Brady's Page

Welcome to Biomedical

Less than two years ago, Ian Clum lived in his own world.  He did not speak, did not play with his sister or respond to his parents. No eye contact, tippy toe walk...all the classic symptoms for an autism diagnosis.

Today, he’s 5-years-old.  Ian speaks (sometimes in complete sentences), plays with his siblings, waits on his dad to get home from work and greet him with “Daddy’s home!’ Save for a few noticable quirks, Ian looks and acts like your average kid.  What changed? 

Cherry juice.

Let’s explain… one night, Ian’s parents gave him some cherry juice, and minutes later he began trying to speak.  Of course, cherry juice contains antioxidants.  So the Clums went to their computer, pulled up Google and searched for antioxidants and autism.  What they found was an entire underground movement.

The found the name Dr. Phillip Demio and realized his offices were in Columbus and Cleveland.  Demio embraces the DAN movement (Defeat Autism Now) and treats patients from a biomedical standpoint.  Biomedical means treating autism as a disease and not a mental disorder.  Ian soon became a patient of Demio’s, and within weeks he was speaking his first words. 

What’s making the difference--enzymes, B Vitamins, Detoxifying treatments, syrups, powders, etc.  The Clums spend hundreds of dollars a month on Ian’s supplements, and their road has been bumpy.  Managing to afford the treatments with two other kids, while seeing Ian take the occasional step backward.  But the Clums are “all-in” with biomedical, because they’re finally bringing their son to his potential.  With continued improvement, he’ll attend school in a typical classroom.

This is one the remarkable families willing to make massive sacrifices for their children.  They put their faith in a doctor and were rewarded.  Of course, these results do not happen for every family.  This is the Clums ongoing story… they were among the first people to write to Sarah and me when we went public with our Brady’s story.  They’re an inspiration to our family, and hopefully to many autism families.

In the next blog entry, I’ll discuss my meeting with Dr. Demio and Brady’s future in biomedical treatment.

I am so glad to finally see something about “biomedical intervention”.  I have a son who has been diagnosed with autism.  I was and still am very skeptical.  To see him growing up doing all the things normal 1 to 1 1/2 yrs old do and then....nothing..no talking..not eye contact..no socialism with anyone...he was still Elijah(sorry..thats my son’s name)..but it wasn’t..I hope you understand me.

About 2 months ago, after much research, my wife and I started Elijah on a gluten/casien free diet...which had results pretty quickly...no miracles..just a little more eye contact and a little more vocalization.

Last month, I decided to take Elijah to the Pfeiffer Center in Warrensville, Il.  I know Dr. Demio knows of this center.  This is where I found out about “biomedical intervention”.  My goodness, was I surprised at all the tests they ran on my son.  Blood tests, hair tests, urine tests and many more.  Tests to more or less break down Elijah biomedically to find out what he’s lacking or what he has too much of.  We have found out alot about Elijah’s body.  To put it bluntly, his little body is really out of whack!
We were told that with patience and time and the right supplements and medicines, there should be no reason why Elijah can’t lead a normal life.  Go to school, make friends...the things that are important in a childs early life.

I want to thank Dr. Demio for pointing my wife and I in the direction of the Biomedical intervention.  If not for Dr. Demio, we would probably still be wondering what to do with Elijah.  We were on Dr. Demio’s waiting list, but I got a call from the Pfeiffer center, so I went there first.  I got impatient I guess.

Anyway, it was all due to the research I have done on Dr. Demio that led me to go to the Pfeiffer Center.  Thank you very much..and Elijah thanks you.  My son is starting to come out of his “shell”.

Many supplements, many oral medications, alot of tender loving care and the dedication to maintain giving the medicines and keeping him on the gluten/casein free diet is what we do right now.  Support groups are important too.  We need all the help we can get to help our son. 
Thanks for starting this webpage..I’ll check it out often.

Sincerely,

Eric Croker

Hello! Great to find this page! We too are using biomedical intervention (GFCF diet + supplements) for our son who has Sensory Processing Disorder. I know that biomedical intervention can be VERY costly, and many parents are stuck wondering how to afford it all—especially in today’s economic climate.

But I had a brainstorm the other day and have set up lend4health.blogspot.com. It’s only been 1 day since I started, so things are still very new, but I think I have figured out a way to help parents afford the costs of helping their kids through biomedical intervention.

It’s based on the microfinance/micro-loan concept being used very successfully at http://www.kiva.org.

I think this could work!

Come on over to my humble little site (which hopefully will grow!!) and let me know what you think!

http://lend4health.blogspot.com.

Tori :)

Eric Croker here again.  I recently discovered a new source of information that I want to make everyone aware of.  The Great Plains Labratory Inc. has “webconferences” to help people with obtaining information or learning new ways to help with their children with special needs.  Here is the url:

http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/home/eng/webconferences.asp

You can go there and read how to sign up for these webconferences.  The next one happens on July 16.  Its Part 2 of the segment on “Autism and Neurological Inflammation”...given by Kurt Woeller, D.O., a biomedical specialist using the “Defeat Autism Now” approach. 
Go to this site and check it out.  Its easy to sign up and easy to do.  I hope it helps you as much as it is helping us.

Thanks,

Eric Croker