subject: How Chiropractic Care Can Help Children With Autism [print this page] Autism is a disorder in which children have an inability to develop relationships with people, delayed speech acquisition, non-communicative use of speech, repetitive mannerisms and marked distress during changes of normal conditions that they are accustomed to. Generally, autistic people have a normal physical appearance.
For years the etiology of autism was thought to be related only to physiological factors. This theory began to change of the years and it became apparent that many of these children a have neurological deficits.
Although much is yet to be understood about autism, the possible link to neurological deficits indicates that chiropractic may hold the answer.
Unfortunately autistic children tend to be at the mercy of medical research, most of which is predicated on the theory that autism is a single condition such as Downs Syndrome or phenylketonuria. However it has been already been shown that autism can arise on the basis of conditions as pathologically diverse as congenital rubella, congenital syphilis and tuberous sclerosis. The findings demonstrate that the behavioral syndrome autism can develop in children with heterogenous disease states. It is not known whether autism is a single disease entity or a behavioral syndrome with several causes. It remains uncertain whether autism should be sub-classified and if it should be divided. Knowledge is lacking on whether autism in children of normal intelligence is the same thing in those children who have mental retardation.
Disagreement continues on how best to classify children who show some, but not all, features of autism. It is unclear which symptoms are primary and which are secondary. Finally the cause or causes of autism and the psychological mechanisms which underline its development have not been established.
One of the most dramatic cases of autism was a seven year old boy with an evaluated physical age of a one and a half year old and a mental age of a one year old.
The child was classified as normal until the age of three years when he received a DPT vaccination and he immediately lost his three year old capacity. The child regressed and at age five all vocabulary ceased. He suffered a rapid decline and at age seven was brought in for chiropractic care. The childs bowel and kidney function were completely erratic and uncontrollable. After two months of care, the childs vocabulary returned. The teacher at his special education school asked the childs mother if he had been placed on stronger medication, as he was behaving better.
The mother told the teacher that she was taking her son to a chiropractor Coram. Before seeing a chiropractor the mother was told her son would never get any better and probably even get worse.
After one year of chiropractic care, the child no longer had frequent bowel accidents, he could now communicate his wishes and most of the autistic type behavior had diminished. The child was improving slowly after that time. However, there was still a positive change. All of the childs teachers and his parents are astounded at the results obtained when they were originally been told nothing could be done.
When neurological deficits are present we can rightfully assume that the nervous system is not functioning properly. Spinal misalignments or subluxations present during childhood can improve some of the symptoms of autism.
I have been treating children with autism for the past 17 years with some dramatic results. We use a gentle technique and take all insurance plans that cover chiropractic care. We do not drag the treatment out, if there is no results within one month we will terminate the care and look for other therapies that might be of benefit.
by: Total Chiropractic Care and Wellness
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