Re: DAN conference questions...

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your input, Dana. Although I hate to say that I am " looking

forward " to this conference, due to the subject matter, I am looking forward

to acquiring more information and becoming more informed.

Amber

[Guest guest]

Thanks, .

[Guest guest]

Amber,

I can only answer your third question. I too am going to the DAN conference

with my husband. I also went last year and no one ran you down to try to sell

their product to you. At least that is not what I experienced. They had an

exhibitors area with a lot of booths. Some of them had free samples of things.

There's a lot of brochures you pick up so you go home with a bag full of

information on a lot of different things. The people were all very professional

and informative.

Last year I believe there were a couple thousand attendees, so there are A LOT

of people. I imagine it will be the same this year. Be prepared for your

" noggin to be fried " after listening to all the lectures and trying to absorb

all the info. It was great last year though.

Hope this helps and hope to see you there!

Ross

[ ] DAN conference questions...

Hi everyone,

I will be attending the DAN conference in San Diego next week and have a few

questions for you autism " veterans " .

1. What criteria (besides the obvious: open-minded, well-informed) do you

feel are important in selecting a DAN doctor for your child. We don't have

one yet.

2. Are any of the tests (dastro, immumity, metals toxicity, allergy, etc.)

skewed in either direction if the patient is on the Houston enzymes? I know

that these are the " cadillac " of enzymes and they do things that others don't

so I don't just want to say " My son is on enzymes " because that general term

may not be accurate for this purpose. Spencer has not had any of the

" protocol " tests yet and I don't want to have to re-do them because of an

oversight.

3. For those of you who have attended these conferences in the past, should I

be expecting al bunch of sharks to nab me in the lobby and try to sell me all

kinds of magic bullets to " cure " autism, or are they just very professional

and informative?

Thanks for any feedback you can give to this " newbie " .

Amber :^)

[Guest guest]

> Hi everyone,

>

> I will be attending the DAN conference in San Diego next week and

have a few

> questions for you autism " veterans " .

>

> 1. What criteria (besides the obvious: open-minded, well-informed)

do you

> feel are important in selecting a DAN doctor for your child. We

don't have

> one yet.

One who will listen to you and treat you like an intelligent person

and not like an idiot. One who does not believe that " it's my way or

I won't work with you " . One who does not require thousands of dollars

of tests and things if you cannot afford it.

>

> 2. Are any of the tests (dastro, immumity, metals toxicity, allergy,

etc.)

> skewed in either direction if the patient is on the Houston enzymes?

I know

> that these are the " cadillac " of enzymes and they do things that

others don't

> so I don't just want to say " My son is on enzymes " because that

general term

> may not be accurate for this purpose. Spencer has not had any of the

> " protocol " tests yet and I don't want to have to re-do them because

of an

> oversight.

You cannot do a celiac test if your child is gf or on enzymes, because

it will not be accurate. I don't know about other tests, but I do

know that one of my kids gets a standard allergy reaction to certain

foods [hives etc] but he does not get this reaction for certain foods

and the enzymes, so the enzymes do help him with his allergy symptoms.

Now maybe that would mean that if I had him tested, and he was on

enzymes, that these foods would not show up on an allergy test, but

then do I care, because he can eat the foods with the enzymes.

Depends on your view I think, if you want to know which foods your

child has an allergy to, that he could eat with enzymes but not

without enzymes.

>

> 3. For those of you who have attended these conferences in the past,

should I

> be expecting al bunch of sharks to nab me in the lobby and try to

sell me all

> kinds of magic bullets to " cure " autism, or are they just very

professional

> and informative?

I have never been to a conference, but a friend of mine did send me

email once that she was accosted by several commercial vendors, altho

not all. So I would think you may have a few unpleasant experiences,

but overall probably not too many. And you can just say that you are

not interested because you do not appreciate their aggressive sales

tactics, that might help them learn to treat you with more respect.

Dana