The following is from the USAAA Newsletter:

Doris J. Rapp, MD and Paul Shattock, PhD, OBE to Keynote at 2008 Conference

Dr. Doris J. Rapp, a board-certified environmental medical specialist and pediatric allergist and author of the best selling book “Is This Your Child?” and “Is This Your Child’s World?”, will make her Autism/Asperger national conference debut at the USAAA 2008 International Conference in Austin, Texas.

Dr. Rapp will present, “Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies in Children and Adults,” from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Friday, September 5th and will also present in a second session from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm the same day.

Dr. Rapp has published 29 medical articles, authored eight chapters in medical texts, written eleven books and three booklets about allergy. Dr. Rapp believes it is imperative that both the public and physicians recognize that multiple body areas and a wide range of symptoms can be produced in allergic patients who have unrecognized and atypical forms of allergies.

Dr. Rapp is a world renowned speaker and has appeared on numerous talk shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, The Maury Povich Show, The Montel Williams Show, Nightline with Ted Koppel, and The Phil Donahue Show. To learn more about Dr. Rapp, click here.

Paul Shattock, PhD, OBE is Honorary Director of the Autism Research Unit (ARU) following his retirement in 1998 from teaching Pharmacy for over 20 years at the University of Sunderland. He is Chairman of ESPA (European Service for People with Autism) (providing teaching and residential services for young adults with autism) and Vice-President of the World Autism Organisation (WAO) having previously been secretary for Autisme-Europe. His research interests include: rights and models of service provision for people with autism, biomedical and environmental factors implicated in autism, and the use and abuse of medication for autism.

Mr. Shattock will present from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Saturday, September 6th. The research undertaken by Shattock at the ARU investigated the theory that autism is a consequence of a metabolic disorder, whereby certain biologically active peptides and other related compounds (derived mainly but not exclusively from dietary gluten and/or casein) are not metabolised correctly in the autist, and along with Kalle Reichelt led to the widespread use of the Gluten-free, casein-free diet in treating autism.