Simplify the Path to Your Child’s Happiness, Health & Development
Health literacy guide for parents before and after birth. Provides a universal model for optimal nervous system development & immune priming in a growing population of neurodiverse children.
“The parents manual to proactively raising a neurodiverse child, one pillar at a time. A must read!”
Roberta von Meding
Mums & Tots Ireland Magazine Editor and Devoted Mother

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A universal model for optimal health and development for all children.
Delivering hard science with compassion, IGNITE! The Firefly Theory will guide you to:
- Improve your health literacy for informed decisions before and after birth.
- Discover why genetics are not your child’s only developmental and healthy destiny.
- Develop a collaborative strategy to prevent and counter adverse developmental and health events.
- Understand the value of different therapies.
- Support all children in reaching their full potential, while celebrating and affirming who they are.
“The human body relies on a magnitude of interconnected cells, body systems and senses – each with its unique function – to serve the universal cause of vitality. Why would things outside the body work differently? In a way, all good things are co-created.”
Alda Smith, IGNITE! The Firefly Theory



“The Firefly Theory’s three-way balance between genetics, nutrients and stimulation is exactly what we all need”
Prof Steve Reid
Professor and Chair: Primary Health Care, University of Cape Town.
Praise for IGNITE! The Firefly Theory





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About the Author
Alda Smith is an ordinary mum of three beautiful, diverse children, with an extraordinary narrative in medicine.
As a well-published, award-winning parenting author and social advocate, Alda uses her experiences, discovery potential, and unique way of thinking to intuitively explore and understand health sciences – bridging the gap between therapists or clinicians and their patients.
She has provided emotional support to over 100 women in labour and birth and has more than 500 hours of clinical observation experience – including a 20-hour-long paediatric kidney harvesting and transplant at the Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
She has a Professional Certification in the Fundamentals of Neuroscience, a Professional Certification in Narrative Medicine, and has completed basic overview training in photomedicine.

About the Illustrator
Elfy Chiang is a science illustrator based in Taiwan. She studied Biological Sciences and completed an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London.
Elfy Chiang – Illustrator