Patricia Lemer
Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: A Tribute to Beth O'Hara
The sudden, tragic death of Beth O’Hara, this summer, a pioneer in the understanding and treatment of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome...
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Patricia Lemer
Jul 1510 min read
Book Review: The Sensitive Patient’s Healing Guide - Top Experts Offer New Insights and Treatments for Environmental Toxins, Lyme Disease and EMFs, by Neil Nathan, MD
Neil Nathan, MD, is one of the world’s most acclaimed go-to doctors for diagnosing and treating complex illness. Over the past five...
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Patricia Lemer
Jun 1612 min read
Spelling to Communicate
Background For many years, therapists and caregivers have developed ways to assist those who don’t speak to express their needs,...
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Patricia Lemer
Jun 25, 20153 min read
Mourning Three Exceptional Doctors who Gave their Lives for their Beliefs
The old adage tells us that things happen in threes. As I write this piece, the autism world is still reeling with disbelief a week...
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Patricia Lemer
Nov 27, 20147 min read
Preventing Autism
Researchers have learned SO much in the past 10 years about risk factors for autism and other developmental delays that I included the...
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Patricia Lemer
Jul 5, 20143 min read
Outsmarting Autism
With great excitement and pride I announce the release today of my second book, Outsmarting Autism: The Ultimate Guide to Management,...
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Patricia Lemer
Dec 6, 20134 min read
Fire, Water, Air and Earth: Start Cooking!
I just finished reading Michael Pollan’s newest and seventh book, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation. In it Pollan takes us on...
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Patricia Lemer
Sep 12, 20133 min read
Muslims, Methodists and Me
I have had a fairly broad religious education. I grew up in the 1950s in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, and played primarily with...
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Patricia Lemer
Feb 16, 20136 min read
Stress
Everyone is stressed! The fewer the stressors, the more opportunities for learning and development for children of all ages. Our goal is...
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Patricia Lemer
Jan 2, 20139 min read
Kuwait Revisited: Offering Help to Those with Severe Disabilities
Right before Christmas, I returned from my second mission to Kuwait. Now that the holidays are over, I want to share my impressions. I...
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Patricia Lemer
Nov 27, 20123 min read
Do YOU Need a Pediatrician?
Over the holidays I spent time with some friends and their grandchildren. Two little boys, one a year old, and the other three, struck...
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Patricia Lemer
Oct 9, 20122 min read
Wonder
“I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid….I know ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I...
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Patricia Lemer
Jun 6, 20128 min read
My Kuwait Adventure
It all started with an innocent email on April 12th. “Hi Patricia. We are Lamia and Nabil from Kuwait. We have an autistic son. We met...
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Patricia Lemer
Mar 5, 20124 min read
Biological Medicine: The Latest from Dietrich Klinghardt
I just spent three days in New York glued to every word from my favorite genius, Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD . My head is spinning! I...
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Patricia Lemer
Oct 25, 20116 min read
Gastroenterology 101
I just returned from an early morning appointment with my fifth local gastroenterologist. The reason I keep looking for one is that I...
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Patricia Lemer
Oct 10, 201111 min read
Peanut Allergy Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know
Last week, I observed a friend frantically chasing her toddler grandson who had slipped out of her grip, run to a buffet table and...
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Patricia Lemer
Jun 1, 20115 min read
Camphill Communities: Special Places for Special People
What if there were places for adults with disabilities to live, grow and eat delicious food? Places where they are treated with respect,...
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Patricia Lemer
Nov 29, 20103 min read
A Family’s Quest to Hear and Be Heard
“Severe deafness.” “Profound hearing loss.” These were the words heard by Jennifer and Bill Rosner within hours of each of their...
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Patricia Lemer
Nov 5, 20103 min read
Green and Healthy Schools
Do “green” schools positively impact students’ achievement and teacher performance? Common sense says “yes.” Recent studies now pinpoint...
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Patricia Lemer
Sep 18, 20103 min read
Picking Beans at Round Hill Park
I’d passed the sign hundreds of times: “Round Hill Park.” Some day I’ll check it out, I’d promised myself. That day was last Tuesday. ...
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