Past Speakers

Past Speakers at MOCHA-Seattle Meetings:

Cyndi Kershner — Registered Yoga Instructor, Yoga Therapist, and Autism Mom — Cyndi is passionate about the benefits of yoga in relieving chronic stress on the physical, mental, and emotional levels.  Cyndi leads a yoga class for caregivers.  For more information about Cyndi and her practice of yoga please view her website at:  http://www.fullcircleyogaarts.com/

Lynne Banki — Mother of a child on the autism spectrum and Founder of Autism Day Washington, held annually the 2nd Saturday of August at Jubilee Farms in Carnation, Washington.  For more information, go to:   www.autismdaywa.org.  Lynne also gives presentations.  Her presentations include: 1) “Autism as a difference” which she presents to elementary school classrooms to help give students and teachers better awareness of autism; 2) “Should I have my child tested” which she presents to parent groups of young children; and 3) “Step into my world” which she presents to adults and caregivers of people on the autism spectrum.   For more information about her presentations and her son’s book, “What Autism Means to Me,” go to:  http://home.comcast.net/~lifelightbooks/weblinks.html

Gerald Becker, DDS – Gerald Becker DDS, General Dentistry from Shoreline, Washington.
Restorative procedures and prevention strategies for children and adults.  For more information go to:  http://geraldbeckerdds.com/

Purva Merchant, DDS - Purva Merchant DDS, MS Pediatric Dentistry from Seattle, Washington.
Patient management in pediatric dentistry, sedation and special topics.   For more information go to:  http://www.purvamerchant.com/

Andrew Cutler, PhD – Doctor of Biochemistry, Sammamish, Washington.  Dr. Cutler is a national authority on mercury and heavy metal toxicity and chelation.  He is a consultant for people recovering from chronic disease and is an expert on intrepretation of laboratory data for diagnosis of heavy metal poisioning.  He has published 2 books and has expertise regarding damage from mercury amalgams and the altered metabolic pathways in the contaminated body.   For more information go to:  http://www.noamalgam.com/

Catherine Tamaro -Founder of the Vitamin K protocol, past Autism One presenter, and Autism mom.  She founded and facilitates a yahoo discussion group for parents of children with autism and any others who are interested in using high-dose Vitamin K to address neurological symptoms.  Vitamin K is an important nutrient that may have been overlooked as a beneficial supplement for autism.  For more information please go to VitaminK@yahoogroups.com.  Also, check back here for her website address which is expected to be finalized soon.