Dr. DeMio

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I saw your post inquiring about Dr. DeMio. We have been working with

him for over 3 years. I have a 6 yo grandson, Noah, who was dx'd

with autism, at 2 1/2. His autism was regressive, becoming most

noticable following a flu shot at 19 months. After seemingly endless

reading and research, we put the pieces together and realized that

his autism was directly linked to his vaccines.

I made an appointment with Dr. DeMio when it was still possible to

get in within a week. He is an amazing man who is dedicated to

helping to recover our ASD kids. He has a son who also regressed

into autism after his shots, and has since dedicated his life to

healing our children so that they can live healthy, happy and

successful lives, no matter the level of recovery. He is an MD with

a strong backgroungd in toxicology. He has offices in both Cleveland

(Seven Hills) and Columbus (Worthington).

My grandson has come a long, long way since we have implemented the

DAN! protocol. Initial tests showed that he was not excreting heavy

metal toxins, and his immune system was a mess. He suffered from

leaky gut, he was susceptable to infections and he was suffering

from bacterial overgrowth in his intestinal tract. All of this

contributed to increasing neuroloical damage. He also suffered from

malabsorption, leading to both malnutrition and dangerously low

mineral levels. Having been a typically developing child, we watched

hopelessly as he regressed into autism. He lost most of his

developing language while showing a steady increase of unusual,

autistic like behaviors.

We had him evaluated by various professionals, including a Hearing

and Speech Pathologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Neurologist

and the Educational team from the school district. Nobody ever gave

us an exact " placement " level on the spectrum. It was as if they

were afraid for us to know the truth, but according to the ARI

checklist, he fell just below the middle of the autism spectrum.

The first thing we did per his initial appt, was a full panel of

tests including Urine, fecal, Red Blood Cell and hair testing. We

started getting his body ready for chelation by supplementing with

vitamins and minerals. Dr. D. wanted us to try the gf/cf diet, but

my daughter just couldn't grasp the concept of it, and was afraid

that with 3 other children in the house, that it would be

impossible. Dr. DeMio urged her to think about it. When the time was

ready, we began chelation with transdermal dmps and td-glutithione.

We began to see some gains within a few weeks. Soon afterwards, I

managed to talk them into trying the diet for at least 3 months.

Noah was addicted to the very foods that we suspected he was

intolerant to. By removing these foods, we began to see even more

gains. He was still having infractions, resulting in spaciness,

increased aggitation, and a return of diahrrea. One week-end, I took

him to my house and enforced the diet 100%... he became pee trained

within 3 days. We were encouraged and Deb found herself determined

to enforce the diet. He was given Kirkman's enzymes for

infranctions, which helped a little. Last year, after talking to Dr.

Devin Houston from Houston Neutraceuticals, we switched him to AFP

pepticide and Zyme Prime enzymes. The combination was beneficial to

him and he became poop trained within two weeks of more regular use.

He is now occasionally allowed to have regular food, as long as he

takes the enzymes.

In addition to chelation, he is on specific vitamins and minerals,

Nordic Naturals ProEFA (essential fatty acids), LDN (Low Dose

Naltrexone, B12, B-Complex and Oxytocin Nasal Spray. The LDN has

helped his immune system and we saw immediate language and cognitive

gains. The B12 was a major addition to his protocol and we saw even

more language. The Oxytocin, which is the most recent thing we added

has helped him to not only improve his conversational speech, but he

has made huge social gains.

I don't have time to get into what each supplement does

specifically, but the ones I mentioned have been key to his

continued progress.

Noah is close to recovery. Academically, he is performing close to

his kindergarten level. We believe that cognitively, he is pretty

much caught up. He still has social deficits and his conversational

skills are still immature. But we continue to press on...

Before we began the biomedical journey, our little guy would cover

his ears, scream and bang his head when his mom played a CD. He

lined up everything that he could. He was sensory seeking, but

lacked pain sensation. He craved motion, cause and effect, he was

destructive and was continually frustrated because he was unable to

communicate his needs. His interaction with other kids, including

his sibs was minimal, if at all. He was lost in his own world....

When he was 5, Deb signed him up for soccer with his 3 yo sis. She

got it...he did not. He played T-ball with his then 6 yo brother.

Again, he was this little lost boy. Last spring, he was in the

chorus of the Euclid Community Theatre presentation of " Oliver " with

his mom and big sis. He did pretty good. He performed in 7 shows.

This summer, he played T-ball without his brother, he learned to

ride a two wheeler, he asked to join swim team, he learned to hit

golf balls, and play putt putt. His present sport is Cross Country.

He asked his mom if he could " do the running game " . His brother ran

last year, but when his mom told him that was playing football

and coud not be on the team, he said " Well, I can! " He is on a

regular team with St. Felicitas school. His meets are with all the

Catholic school in the diocese. His last meet, he placed 84th out of

110 boys ages 6-8! Not bad.

Biomedical treatment has changed his life. It has healed him from

the inside out, allowing him to be able to learn. Noah never had the

advantage of early intervention because we missed the window of

opportunity. He never had ABA or any other intervention until pre-

school. For 2 years, he never got more than 10 min of OT per month

and 40 min ST per month. We couldn't afford to hire outside services

because we had to make a financial choice. We chose the biomedical

path. The choice was the right one because once the cloud lifted,

learning came naturally. His educational team felt that they could

no longer meet his needs. The services available through the school

were no longer adaquate as his rate of learning increased. They

offered to send him to the Achievement Center for pre-school last

year, and again this year, as a kindergartener.

Noah is recovered physically, which is leading him closer to loosing

his diagnosis. Whether or not he recovers 100% is something we will

have to wait and see. If he does, that'll be great. If his deficits

keep him on the spectrum, that is ok too. He is a happy, social and

very bright child. We are far from finished. We would like to do

HBOT, but that will have to wait until summer, unless Deb can get

her insurance to cover at least some of it. Of course, we won't hold

our breath, because her old insurance has reimbursed us absolutely

nothing! We are hoping that sinced they have a new Provider, some

things will be covered.... We'll see!

Bottom line, we LOVE DR. DeMio. He is one of the kindest and most

intellegent individuals whom I have ever met. He is a very well

known speaker and is highly respected throughtout the Country. He

works tirelessly and is absolutely devoted to his mission to help

our kids recover.

Well, I had better go, It is late and I have to get up for work in a

few hours!!! If you have any more question, please feel free e-mail

me or call me on my cell phone: 216-406-9464.

Take Care,

-Trish