Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.

What is Silicon Valley actually funding in longevity, and what can cutting-edge aging science teach us about autism and chronic illness? Nadia sits down with Dr. Ronjon Nag, OBE, an AI pioneer turned Stanford genetics professor and longevity investor behind the R42 fund. Ronjon built some of the earliest neural networks that modern AI rests on, shipped voice recognition and the first mobile app st...

Autism employment is one of the biggest questions parents carry: what happens when my child grows up, and will they find real work and purpose? In this episode on jobs for adults with autism, venture capitalist and autism dad Brian Jacobs shares what 15 years of investing in autism employment and raising a son on the spectrum taught him about preparing your child with autism for adulthood. We get...

What if the most powerful autism intervention is not a protocol but the parent? In this episode of Biohacking Autism, Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Len Arcuri, host of Autism Parenting Secrets and founder of All In Parent Coaching. Len came to this work as a dad first. A former finance executive and Six Sigma Master Black Belt, he met his son's diagnosis the way many of us do, by going into fix-it...

For most of her adult life, Nadia believed weight loss was a math problem. Calories in, calories out. If the math was not working, the problem was her. In this solo episode she walks through what was actually happening: a body in metabolic distress, sending a signal for years that nobody, including her, was listening to. The short answer, "I am on a GLP," is true but incomplete. The real story is...

Modern ABA therapy for autism looks nothing like the rigid, table-and-clipboard version most parents picture. In this reunion episode, Nadia sits down with Veronica Glickman, a board certified behavior analyst who directed her son Jimmy's program over 15 years ago, to talk about how ABA has actually changed and what good practice looks like today. Veronica walks through what naturalistic, relation...

Description For every autism parent who has watched their kid crash on the very supplements that were supposed to help, this one is personal. In this solo episode of Biohacking Autism, Nadia Elkhatib walks through Dr. Neil Nathan's six step healing sequence for sensitive patients and the shift that finally stopped Jimmy's reaction cycle. For a year, Nadia treated Jimmy's Lyme disease and co-infect...

For every autism mom, dad, grandma, and caregiver who has been told to "just reduce your stress" by a doctor who has clearly never watched their child have a meltdown at 2 a.m., this episode is for you. In this episode of Biohacking Autism, Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Dr. Paul Nash, USC gerontologist and co-author of Critical Questions for Ageing Societies, on the biology of autism caregiving an...

Phospholipids may be the missing link in autism recovery. In this episode, Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Dr. Krishna Doniparthi, MD, founder of Functional Medicine Georgia, the Doniparthi Neurogen Academy, and Precision Nutrients, to unpack why autism support may need to start at the cell membrane and what that means for parents who feel like they have already tried everything. Dr. Doniparthi spen...

The autism urine test that detects 90% of cases with 100% specificity is here. In this episode of Biohacking Autism, Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Dr. Christina Flynn, the chemical engineer turned PhD researcher who designed the MDM System under Dr. James Adams at Arizona State University. Christina earned her PhD at ASU in December 2025 and now serves as Research Director at Autism Diagnostics La...

Could vagus nerve stimulation be the most important tool the autism community hasn't heard about yet? Jon Hacker is the founder and CEO of Neurogear and the creator of ZenBud, the world's first ultrasound vagus nerve stimulator. His team has published clinical research showing 78.6% anxiety remission in four weeks using only five minutes of daily use. That number comes from a general anxiety study...

Caregiver health is not a luxury for autism moms. It is a necessity. In this episode, gerontologist and biohacker Zora Benhamou explains why autism caregivers age up to a decade faster at the cellular level and what you can do about it starting this week. Zora breaks down perimenopause and menopause hormones, including progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone. She explains why hormone replacement...

Autism AI is no longer a concept. It is an app on your phone. Elizabeth Horn spent 28 years collecting data on her autistic daughter, Sophia. She filled binders, tracked seizures by hand, and installed sensors in her daughter's classroom. Along the way, she discovered that CO2 levels triggered seizures, that resistance training brought meltdowns to zero, and that 87% of autistic kids have motor di...

Anxiety in autism is not a behavioral problem; it's physiological. And until you understand that, nothing else moves forward. In this solo episode, Nadia breaks down the biological root causes of severe anxiety in autism, shares her 21-year-old son Jimmy's full story, and opens up about her own health crisis as a caregiver. This isn't theoretical. It's the real protocol that transformed their dail...

Autism research breakthrough: Professor Haitham Amal, Ph. D. from Harvard and Hebrew University discovered that a single overactive molecule in the brain may drive autism symptoms, and blocking it reversed those symptoms in animal models. Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Prof. Amal to break down what this means for autism families. This conversation covers the science in plain language: what nitric o...

Autism recovery is possible. When Tracy Slepcevic's son Noah was diagnosed with autism, doctors told her to lower her expectations. She refused, and today Noah works full time, drives, travels, and lives independently. Tracy is the founder of Autism Health Inc., bestselling author of Warrior Mom, and one of the newest members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) under HHS. Tracy...

Most of us are trying to manage our health — or our children's health — without any real data. No tracking. No organization. No patterns. Just guessing. In this solo episode, Nadia breaks down exactly how to build a complete family health data system from scratch. She covers the difference between passive data (wearables like the Oura Ring, Whoop, and Apple Watch) and active data (labs, imaging, s...

Autism supplements and daily health hacks that actually work: five simple, affordable things Nadia Elkhatib and her family do every single day, including for her son Jimmy who has autism and is highly sensitive to new protocols. Each hack comes with the science behind it, real dosing details, and honest notes on what to watch for if you or your child is sensitive. You'll learn the 3-supplement imm...

Autism sleep problems affect 40 to 80% of people on the spectrum, and most families are told melatonin is the only option. Nadia Elkhatib breaks down the personalized sleep toolkits she built for every member of her family, including her son Jimmy who is on the autism spectrum, her husband, her youngest son Ramsey, and herself as a woman navigating menopause. You'll learn why sleep is foundational...

Caregiver heart health is the silent killer no one talks about. Heart attacks and strokes kill more women than all cancers combined and more men than any other chronic disease, yet most autism caregivers in chronic survival mode have never been told to scan their arteries. In this episode, Nadia sits down with biohacker Simon Campbell to map a real heart-attack and stroke prevention plan. We cover...

Autism supplements that most families have never heard of: peptides. Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Taylor and Hunter Williams, two of the leading voices in the peptide and biohacking space, to break down the peptides that are changing outcomes for families navigating autism, longevity, and health optimization. Taylor and Hunter share what they've learned from years of hands-on peptide use, which c...

Autism peptides and bioregulators explained: Nadia Elkhatib shares the exact peptide protocol her family uses, including GLP-1s, Cerebrolysin, Selank, and SS-31. If you're an autism parent exploring biomedical interventions, this episode breaks down what each peptide does, why we chose it, and what we've seen. You'll learn why GLP-1s are far more than weight loss drugs (brain protection, neuroinfl...

What happens when traditional approaches aren't enough — and you start asking better questions? In this trailer episode, host Nadia Elkhatib shares the personal journey that led her from Silicon Valley tech to full-time health researcher, why biohacking matters for the autism community, and what you can expect from this podcast. Whether you're a parent searching for real answers, a caregiver looki...