ScienceDaily (Jan. 29, 2009) — As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Children's Digital Media Center, Los Angeles. Learners have changed as a result of their exposure to technology, says Greenfield, who analyzed more than 50 studies on learning and technology, including research on multi-tasking and the use of computers, the Internet and video games. Her research was published this month in the journal Science.

Milena Sideris is a parents advocate,  and practitioner in Phoenix, AZ who specializes in Autism Spectrum disorders. We have known each other for many years. She has been one of the instrumental people pointing me in the right direction to look for solutions for the treatment of AUtism Spectrum Disorders.

Milena s basically walking library on the topic, she knows pretty much everything that’s ever been said, proven or disproven that has to do with Autism. She  k now s the literature; she knows all the big heroes and their work in the field and all the fallen heroes as well. In the process she has developed her own supportive protocols and therapies, based on her extensive knowledge personal experience and expertise.

She works with me in the function of the patient advocate – I would do the early, kind of gross evaluation, pointing the child in the right direction, establish and write the treatment protocol then Milena takes over and guide the families through the ups and downs of treatment and interventions for the next few years and this has been a fantastic cooperation between us and one truly beneficial for the patients and their recovery. She is living, breathing encyclopedia on every topic related to neurological disorders such as ASD and developmental delays in children.

She is one of the most brilliant people I have ever met!

Dear Milena,

You are my life saver, you taught me so much, and you came into my life just on time that I was so desperate.

I met Milena just on time; I was like “Oh! Thank God, help has arrived!” I was that desperate .Milena has helped me with a lot of things.

She was interested not only in my child but with our entire family and life. I really did not receive that much from any other person or professional until then and I was not aware that autism effects the whole family.She taught me a lot from  homeopathy, detoxification, chelation, to  how to build better immunity, through diets, allergy treatments, electromagnetic fields protection, getting rid of chronic infections, to even  how to settle the room of the child, how to put a child to sleep, how to teach my child to pay  attention and focus on a task, which of the educational and interventional  approaches are good for my daughter, how to remain calm and focused on treatments and lots of more,,,, that wont fit here if I attempt to write it all down. I really understood how wonderful she is when I met her and her totally recovered son.

Thank you Milena!