Boy to relate autism experiences

Biomedical and play therapies help child to improve


Kyle Brizendine

Kyle Brizendine

Calvary Community Church will host a free informational forum for families, physicians and providers of children with special needs from 2 to 4 p.m. Sun., Feb. 19 at the church, 5495 Via Rocas, Westlake Village.

Eleven-year-old Kyle Brizendine of Agoura Hills and Drs. Judy Bowman and Albert Mensah of Mensah Medical will speak about autism.

Kyle was diagnosed with autism at age 2. He lost his emerging language skills, avoided eye contact, and was obsessed for hours on details and spinning things. Sensory stimuli and social contact overwhelmed him.

His mother, Yolande Brizendine, said there is “no known cure for autism.”

“There are numerous biomedical therapies and treatments that do help these chil- dren improve tremendously. Adding multiple biomedical and relationship/ behavioral therapies together over time, some children, such as in our son’s case, can improve until the symptoms of autism are no longer detectable.

“ They can live full, connected and normal lives,” she said.

Kyle received speech, language, occupational, behavioral, nutritional and relationshipbased play therapies, as well as biomedical treatments.

He was re-evaluated as falling outside of the autistic spectrum by age 5 and has continued to improve with ongoing monitoring and individualized nutrient therapies.

For more information, call (818) 636-1170 or send an email to venturakids@gmail.com.


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