are Sick and What We Can Do About It
07/23/2025

Dr. Larry Palevsky is a pediatrician in New York who takes an holistic approach to wellness and illness. He is a past President of the American Holistic Medical

Association, and is committed to educating families and practitioners. Since the 1990s, he has been teaching about alternatives to potentially harmful medications and rethinking vaccination.


Tune in to learn why more than one in 6 kids has a diagnosis of a chronic condition, including behavioral. learning, and life-threatening disease. Learn why anxiety has skyrocketed as kids are fearful of the future. Hear how dangerous overuse...


Patricia Price: Applying Autonomic Response Testing and Klinghardt Concepts to Autism. 7/08/25
07/14/2025

Patricia Price is a licensed professional counselor who is highly trained in the works of Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt. She uses Autonomic Response Testing (ART) diagnostically and therapeutically. Tune in to learn about this powerful tool in determining treatment priorities. The beauty of this unique approach is the ability to listen to the body, and avoid wasting time and money by figuring out the proper sequence of treatments for trauma, past generational pain, mold, Lyme and other infections. Patty explains in depth how important and powerful the Klinghardt protocols are in her Baltimore area practice in the office of a...


Dr. Elizabeth Mumper : Kids and COVID: June 24, 2025
06/28/2025

Dr. Elizabeth Mumper is a retired pediatrician with over 40 years experience, and a special interest in kids with complex illnesses. She served as the Medical Director of the Autism Research Institute and was the founder of the Rimland Center for Autism in Lynchburg, VA. Tune in to learn why the long term effects of COVID-19 are not over. Whether you and your family received one of the COVID vaccines, or were sick with the virus, you could have symptoms that the virus is still active. Learn why Dr. Mumper does not consider the MRNA shots true vaccines, and how...


Jeanetta Bryant: Abilities Workshop, June 10, 2025
06/16/2025

Jeanetta Bryant is the Founder and Director of Abilities Workshop, a national, not-for-profit. Like most founders, the impetus for its origin was her daughter's diagnosis of "gl obal developmental delay." Abilities Workshop byline is "The Good, The Bad and The Godly."

Tune in to learn about how Abilities Workshop works with families, schools, teachers and faith-based organizations. They offer a free starters guide for the newly diagnosed. Teachers can learn how to help those with special needs using TeachABLE, s self-study program. Churches can purchase FaithABLE. Both offer workbooks and an extensive video library. They also support...


Jerry Kantor: Combining Homeopathy and Traditional Chinese Medicine to Achieve Success. May 27, 2025
06/06/2025

Jerry Kantor is a true Renaissance man who continues to study healing modalities that can be applied to any condition. He has written several books, including The Autism Reversal Toolbox. Based in the greater Boston area, he can work remotely with families. His individualized approach takes into account not only physical symptoms, but emotional and personality factors, as well. Tune in to learn about how vaccines and EMFS damage health, and what to do about it. Learn how the senses are related to the seasons in health. This episode also focuses on prenatal and maternal stressors, and how to...


Lori Bradstreet: Raising a Son with Autism. May 15, 2025
05/22/2025

Lori Bradstreet is the mother of Matthew, age 31, who regressed into autism following the MMR which caused viral encephalitis at age 4. She was married to the late Dr. Jeff Bradstreet, who dedicated his career to helping those like their son. Tune in to learn more about how Matthew has progressed using the Gut Balancing program from Dr. Christian Bogner and Alex Zaharakis. Learn about how mold played a role in Matthew's illness. Hear about the silver lining of how helping Matthew has benefited his mother and sister, and allowed Lori to help others. Matthew is now living independently with...


Dr. Tony Ebel: Chiropractic Care for Neurodevelopmental Delays
04/23/2025

Dr. Tony Ebel is a chiropractor in Chicagoland who specializes in treating those with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, anxiety disorders, epilepsy and more. After his son experienced a traumatic birth, he used his skills to recover functioning. He now specializes in children and their parents with neurological and developmental delays. He also trains doctors in using his techniques through a special continuing education program. His faith and expertise guide his programming. Tune in to learn about his ideas and methods. www.PediatricChiropracticCare.com www.PXDocs.com .


Hoa Le: Outsmarting Autism in Vietnamese April 9, 2025
04/11/2025

Hoa Le is a psychologist in Ho Chi Miñh City, formerly Saigon. Educated in the U.K., and fluent in English, she began translating parts of Outsmarting Autism for her families since its publication in 2019. Eventually, she realized she had translated at least half of the book! She contacted me and requested permission to translate the whole book. She even knew a publisher interested in it. This week, in honor of Autism Action Month, the book was released in a beautiful 2-volume set. Tune in to learn about Hoa's center called Circus. It is based on a play and f...


