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Barbara Harris

POSITION: Business Manager and Public Relations
 
Best qualities - altruism, conflict resolutionist, openhearted collaboration, peace advocate, highest value- the wellbeing and future of children
Worst qualities – wants to adopt, find home or shelter, offer love, security and equal opportunity to every child- very passionate about that


For the past twelve years, Barbara has worked extensively in the Behavior Health field, with an emphasis on youth-at-risk. More recently Barbara was employed by the Department of Economic Security in the Division of Developmental Disabilities as a Human and Services Specialist for three years, where she worked hands-on with parents of children with developmental disabilities or children at risk for developmental delays.  

Prior to that, Barbara was employed with the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections for five years, where she worked in direct contact with a diverse population of children with varying emotional needs.  She also worked for over three years under the supervision of Group Homes for adults and children with special needs .  

In June of 2005 Barbara started out on a journey to become a parent. She became a foster mother of two siblings in 2006, with the the third (eldest) sibling following shortly after. The first two children were adopted in 2008. The third adoption will be finalized soon. Currently, Barbara is a proud adoptive parent and foster mother of a total of six children.  

Shortly after the adoption of her children, Barbara was faced with the reality of one of her sons being on the Autism Spectrum. As a mother of a child with ASD, Barbara has now "grabbed the disease by the horns" and is totally committed to the full healing of her son.
She proclaims that it is imperative that each parent take their child’s future in their own hands. Not to depend on the Division of Developmental Disabilities, the school districts or their average doctors to cure their children! All of the above-named parties are simple tools in the process of recovering your child, not the CURE. As a parent she knows that whether DDD offers two or five hour of habilitation  daily, those hours will not "fix" or "cure" the child.

Barbara has accepted the position of Business Manager and Public Relations with AutismAlternative, because she believes in AutismAlternative's Vision. She wants to actively participate in the accomplishment of AutismAlternative's mission: The full recovery of every child, through proper knowledge, direction and guidance.

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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!

Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt MD, PhD
Medical Director of the Academy of Neurobiology, WA.
“The Healer if Healers”, " The Teacher of Teachers"


I have known Milena Sideris for a few years and  highly recommend her to anyone involved in Autism Spectrum Disorder( ASD). Milena's personal knowledge and understanding of ASD far surpasses anyone I have  ever come in contact with. She has medical knowledge greater then most doctors, and the dedication and passion that only a mother with an inflicted child could posses.

I have worked with her personally over the past years, and she has served as my trainer and mentor in understanding ASD. As a result, my ability to offer aid to families in need has drastically improved. I have also witnessed firsthand the benefit that children receive from even just an hour of her time. She is strongly intuitive, quick to action, and not afraid to put in all of her effort to help a child in need. Further, she knows exactly what is needed to be truly effective for children with special needs, the skill to train prospective therapists and providers, and the in depth understanding to revamp and revitalize stagnant intervention programs.
I strongly urge you to take advantage of her talent and can assure you that you will be impressed and pleased with the subsequent results.

Meghan Teixeira,
Therapist ASD

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!

Talya Susi
 Istanbul
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