Join me in the Memorial Room at the Main Fairfield Public Library in Fairfield, CT on April 30, 2013 at 7:00pm, as I discuss “What’s Behind the Epidemic of Autism, ADHD, Allergies and Asthma?”
Why is the rate of autism now 1 in 50, when it was only 1 in 10,000 a couple of decades ago?
Why do 1 in 10 children have ADHD?
Why are allergies and asthma “the new normal” in our schools these days?
I’ll be talking about the perfect storm causing all of these illnesses in our children today and what we can do about it.
When:
April 30, 2013 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where:
Memorial Room at the Main Fairfield Public Library in Fairfield, CT
1080 Old Post Rd
Fairfield, CT 06824
USA
1080 Old Post Rd
Fairfield, CT 06824
USA
Gut dysbiosis — this topic is the motherlode. It’s one of the two core (in my opinion) reasons for the explosion of chronic childhood illnesses we see today.
My older son with sensory processing disorder (SPD) benefited greatly from going to a land-based occupational therapist (OT) for six months. I asked her what we should do about him learning to swim, given that he had such a bad experience with it when he was 2 years old.
My sons have had eczema their whole lives. It has ranged from cradle cap (did you know that was a form of eczema?) to itchy bumps in the creases of the knees and elbows to full-blown bloody red rashes on the arms and legs.
“Failure to thrive” is when your child’s weight percentile falls to the 3rd percentile or below or when it crosses 2 or more major percentile curves. When either of these (or both, as in the case of my older son) happens, it’s an indication that the child is not growing as he or she should be.
Because of my son’s failure to thrive, our pediatrician sent us to see 
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