Ray Pealer: Electro-magnetic Radiation. Is Your Home Safe?
03/27/2025

Ray Pealer is a certified Building Biologist who inspects home in VA, MD, OH, PA, WV, TN, and NC for excessive EMFs and dirty electricity. If you or anyone in your family is having any health issues, like sleep problems, headaches, brain fog, or has a "mystery" illness, maybe this is the problem. The effects of our electronic devices, cell phone towers, smart meters and more are under-estimated. Because their brains are still developing, children are at the highest risk. Tune in to learn how to recognize electronic sensitivities, and what you can do to protect yourself and your family...


Stephanie Durnin: Heartbreak to Hope-Advocating for Health Freedom in Alabama
03/15/2025

Stephanie Durnin is the mother of a 12-year-old son who sustained a vaccine injury following a flu shot as a baby. She began researching, studying and praying about his loss of speech and serious allergies. Tune in to learn how he was healed with the help of Dr. Stephanie Cave, author or "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Chilhood Vaccinations". She also worked with other professionals, including a local chiropractor. This all led her to advocating for others so their kids could not have the same fate. After attending a vaccine injury event, and meeting RFK, jr. she...


Lauren Lee Stone, Healing Inflammatory Conditions. 02/25/25
03/01/2025

Lauren Lee Stone, PhD is an integrative health practitioner who helps her clients heal inflammatory conditions such as PANS and PANDAS. After reversing her son's encephalitis, seizures and severe colic, word spread, and she opened her practice. She is trained in homeopathy and homotoxicology. She does diagnostic testing and prioritizes treatments. She believes that the body is programmed to heal if given the proper help and materials. She serves on the Board of Documenting Hope and works virtually with families all over the world. Tune in to learn about her optimistic belief that there is always more you can do...


Michael Karlfeldt, ND: Integrative Therapies for Autism, Cancer, Lyme and Inflammatory Disorders
02/12/2025

Dr. Michael Karlfeldt is an integrative physician in Boise, Idaho. He has 4 decades of experience using Dietrich Klinghardt's model of 5 Levels of Healing to treat inflammatory conditions like autism, Lyme, and cancer. In this episode, he describes how he treats unresolved multi-generational emotional trauma. He uses various methods, including energetic means and family constellations. He also speaks about detoxification using natural products like herbs and homeopathic remedies. His well-trained staff can do IV therapies and HBOT. Dr. Karlfeldt is the author of the book, A Better Way to Treat Cancer. He has a podcast and a television show, True Health...


Dr. Emily Guitterez, A Functional Medicine Approach to Autism. January 28, 2025
01/30/2025

Dr. Emily Guitterez is a functional medicine practitioner in Austin, TX, who works with families of those with a variety of neuro-developmental conditions, including autism, ADHD, PANS/PANDAS and more. She combines a deep knowledge of genomics, nutrition, and biology to sort out each patient's needs. She is the author of the book "A Functional Medicine Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders" and a sought-after speaker at conferences. She is a MAPS certified provider, and speaks at their conferences. Tune in to learn how she uses information from IntellxxDNA on SNPs to individualize treatment protocols. Learn about the importance of prioritizing...


Alex Zaharakis: Gut Balance, Lasers, and Autism is Biomedical
01/16/2025

Alex Zaharakis is a medical physicist and the father of 3 children, including a son with autism. He has partnered with Dr. Christian Bogner, who was in a previous episode, to develop a protocol to balance the gut and resolve dysbiosis. He uses a special testing program called 16S to determine what is causing the problem. After analyzing results, he chooses specially formulated products, sold under the label of Researched Elements to resolve imbalances. Alex believes that normalizing motility should be the first step in working with the gut. Alex has 2 projects in the works that can assist those with autism...


Kim Mack-Rosenberg- Fighting for Health Freedom. 12/24/24
12/30/2024

Kim Mack-Rosenberg is the mother of 24- year-old Henry, an attorney serving as General Counsel for Children's Health Defense (CHD), and in private practice in Princeton, NJ. For over 20 years she has been representing clients fighting medical freedom issues. These include healthcare practice and insurance disputes, as well as vaccine mandates at the state level. She has testified in many hearings to retain, restore, and expand religious, medical, and philosophical exemptions. Tune in to learn about how she has protected Free Speech, and fought against censorship. She is the co-author of 2 books, The Vaccine Epidemic and HPV Vaccine on Trial...


