Hi Lisa,






Now to answer your question of DAN vs.NIDS. When my son was little, I
started with Sidney Baker who is the primary author of the Dan protocol.
Although he helped my son, he did not take things to the degree that NIDS
does. He gave us many unnecessary supplements. At first I thought they
were helping Ryan and kept taking some of them, but eventually I realized
they were not doing anything and stopped them. Megadoses of anything can be
dangerous.



Dr. Baker thought that autism was a result of a leaky gut. Dr. G he
believes that the gut problem is a secondary result of a bigger issue, an
immune system that fires when it shouldn't and sometimes doesn't work when
it should. Dr. Goldberg uses proven scientific methods of treating
children.



Our children all have something in common. Their immune systems are not
functioning properly. Kids like my son, Ryan, have shown that if

their medical problems can be corrected, they can lead normal lives. The
medications my son is taking help his immune system to function.
Unfortunately, these interventions are not yet a cure. If I stopped his
medications, he could regress. But his successful treatment and the
treatment of others like him have shown that the NIDS physicians are correct
in their theories.



Autistic children like my son are proving they are individuals with normal
or above normal intelligence. Unfortunately, they are often

thought of as kids that cannot be helped. Unfortunately, each child with
NIDS is different. What works for one might not work for

another. Although similarities exist, each child with autism may have
different medical problems. Extensive lab work needs to be done to
determine what is not working in each individual. The Northern New York
Autism Clinic, Dr. Goldberg and Dr. Russell in Texas are the only ones I
know of that use the NIDS protocol.



My kid made it, is in college and has a wonderful life, but there are too
many children with autism that never will. Some parents have

given up hope of ever helping their children. I want them to know that our
kids can get better. The interventions both medically and behaviorally were
not an instant "cure" and are not for any family who is not willing to work
unlimited hours. We worked at this twenty-four hours a day. No one other
than a parent can be that obsessive and stubborn about continuing when
sometimes there were no signs that my son was getting better. The hardest
part was to keep going. When he was little I really didn't believe he would
ever be "normal." His behavior was so bizarre. Even though I thought he
would never be okay, I did many things so I wouldn't have guilt later. I
wanted to be able to say I did everything possible to make my child better.



In the beginning, it was how to tell which medical interventions were
working. How can you tell if medicine is working when your child has limited
verbal ability? It takes almost three years for a "normal" child to learn
language. Even if someone could wave a magic wand made my child's body
normal, he still wouldn't have been normal or had instant language. He
spent too many years not speaking, not learning what he should, and learning
weird behaviors that helped him survive this hell. It took many years to
reteach him. I know my son would not be okay if we had not found Dr.
Goldberg.



Hope this helps,



Marcia