Supporting your autistic child’s health, gut and energy
Here is what ReMed does and does not do for autistic children, stated plainly. We do not treat autism itself, and we are wary of anyone who claims to. We support the health that sits around it: gut comfort, sleep, nutritional intake and energy, the physical foundations that shape your child’s hardest and best days. That support is personalised through a 60-minute history and functional testing where clinically indicated, and it is planned around your existing team: paediatrician, OT, speech pathologist, psychologist. Appointments run at Bundoora or by telehealth Australia-wide.
Lived experience, clinical experience
You will not need to translate your life for us. Keonie Moore, ReMed’s founder, has a clinical career that has been predominantly paediatric, and her own family includes lived experience with autism, ADHD and PANS. She built this dedicated team knowing exactly what it feels like when professionals talk past your child. That shows up in practical ways: appointments that flex around your child, no judgement about the 4-food dinner rotation, and a deep respect for the supports you have already fought to put in place.
What we look at
Gut comfort first, because it is so common and so often unspoken: constipation, pain, bloating and erratic bowels in a child who may not be able to describe any of it. Then sleep, both falling asleep and staying asleep, because a tired household magnifies everything. Then food range and what it adds up to nutritionally: a narrow diet can still be workable, but iron, zinc and other measurable nutrients need checking rather than assuming. And energy: the slumps, the after-school crashes, the pattern across a week. Each thread gets mapped in the 60-minute consultation before any testing is suggested.
Testing pathways we commonly use
Both run by sample kits that work from home, which matters for children who find clinics hard.
The same calm process, every time
Understand
A 60-minute initial consultation covering your child's full history, not a 10-minute snapshot.
Investigate
Targeted functional testing where clinically indicated, so decisions follow data, not guesswork.
Support
A personalised plan, reviewed and adjusted as your child responds, coordinated with your child's doctors.
Initial consultations run 60 minutes and start from $242: see all fees and rebates, or choose your practitioner.
What support can include
Depending on your child’s history and results, support can include gut-focused dietary work that respects sensory needs, repletion of measured nutrient gaps through realistic foods and, where indicated, supplements your child will actually take, sleep routines built with your OT’s input, and gentle, unhurried food-range expansion. Plans are reviewed and adjusted as your child responds, and findings are shared with your wider team whenever you want them to be.
Questions parents of autistic children ask us
No, and we are careful with language here: autism is not an illness to be fixed, and we do not offer treatments for autism itself. What ReMed supports is your child's health: gut comfort, sleep, nutritional intake and energy, the everyday physical things that shape how your child feels. That work is personalised, evidence-informed and planned around the supports you already have in place, from your paediatrician to your therapy team.
Restricted eating is 1 of the most common reasons autistic children come to ReMed, so this is familiar ground. We start by mapping what your child does eat and what their nutritional status looks like on testing, rather than pushing new foods from day 1. Plans protect the safe foods, address measured gaps first, and expand range slowly and respectfully, in step with any feeding therapy or occupational therapy already underway.
Yes, always. Autistic children usually have several professionals around them: paediatrician, speech pathologist, occupational therapist, psychologist, sometimes a dietitian. Our practitioners are used to being 1 part of that team, and with your consent we share findings and plans with the others. Nothing we recommend is designed to replace medical care or therapy supports, and we will say plainly when a question belongs with a different professional.
No blanket diets, and no restriction for its own sake. For a child who already eats a narrow range, removing foods without data can do more harm than good, so we test before we change anything. If a genuine intolerance shows up, changes are made carefully, with replacements planned so nutrition does not go backwards. The goal is always the widest comfortable diet your child can enjoy.
However works for your child. Telehealth is often easiest: your child does not need to sit through the appointment, and you can talk freely while they do their own thing at home. At the Bundoora clinic, appointments can be structured around your child's needs, and 60 minutes gives everyone time to settle. Either way, most of the first consultation is your story as the parent.
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ReMed's care is complementary to, not a replacement for, conventional medical care. We work alongside your GP, paediatrician and specialists, and our support is not a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment. In an emergency call 000. Every child is different: outcomes vary and no specific result can be guaranteed.