Ryan Hetrick: Restoring Balance in Autism 12/10/24
12/11/2024

Ryan Hetrick is the Producer and Director of the Documentary film, Restoring Balance: Autism Redfined, made with Dr. Christian Bogner and Alex Zacharias of the nonprofit Autism is Biomedical. Listen in as he describes the family support process and the important work of documenting they are doing to evaluate symbiosis and balance the microbiome. Ryan discusses the basics of getting started with biomedical treatments and why the microbiome should take precedence. He explains simply why a biomedical approach is the best place to start, even though many practitioners look over it too quickly or start somewhere else. This is an...


Dr. Christian Bogner: Autism is Biomedical 11/26/24
11/28/2024

Christian Bogner, MD is a functional medicine doctor, practicing in Detroit, and the father of 4, including a son with autism. In a partnership with Alex Zaharakis, he has established a program for evaluating and treating patients with autism and other disorders that focuses on balancing the gut. Tune in to learn about how their stool testing helps them understand gut dysbiosis. Their line of plant-based herbal and nutritional products is available through their company, Researched Elements. Their newest endeavor is a 501c3 called Autism is Biomedical. Through this not-for-profit, they will document healing of children longitudinally. Their work is showing...


Janine Burnham Ruth: Restore Optimal Health by Removing Obstacles to Cure. 11/12/24
11/14/2024

Janine. Burnham-Ruth is a health coach with a gazillion tools in her tool chest. A seasoned homeopathic practitioner, she has studied under Dietrich Klinghardt and other experts. Tune in to learn how she has developed the acronym DURESS to include impediments to healing. D is for dysautonomia, diet, dental, and dysregulation. U is for unresolved, untreated, and underlying trauma and beliefs. R is for retained reflexes. E is for environmental triggers like Epigenetics and EMFs. S is for being too sedentary and sleep deprivation. The last S is for any other stressors and suppression of symptoms. This episode is not...


Barbara D'Amora. The Legacy of Nick the Changer. 10/22/24
10/23/2024

Barbara D'Amora is the mother of 3 children. Her son Nick passed away at age 25 from a grand mal seizure. Nick was a remarkable young man who learned how to communicate using letterboards, and helped others do the same. Tune in to learn about how Barbara has worked tirelessly to establish Nick's legacy. She has 2 non-profit organizations, one of which was founded by Nick and his friends. The Grace Foundation and Crimson Rise, located in Staten Island, NY have many activities for individuals with Autism. Nick's live of cooking is being celebrated by the development of kitchens for teaching culinary skills...


Debra Em Wilson: A Polyvagal Approach to Joyful Learning. 10/8/24
10/09/2024

Dr. Debra Em Wilson is a reading specialist, who has developed several programs to assist struggling learners. Her S'Cool Moves establishes foundational skills by focusing on integrating primitive reflexes. Her newest programs adapt Dr. Stephen Porges' Polyvagal theory in 2 books: A Polyvagal Approach to Joyful Learning and a second handbook or "backpack" of activities for teachers, therapists, and parents. Listen in to learn how to befriend the nervous system. Debra explains how to move from dysregulation into regulation by developing resources from inside oneself, outside in the environment, and between others in relationships. www.SchoolMoves.com


James Lyons-Weiler. Genetic and Environmental Causes of ASD. 9/24/24
09/27/2024

James Lyons-Weiler, PhD is an expert in the biological sciences underlying autism. He has written widely on the genetic risk factors and biological triggers. He shares his knowledge in this remarkable interview and through his organization IPAK, which offers a variety of courses at all levels by experts in many fields. Listen in to learn about the dangers of mercury amd aluminum, as well as other triggers. www.IPAK-Edu.com


Jenn Kozek: Healing Without Hurting. 9/10/24
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Shelley Hendrix McLaughlin. Unlocking Autism. 8/27/24
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Katy & Brian: Healing our Twin Girls through Lifestyle Changes and Essential Therapies. 08/14/24
08/15/2024

Brian and Katy are "All In" parents who changed their lives to heal their twin daughters. Tune in to learn about how they used nutrition, movement and recommendations from Outsmarting Autism. By following the guidance of Cass and Len Arcuri of Autism Parenting Secrets, and the intensive therapies in reflexes vision, homeopathy, and more, their girls no longer have autism diagnoses.


