Kristin Selby Gonzalez

Kristin is the Director of Autism Education for Enzymedica, radio show host on AutismOne Radio and Co-host on Voice America Radio.

A leading spokesperson for the autism community, Kristin is       also the mother of a eight year old boy with autism. Kristin has been working with her son for over five years and has seen him progress from very withdrawn with no language, to a playful and interactive boy who now speaks in five-word sentences.

Ms. Gonzalez possesses an extraordinary body of knowledge and experience with both educational and biomedical interventions for autism, including enzyme therapy, dietary intervention, sensory integration, and play therapy.

        
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Guest Speakers

 
Raun K. Kaufman

Raun K. Kaufman is the Director of Global Education at Autism Treatment Center of America™.

As a child, Mr. Kaufman was diagnosed with severe autism and recommended for lifelong institutionalization.  Instead, his parents developed The Son-Rise Program®, which enabled their son to completely recover from his autism. Now an international speaker and Ivy League graduate with a degree in Biomedical Ethics, Mr. Kaufman bears no traces of his former condition.

A letter from Raun K. Kaufman to the Autism Hope Alliance

 Heidi Scheer is a national spokesperson for autism and the biomedical approach to treating autism. She serves as an advisory board member to The American Medical Autism Board and is actively involved with the Autism Society of America local chapters, TACA NOW, Generation Rescue, and, the Judson Center “Autism Connections” program. Heidi’s son Gannon is a happy eight year old on his way to recovery from autism.

Angela Woodward

Angela Woodward works as the Physician-to-Parent Liaison and Director of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Operations for Phillip C. DeMio, MD. She and Dr. DeMio work together in the biomedical treatment of patients of all ages. Angela’s autistic son has seen dramatic recovery through the use of biomedical interventions. She played an active role in assisting with the development and implementation of his protocol. Angela speaks nationally at autism teaching conferences and for various support groups, schools, conferences and organizations throughout the state of Ohio. She has also served on an advisory committee to the
Autism Research Institute.

Dr. DeMio

Dr. DeMio is the father of a child with autism, and has been an M.D. for over twenty years. He graduated from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with honors in metabolism, women and children’s health, and neurosciences. Prior to medical school he taught and worked in the organic chemistry laboratory at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He is an author of medical topics including alternative and conventional medicine, and is accredited for speaking at several national conferences on medical topics including brain toxicology, nutrition, and use of supplements in health and disease for children and adults. His achievements have included serving as the Executive Director of the American Medical Autism Board, the first entity to certify MD’s and DO’s in biomedical treatment of the autism spectrum, Chief Medical Officer of the US Autism and Asperger Association, and served on the Defeat Autism Now! think tank.  Dr. DeMio’s philosophy is that our children and loved ones are first and foremost in all of our treatments