Can anyone recommend a great developmental Paediatrician in Sydney? Luke is showing signs of being on the autism spectrum and was not moved up to preschool this year. Cheers
Charles A. replied:
Please look at gapsaustralia.com.au for lots of info, community and assistance. From the website - Linda Paterson is the founder of ‘GAPS Australia’ and ‘GAPS Nutrition Consultancy’ and dedicates much of her time in helping other families to learn abo ut the GAPS Nutrition Protocol developed by Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride. Linda’s passion derived from her successful experience in implementing the GAPS Protocol for her own son who was diagnosed with Autism and who has since restored his health and reversed the many symptoms associated with autism. It was though this experience that Linda acknowledged the limited support available to coach and guide her through the protocol. Since then, Linda has consulted many families as a Certified GAPS Practitioner (nationally and internationally) in navigating the GAPS Protocol and has trained Practitioners to join GAPS Nutrition Consultancy to share in this support abroad. Through this experience she has compiled her book ‘The GAPS Companion, A handbook for beginners’ and collaborated her support with Dr Natasha to deliver the Certified GAPS Practitioner Training Program in Australia with the first training course commencing in 2012. Linda’s son was fortunate to start the GAPS program early at age 3 accompanied by Applied Behaviour Analysis programs and early intervention education for children with Autism. With a full committed approach with all these intervention strategies, Linda now enjoys watching her son attend mainstream school and engage in sports such as soccer and gymnastics. The GAPS protocol challenges mainstream nutrition and cooking practices, yet its praise is sung by many who experience the healing benefits derived from its teaching.