Laura Lambert Hirsch. Non-speakers Speak Out. More than Meets the Eye. 7/24/24
07/24/2024

Lambert Hirsch is a long time Warrior who have helped him.r mother if 26 year Trevir, and the author of several books. She is known as "Iracle" from Team TMar, and was a part of the original Generation Rescue. Her newest book, written with Trevor, is called More than Meets the Eye. Widiwowed suddenly at age 27, she has known adversity. Trevor was vaccine injured at a year old, and has endured seizures and apraxia. Tune in to learn about how music, and horses haveLaura Jessica Lambert Hirsch: More than Meets the Eye.Non-peakers Speak Out. 7/24/24


Dr. Jessica Tran: Applying a Naturopathic and Environmental Medicine Approach to Autism. 7/09/24
07/15/2024

Jessica Tran, ND is a seasoned naturopathic physician, practicing in southern California. As a past President of the American Academy for Environmental Medicine, she thoroughly explores each individual's unique load factors, and devises a prioritized treatment plan to address them. Tune into this informative episode to learn about how naturopathic physicians tap into the body's healing wisdom to reverse symptoms, by identifying their root causes. Learn about common environmental triggers, and how they can affect behavior. Find out how different states allow naturopaths to diagnose and treat various illnesses in children and adults. Do you need to add a naturopathic...


Darin Ingels, ND, 6/24/24. Healing Lyme, Allergy Elimination, and More
07/04/2024

Dr. Darin Ingels is a renowned California-based naturopathic doctor with over 25 years experience. His practice focuses on environmental medicine. He also works remotely. Dr. Ingels has walked in your shoes, having experienced several complex illnesses himself. He places a special emphasis on healing Lyme disease, MS, autism, PANS, PANDAS and chronic immune dysfunction, including allergies, asthma, recurrent or persistent infections and other genetic or acquired immune problems. He is the author of The Lyme Solution, and numerous articles and chapters in books. Tune in to learn how he uses diet, nutrients, herbs, homeopathy, and immunotherapy, along with conventional medical therapies...


John Gilmore: Autism Action Network. Advocating through Legislation. 6/11/24
06/14/2024

John Gilmore is the father of a vaccine injured 24-year-old son. For almost 20 years, he has been advocating for the rights of those with autism through the Autism Action Network. This 501c4 organization works at both local and national levels to promote education, legislation, vaccine safety, and insurance reform. Their advocacy has resulted in those on the spectrum gaining access to appropriate healthcare and choice. Tune in to learn about John's role during COVID, as well as his fights against the latest bills allowing medical procedures to be done on minors without parental consent. Learn about how his mostly non-speaking...


Lynette Campbell. 5 Kids with Autism in the Military. May 28, 2024
05/31/2024

Lynette Campbell is the mother of 5, including severely affected, mostly non-verbal, young adult twin sons, and only one daughter. They are very close in age, and span the spectrum, with one son still at home. The twins are in residential placements, due to very difficult to handle behaviors, beginning in their teens. Tune in to learn about how Lynette coped with a husband who served several tours of duty, and then passed away. Discover how she remarried, and has coped with significant medical issues with her second husband. Lynette shares how her faith and humor have helped her deal with...


Dr. Meghna Dassani. Dentistry, sleep apnea, and autism. How are they related? 5/14/24
05/15/2024

Meghna Dassani, DDS, is a dentist who specializes in patients with sleep-disordered breathing. She is the author of 3 books on healthy sleep, and today's sleep crisis. She screens everyone to determine whether their sleep and dental issues are related. Tune into this fascinating interview to learn about how symptoms like snoring, mouth breathing, and thumb sucking can affect the brain's ability to process. Learn what can be done to expand the palate, open up the airway, and how to make sleep a priority for your family. Learn about myofunctional therapy for both children and adults. www.DassaniDentistry.com


Nancy Tarlow, DC. Nervous System Dysregulation in Autism. 4/23/24
04/26/2024

Dr. Nancy Tarlow is a chiropractor who takes a holistic approach to autism. She believes that underlying the behaviors and symptoms of autism lies nervous system dysregulation. In this episode, she describes how she evaluates each patient, and then uses various tools to bring the body into balance. She can scan for stressors that disrupt sleep, appetite, and alignment. She describes such chiropractic approaches such as Logan Basic and Koren Specific. She uses a bio resonance scanner and sequences to reset the body. She also works with a client's nutrition. Tune in to learn how beneficial these techniques can be...


Susan Daniel, OD. Vision Issues in Spelling to Communicate. April 9, 2024
04/11/2024

Dr. Susan Daniel is a neuro-optometrist and the parent of a non speaking adult son with autism. To help her son, she learned how to be a communication partner and use letterboards to spell. Her training as an optometrist was useful in recommending modifications to the letterboards, as well as targeted vision therapy to assist nonspeakers, and allow them success. Listen in to learn about her recommendations for these areas, and how they are being implemented. Learn also about how the book Underestimated has been made into a TV Docuseries, including one episode about vision. This episode should be listened...


