CONFERENCES
Families with Autism Helping Families with Autism
Doris Rapp, MD
Dr. Rapp is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric allergy and was a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the State University of New York at Buffalo until January 1996 when she moved to Phoenix. She practiced traditional allergy for 18 years and then, after learning about environmental medicine in 1975, she began to incorporate the principles of environmental medicine in her pediatric allergy practice.
Dr. Rapp is a certified specialist in Environmental Medicine. She has published 29 medical articles, authored eight chapters in medical texts, written eleven books and three booklets for the public about allergy.
She has also produced numerous educational videotapes and audiotapes for the public, educators and physicians. These demonstrate the dramatic physical and behavioral changes in children and adults that can be produced using this newer, more precise method of allergy testing called Provocation/Neutralization. These newer diagnostic treatment methods can often relieve symptoms in a few minutes. The identical reactions of which patients complain also can be reproduced by asking patients to eat offending foods or to smell offending odors.
Single- and double-blinded studies indicate that brain waves, immunological blood changes, psychological tests, writing and drawing can all be altered during Provocation/Neutralization allergy testing and treatment. It is imperative that both the public and physicians recognize that diverse body areas and a wide range of symptoms can be produced in patients who have unrecognized allergies. Appropriate allergy treatment for dust, pollen, molds, foods, hormones and certain chemicals (chlorine, fluoride etc.) appears to be surprisingly helpful in relieving many acute and chronic physical, emotional and learning problems in both children and adults.
