DAN! advocated for
alternative treatments for
autism and maintained a registry of doctors that were trained by the program to perform them. Its "highest rated" autism treatment was
chelation therapy, which involves removing heavy metals from the body. Doctors told the
Chicago Tribune the treatments were dangerous and that misleading tests were used to show that those with autism had a high rate of heavy metals. According to the
Chicago Tribune, metals occur naturally in the body and very little is known about what a normal range is. The DAN! program and doctor registry was discontinued in January 2011, which was followed by the disbanding of the DAN! conference in 2012. == References ==