Anne Dachel: The Lies We are Told by our Government and Big Pharma. 3/26/24
03/28/2024

Anne Dachel, the Media Editor for the online daily newsletter, "The Age of Autism" is also the mother of a 37-year-old son with autism. She has been writing for at least 20 years about the "autism coverup." Tune in to learn the history of how the medical community and federal health officials have continuously lied about : The link between vaccines and autism; The rise in profound autism; That Autism is a man-made condition w/ environmental causes; and how the public has moved from autism awareness to autism acceptance. Anne emphasizes the need for treatment and services, rather than trivializing the urgency...


Denise Allen:Healing My Sight. March 12, 2024
03/17/2024

Denise Allen is an adult, who, after undergoing vision therapy, discovered life in 3D. In this fascinating episode, Denise shares how many of 3 generations of relatives all had a strabismus, or turned eye. Although not genetic, this condition runs in her family. Learn how vision therapy helped her be more functional, and how she is now on a mission to teach others about this often overlooked intervention. Although not diagnosed "autistic", Denise explains how she and relatives have some of the characteristics, which she relates to binocular dysfunction. For other segments on vision, listen also to Drs. Hans Lessmann, Deborah...


Honey Rinicella: Adult Twin Sons with Autism and MAPS training for doctors. 2/28/24
03/08/2024

Honey Rinicella is the mother of Identical twin brothers with autism, and the Executive Director of the Medical Academy for Pediatric Special Needs (MAPS). Her sons, Vince and Victor have different autism characteristics, and have both made outstanding progress. Listen in to learn about mitochondrial dysfunction, digestion, and othe medical aspects of autism. Learn how Honey has been a warrior mom who has left no stone unturned, first with parent groups, including TACA, and the National Autism Association (NAA), and now with MAPS. Discover how the Spellers community is changing lives for minimally verbal and non speaking individuals with autism...


Lawrence Miller, DO, Hope, Health, and Wellness for our Children. February 13, 2024
02/16/2024

Dr. Larry Miller is a family physician and the father of 3 children. A son and a daughter have autism. After learning about interventions that helped his own children, he developed a 12 session program to help other families, not only with autism, but also PANS, anxiety disorders, and ADHD. He uses the acronym DAMNBIGHATS to describe the various components. He works virtually with families all over the country. Listen in to learn about sleep hygiene, sensory issues, and zonulin. Find out about downloading his ebook. www.MyHopeWellness.com


Tracy Slepcevic: Warrior Mom Healing Her Son. 1/23/24
01/25/2024

Tracy Slepcevic is a certified integrative health practitioner who shares the knowledge gained through healing her son, after he regressed following vaccination. She is the author of the book Warrior Mom: Mother's Journey in Healing Her son with Autism. She is producing the Autism Health Summit, in San Antonio, TX, February 2-3, 2024. Attendance is both virtual and in person. Speakers include Del Bigtree, Brian Hooker, Peter Mccollough, Jared Skowron, and Judy Mikovits. Andy Wakefield will preview his new movie, Protocol 7. Tracy's mission is to educate families about how to develop a healthy lifestyle and underlying biological conditions that cause autism...


Ron "Moondog" Esser. Band Together Pittsburgh. 1/9/24
01/15/2024

Band Together Pittsburgh is a 501c3 not-for-profit whose mission is to create music with people on the Autism spectrum. Co-founded in 2016 by Moondog and John Vento, parents of sons with autism who enjoy music. Both believe that music has the power to unify, inspire, and enrich lives. Listen in to learn how this organization has made a clubhouse in the back room of Moondogs, a local bar and musical venue in Blawnox, outside Pittsburgh. Anyone can borrow an instrument, and benefit from lessons. One Sunday a month is "open mike," where members sing, play instruments, and do stand-up joke telling...


Le Trinh Hoang, DO. Osteopathy for Children.
01/03/2024

Dr. LeTrinh Hoanh is an integrative pediatrician with a private practice in California. She combines traditional osteopathy with homeopathy and other holistic approaches to help her patients regain their health. Listen in to learn how even small falls that infants and toddlers sustain can have long term mechanical effects that can cause behavioral and learning difficulties. Hear how dental trauma and sleep position can also contribute. Dr. Hoang offers many treatment options that are not invasive and can make a remarkable difference in a short period of time. This is the first in-depth episode on osteopathy. Learn more from her...