Putting The Pieces Together

Autism and PDD Behavioral, Biological & Educational Treatments
June 2-4, 2000 - Irvine Hyatt Conference

Raun Kaufman - The Son Rise / Option Institute www.sonrise.org

• He is a "recovered" autistic individual. His parents provided natural intervention and some diet for full recovery. His goal is to provide assistance to individuals who are or dealing with autism.
• Acceptance - attitude = connection. Jeff can feel how you feel about them. Acceptance of their condition and attitude will bring about a connection.
• What is Jeff’s world? Understanding Jeff’s world, be a part of it will help the connection. By trying to bring Jeff, forcibly, into our world will be a negative to their system.
• Teach Jeff with things and ways that motivate Jeff.
• Be very clear in direction. Break everything down into easy to understand steps and he can follow.
• Encourage positive / ignore negative. Do not reinforce negative behaviors. Ignore them. Encourage all positive interactions and behaviors.
• When Jeff has self stimulatory behavior "stims", join him. Get into his world to connect to you.

Steve Edelson Autism.org

• Common issues with children affected by autism is the volume is stuck on high w/ their ears. There is no way to regulate the volume. We need to help them hear.
• Auditory problems: painful hearing / bionic hearing. Hypersensitivity is common. Sometimes these children will appear deaf or tune out due to these factors.
• Check into Tinnitus?
• Is there extra wax in Jeff’s ears?
• Does Jeff hear a buzzing noise?
• Sound sensitivity - could be:

• damage to brain stem
• magnesium deficiency
• Tegtrol or Aspertame - avoid these additives at all times

• Therapy that can help: Auditory Integration Training. AIT is music that has a wide range of temp and tone. Specialist have very specific music that meets this requirement. AIT helps them regulate their volume control, get and keep their attention, and gain control of what they hear.

Patricia Lerner - DDR

• Structural and Biological

• Therapies include: Osteopathic, Chiropractic, Cranio sacral
• Dietary modification is key
• Nutritional and immunio therapies

• Other therapies

• OT / PT and AIT
• Stimulated speech and co-op play

• Start with movement of entire body - most children do not know all of their body parts are their.

• Help them gain control of their body through therapies

• More exploration games: hide and seek, peak a boo, searching for toys.
• Make realistic goals
• Being where they are
• Good water, avoid metals, good diet are key

William Shaw - Great Plains Lab www.greatplainslaboratory.com

• DPPIV - key enzyme in Autism research. Need a blood test to gage this.
• MMR & DPT vaccinations, gelatins, antibiotics, metals (mercury, aluminum, copper), pesticides are all links in Autism
• Tartatic acid are issues w/ Autism
• Ariabinose are the metabolites in urine
• Sugar and Jello are a big NO
• IGG values are important to look at for related allergies (especially to gluten and casein.)
• MMR, DPT, prohibit the development of DPPIV and interfere with the gamma interferon’s
• Penicillin G also inactivates the DPPIV
• Keylation is the removal of metals from children
• Claire Labs / Kirkland provide a supplement called Serenade that is a DPPIV inhibitor.
• Immune system must be checked and Food allergies w/ diet supplement. This will improve the chances for recovery.

Dr. Bradstreet - The Good News Doctor www.gnd.org

• ½ of patients come from overseas. Over 600 patients to date.
• The doctors take no salary - both have autistic sons - Jerry Kartizenel and Jeff Bradstreet.
• Everyone must believe change is possible
• Books recommended "The Sound of A Miracle" A Stehli / "Don’t Drink Your Milk" Frank Oski.
• Autism is discovered because language is last to come in early child development and this is a key indicator for the development delay disorder.
• Most children with autism have broken bodies / autoimmunity disorders

• opiod issues w/ ingesting casein and gluten
• GI intestinal inflammation
• poor immunity systems
• heavy metals (copper, mercury, and lead)
• nutritional deficiencies
• food allergies
• pathogens - parasites alive in the lower intestine due to yeast build up
• seretonin disruption and deficiencies

• Ways to repair the broken body

• Fiber nutrients
• IEG infusions
• secretin

• Additional repair items:

• Gluten free / casein free diet is a must
• nutritional support
• detoxification
• pathogen removal
• hormone replacement
• immune modulation

• 81% of children with autism greatly improve with diet (Jeff has been on diet since February 2000.)
• Earlier intervention is important - before age 5, better odds before age 3.
• Schools and relatives must participate in the recovery process
• Wounded gut / Leaky gut is the common link between children with autism

• inborn weaknesses
• immune injury
• nutritional issues
• viral infections
• yeast and pathogens

• Vaccines - the new generation: unknown prior to this last generation. Are they really safe and are they causing the trigger in autism (he thinks this will come out in the future with more study and medical proof.)
• MMR Connection: three viruses at once is a big red flag
• Immune Factor 4A

• early research shows it is designed to turn on immune defense (rooster study done on vaccines and their autopsy.)
• this may help children with autism

• Nutritional Disorders w/ Autism

• 90% are Zinc deficient
• 90% have copper or other metal excess
• Mercury and lead are prevalent (infected fish, water)
• 100% are Calcium and magnesium deficient
• 100% are Omega 3 / fatty acid deficient
• Antioxidants and Vitamin deficient
• Consequently: brain, immune, and lower intestinal disorders prevail in all these children

• Neopterin and Biopterin are markers in Autism

• Specialty labs in Santa Monica can test for these and other related children with autism needs - allergy

• Theoretical Nexus

• Zinc, Vitamin D, A, Iron and Calcium deficiencies
• Genetic disposition
• Mercury, copper, lead are present
• Cause behavioral issues
• leads to immune abnormality
• altered after vaccines = AUTISM

• Normal controls - repligen.com (FDA Autism approved)

• increases doppamine -
• secretin increases seretonin = minimizes issues with behavior

• Eden Study of Secretin

• Secretin to 20 autistic kids - 10 given secretin / 10 given placebo
• all anti Myelin antibody positive
• 5 week study
• 10 out of 10 children had a positive effect
• Significant differences between the two groups
• Note; typically extremely worse off children with autism go for secretin first

 

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