Akhil Autism Foundation

Akhil Autism Foundation

The Akhil Autism Foundation podcast provides practical and science-based solutions for families dealing with autism. Featuring guest interviews with experts in the field of autism, including physicians, health coaches, researchers, nutrionalists, herbalists, movement and speech therapists, as well as authors, educators and parents of children on the spectrum. Foundation founder and executive director, Manisha Lad is a Nutrition Consultant, and mother of an only son recovering from autism. He inspired her to not only start the Akhil Autism foundation, but he transformed her to become a Holistic Health Coach and Autism Advocate. Akhil’s Foundation was formed to Educate, Treat, Research and Support Autism. Help an autistic individual lead an independent and functional life. Every Autistic individual deserves treatment and every parent needs education.

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June 6, 2024 43 mins

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Dr. Richard G. Boles is a medical geneticist and pediatrician who specializes in mitochondrial medicine, functional disease, and autism spectrum disorders. 

His expertise stems from decades of both clinical work and research at a major academic center as well as from his most recent experience in cutting-edge biotechnology and genomics. He uses an innovative and integrative approach in both diagnosis and treatmen...

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It has been said that “necessity is the mother of invention”.  

In this case, necessity turned out to be the mother of “intervention”.  When her son developed seizure-like tics after getting a strep throat, and getting bit by a lyme-positive tick, leading to a viral infection, with fierce determination, Dr. Nancy O’Hara poured everything she had into research and methods for dealing with his condition.  As a result of his recov...

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Kim Barthel is a world-renowned therapist and teacher on the topics of developing self-awareness, compassion and healthy relationships. As an occupational therapist, she blends intuitive inquiry with neuroscience to solve unique mental health mysteries. 

She is a gifted and compassionate soul, with a passion for studying and supporting the conscious evolution of the human spirit.  Her empathy and deep awareness are palpab...

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SHOW NOTES

 Isabelle’s Background and Story (Masters Degree in Physiotherapy in Belgium) (3:20)

MNRI the “Missing Link” (5:45)

 Helping Early Childhood Development (7:55)

MNRI Reflex Assessment (11:22)

 Early Assessment for Autism (14:30)

 Reflexes are the unit of the nervous system (15:41)

 Strengthening the Nervous System (21:28)

 Study Results Showing the Effectiveness & Unique Character of the Results (27:52)

 The Babinski Method (3...

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 Tell us your story.  What is your background? (2:30) 

S2C – Spelling to Communicate  (7:10)  

 Motor Issues vs. Cognitive (Presumed Competence)  (7:53) 

 Ocular Motor  Issues  (9:10)

 Ido in Autism Land  (11:45)

Sensory Gym – Functional Movement Patterns - Proprioceptive Input)  (12:07) 

Presume Competence and Understand Intentional Motor and Intentional Movement  (13:37) 

Elizabeth Torres (Rutgers) Research  (17:45) 

Optometry,...

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Dr. Anju Usman-Singh is the director of True Health Medical Center in Naperville, Illinois and owner of Pure Compounding Pharmacy.  For nearly two decades she has been using evidence based integrative medical interventions to help children diagnosed with ADD, Autism, Allergies, Gastrointestinal issues and related disorders.  

She has conducted research involving copper/zinc imbalances, dysfunction, biofilm related infectio...

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Dr. Julie Logan specializes in helping children with the symptoms of Autism, ADD/HD, PANDAS/PANS, food sensitivities, methylation defects, GI issues, and environmental illnesses. 

She once suffered from a chronic autoimmune disease, and a child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Through biomedical therapies that focus on addressing underlying medical, nutritional and environmental issues, she and her son recovered from their c...

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Show Notes:

  • Akhil’s Journey (4:23)
  • Assuaging Parent’s fears  (5:05
  • B12 Responders - Richard Dietz Research (Neuropharmacologist) (12:42)
  • Claudia Morris Protocol  (14:12)
  • (Dr. Neubrander) (16:34)
  • Diet, B12 Injections, Fish Oil (18:56)
  • Healing Regression - “Positive Negatives” (19:26)
  • (Diet and MB12 shots – Injections and Fish oil)
  • Under-mytelators & Over-mytelators? Fecal Accumulators – B6 Magnesium – Methyl donors - Dr. Tim Buie  (2...
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November 14, 2022 45 mins

Pamela Curlee is the co-founder of the Masgutova Foundation, a non-invasive, and results-driven approach to NeuroReflex, Neurodevelopment, and Neuromodulation assistance.

This approach has had amazing results teaching children with learning challenges by building of the neurological foundation and making changes by working with neurological patterns.  

She was introduced to MNRI®, (Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration) in 1...

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“…….the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole isn’t that the hammering is hard work – it’s that you’re destroying the peg.”  

Today we have the privilege of hosting a very special and interesting guest — Joell Dunlap, author, Behavioral Technician, and founder of Square Peg Foundation –  working with students and their families who come with a variety of diagnosis and labels, including Autism, Usher Syndrome, anger, a...

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Ep. 5 - The RPM Program for Non-Verbal Learning with Lenae Crandall

Show Notes:

·      Can you tell us a bit about your background and how it led to founding HEED? (3:39)

·      How and why Lenae became a Certified RPM Provider, discovered “The Mind Tree”, and got involved with Soma Mukhopadhyay and HEED. (4:29)

·      Found HALO (Helping Autism through Learning and Outreach) (5:47)

·      Working with Soma (8:00)

·      What is RPM prog...

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“There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more.”
~ Robert N. Hensel

Today we are talking with Elisabeth Black, a very interesting researcher and teaching assistant in Behavioral Neuroscience. 

She is a high school teacher of students with special needs.  She also teaches several classes with organizations like JoyDew Foundation, and schools like New Road School of NJ, and Hunterdon Central ...

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Ep. 3 - Understanding Methylation and M-B12 with Dr. Sonya Doherty
Show Notes:

·      Naturopathic Doctors vs. Traditional Doctors (4:58)

·      Biochemistry – Diet and Supplements (10:28)

·      Methylation Cycle (11:02) 

·      Mitochondrial production of energy (12:07)

·      Synthetic Folic Acid (14:04)

·      How Methylation works (16:01)

·      Diet - Dr. Martha Herbert “The Autism Revolution” (20:40)

·      Dr. Derrick MacFabe –...

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April 1, 2022 32 mins

Quest 1: What are enzymes? and How do the digestive  enzymes work?

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Episode 1
Hopewell Pharmacy - Methyl B12 shots FAQ
“Welcome to the Akhil Autism Foundation Podcast - providing practical and science-based solutions for families dealing with autism. Foundation founder and executive director, Manisha Lad is a Nutrition Consultant, and mother of an only son recovering from autism.  He inspired her to not only start the Akhil Autism foundation, but he transformed her to become a Holistic Heal...

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