OHIO List of DAN Doctors. If anyone needs this.

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DEFEAT AUTISM NOW! (DAN!)

Physician Referral List:

Implementing the DAN!

Consensus Report

(see below for Ohio List.

Since its establishment in 1967, the Autism Research Institute has had as a major priority the tracking of promising treatments for autism. We do not subscribe to conventional medicine's strategy of simply trying 'the drug of the month.' Autism is not caused by a deficiency of Ritalin or Risperidal. Intensive study of the scientific literature, and analysis of case reports from thousands of parents of autistic children convinced us that there is much that can be done NOW to help many autistic children. To accelerate the development and dissemination of information that will be helpful to many families of autistic children, the Autism Research Institute convened the first Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) conference in Dallas in January, 1995. Thirty carefully selected physicians and scientists, from the U.S. and Europe, with special expertise in autism research and treatment, attended. Psychiatry, neurology, immunology, allergy, biochemistry, genetics and gastroenterology were among the fields represented. There was a cordial meeting of the minds and a very rapid consensus among the participants. The participants agreed that one of the major priorities of the Defeat Autism Now! project should be the publication of a document representing the best ideas and practices of those in attendance, so that they could share their expertise with physicians everywhere who are interested in bringing about real and substantive improvement in the diagnosis and treatment of autism, as quickly as possible. The document, the Biomedical Assessment 0ptions for Children With Autism and Related Problems, (or DAN! Clinical Manual) published in 1996, and updated in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2004, represents a consensus statement of the state-of-the art alternative medical approach to the treatment of autism. Follow-up DAN! conferences are held each Spring and Fall to further advance the treatment of autism. The conferences have produced a base of physicians who wish to employ rational, scientifically sound approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of autism, and who regard psychoactive drugs as their last choice, not their first. Following is a list of physicians and other practitioners who have attended one or more DAN! conferences, as well as a number of other health practitioners whom we believe to be sympathetic to the DAN! approach. If there is no DAN! physician or practitioner near you, write for our lists of physicians who practice alternative medicine in your state and any two other states. There is no charge for lists for 3 states. If you want the entire list, there is a $10.00 charge. Regrettably, some parents have reported to us that certain DAN!-listed practitioners they contacted were in fact not truly sympathetic to the DAN! approach, despite their having requested to be on our DAN! referral list. In response to this problem, in July 2002 ARI requested all those on the DAN! practitioners list to sign a statement asserting that they subscribe to the DAN! philosophy, and conduct their practice in accordance with the DAN! philosophy. (Click here to read the DAN! philosophy statement.) They were also asked to indicate which DAN!-related interventions they offer. Their responses are published on our DAN! referral list below. To read their responses, simply click on the link associated with the practitioner's name. If there is not a link on the practitioner's name, he/she has not responded to our request. We hope adding this information will help parents select the most appropriate DAN! healthcare practitioner for their child. While ARI cannot endorse specific practitioners, we emphatically do endorse the DAN! approach. Note that some health care practitioners listed below are not physicians, and therefore are not able to provide some of the DAN! diagnostic and treatment options. However, many of these practitioners can and do provide helpful treatments and advice, and may be able to suggest helpful local physicians who are not yet on the DAN! list.

*** Ohio ***

R. Blair, DC

574 W. Dussel Drive

Maumee, OH 43537

ph: 419-893-1225

fax: 419-893-8995

Sherri Tenpenny, D.O.

OsteoMed II

7251 Engle Rd., Ste. 250

Middleburg Heights, OH 44130

ph: 440-239-3438

fax: 440-572-2195

DeMio, M.D.

320 Orchardview Ave., Ste. #2

Seven Hills, OH 44131

ph: 216-901-0441

fax: 216-901-0485

Derrick Lonsdale, M.D.

24700 Center Ridge Road

Westlake, OH 44145

ph: 440-835-0104

fax: 440-871-1404

A. Finley-Belgrad, M.D.

146 Forest Hill Road

Boardman, OH 44512

ph: 330-782-2438

fax: 330-782-2591

Meredith Skotschir, R.N.C.

1557 Limonis N.W.

Uniontown, OH 44685

ph: 330-823-5335

fax: 330-823-9177

S. Resseger, D.O.

853 South Norwalk Rd.

Box 374

Norwalk, OH 44857

ph: 419-668-9615

Maureen Pelletier, M.D., C.C.N.

5400 Kennedy Ave.

Cincinnati, OH 45213

ph: 513-924-5049

fax: 513-351-3800

Terry Chappell, M.D.

122 Thurman St.

PO Box 248

Bluffton, OH 45817

ph: 419-358-4627

fax: 419-358-1855

Don K. Snyder, M.D.

11573 SR 111

ding, OH 45879

ph: 419-399-2045

fax: 419-399-4389

These DAN doctors were on a list from the Autism Research Institute.nd advice, and may be able to suggest helpful local physicians who are not yet on the DAN! list.