Title: 
Solving the Autism Problem

Word Count:
1773

Summary:
A discussion of the latest therapies that have 
been found to improve autism cases.


Keywords:
autism training, autism therapy, autism, neuroliminal, neurobiofeedback, EEG biofeedback, Dr Bate, subliminal messaging


Article Body:
There is no one therapy that does it all.  And, 
to complicate it further, like most "mental" 
problems", it's not simple to diagnose.  In the 
younger ages, it's easily confused with mental 
retardation, or brain damage.  

What are the known causes of autism?  Perhaps the 
best known today is the usage of mercury (
thimeroserol) in infant and childhood vaccines.  
Only in the past few years was this practice 
discontinued.   So, we've literally poisoned 
millions of children with good intent!  
Protecting them from dangerous childhood diseases 
has caused much worse problems.  

Another well known cause of autism is food 
sensitivity and allergy.  Virtually every known 
mental problem may be caused by a normally 
harmless allergen - a simple food that has been "
recognized" by that person's immune system as "
dangerous".

This seems to be caused by what is called "leaky 
gut syndrome".  A major theory in this cause is 
that the malnourishment of the mother prior to 
birth and during initial feeding after birth 
opens the entrances from the gut too much in the 
attempt to obtain more needed vitamins and 
minerals and enzymes, etc.    

This larger "leaky gut opening" allows larger "
particles" thru the gut walls into the portal 
vein.  Instead of digested single amino acids, or 
simple combinations of a few amino acids, longer 
chains of amino acids are allowed thru.  These 
larger than "normal" collections of amino acids 
may then be recognized by the immune system as 
possible viruses, bacteria, or even parasites.  
This particular collection of amino acids is now 
a distinct allergen to that person, even though 
it is actually harmless.  

There are possibly many other minor causes and/or 
combinations of causes.  We know very little 
about the evolution of our immune system, and how 
allergy/sensitivity is developed.  

What can we do to "normalize" autistic children?  
What are the answers that we already know?

<B><font size=+1>The Mercury Toxicity Problem</B><
/font>

As a former orthomolecular psychologist, mineral 
toxicity is well known to me.  I've seen several 
schizophrenic patients "cured" that suffered from 
copper toxicity in particular.  

The first step is diagnosis of this problem.  Is 
mineral toxicity involved?  There are several 
different ways to diagnose mineral toxicity.  In 
my opinion the best way is a mineral hair 
analysis.  Most MD's prefer a 24 hour urine 
collection.  Actual blood tests and urine and 
saliva tests are not reliable.  

It seems that all toxic minerals are stopped from 
getting into the brain by the filtering and 
storage facility of the liver.  A large amount of 
mercury getting to the brain would be very 
dangerous, so the liver stops it and stores it, 
and then gradually releases as small an amount 
back into the bloodstream so that it can be 
excreted.  Hair is an excretion route, and an 
inch or so of hair tells a "history" of mineral 
excretion over a period of weeks.  While hair 
analysis isn't very accurate insofar as amount in 
the body, it's very accurate as to what's been 
excreted over time.  

A hair analysis would be my first step towards 
solving the autism problem.

Supposing that the hair analysis came back 
showing large amounts of mercury.  What to do 
next?  The answer is some form of chelation.

Chelation means "to grab onto".  There are 
several drugs that do this for minerals.  In the 
blood stream, these drugs (EDTA and others) 
literally grab onto minerals, and allow them to 
exit the body thru the kidney/urine excretion 
system.  This usually involves going to a 
chelation clinic, sitting for an hour or so with 
a needle in the arm.  It's not that uncomfortable,
 although a small child might find it so.  This 
procedure is done several times over a period of 
several weeks.

.  One problem with this is that because the 
chelation agent (drug) "claws onto" all minerals 
in the blood stream, it takes out essential 
minerals as well as the toxic ones.  So, it 
becomes very necessary to supplement the minerals 
our bodies need for everyday use.  In effect, 
taking all out, good and bad, and putting back 
the good.

It's also not cheap, as it involves "doctor time".
  

I successfully used a cheap and effective 
alternate in my practice.  Vitamin C.  Vitamin C 
combines with minerals in the bloodstream 
metabolically to form a mineral "Ascorbate" 
combination that is also water soluble and passes 
out thru the same kidney/urine exit.

There are several advantages to using Vitamin C 
instead of drugs.  It is a natural antibiotic 
that kills both viruses and bacteria in the 
bloodstream.  So, people who use it will be 
healthier than most, AND they'll be getting rid 
of toxic minerals at the same time.
The same thing happens as does with drugs.  Since 
vitamin C combines with ALL minerals, we are 
taking out the essential ones along with the 
toxic ones.  So, all the essential ones must be 
supplemented daily.  

Few people realize the truth about vitamin C 
today, in spite of the work done by Linus Pauling,
 a true genius.  The "spin" by nutritionists and 
MD's and the RDA has us taking very insufficient 
amounts of vitamin C for daily use.  Did you know 
that the veterinarian RDA for a 150 pound ape is 
4000 mg (4 grams) per day?  We humans and other 
primates such as that ape handle vitamin C 
exactly the same.  The RDA is under 100 mg (0.1 
gram).

For schizophrenic adults I worked with in past 
years, I used 10 grams per day in split doses.  
For these patients, their schizoid symptoms 
seemed to disappear within two weeks or so, but 
surprisingly, a six month hair analysis showed 
even high levels of copper.  Carl Pfeiffer, a 
mentor, and a good friend, explained that the 
body is now allowing more toxic material out of 
storage into the bloodstream so that it can be 
excreted safely.  Most goes out via the kidney/
urine pathway, but also hair.  To my surprise, 
this increase in hair levels was actually good.


<B><font size=+1>Allergy/Sensitivity Problem</B></
font>

The "leaky gut syndrome" is becoming a huge 
health problem, albeit unknown to most people and 
even most physicians.  It's a function of our 
culture moving more and more away from healthful 
foods containing good nutrition and moving more 
and more to sweet and pre-processed foods without 
good balanced nutrition.

Because we have evolved requiring certain amounts 
and balances of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, 
fatty acids, and enzymes derived from what we eat,
 we, as a culture are not getting even close to 
sufficient nutrition for good health without 
taking vitamin mineral supplements.   One theory 
of "leaky gut syndrome" is that each generation, 
being malnourished, has to find a way to get more 
necessary nutrients, and  allowing more amino 
acids and other needed nutrients thru the walls 
of the intestines, this is accomplished.  

There are several possible answers to this 
particular problem:

1.  Giving the person with the problem digestive 
enzymes.  This helps the digestive system do a 
better job, breaking up proteins into amino acids 
easier to digest as small peptides and individual 
amino acids.  This solves part of the problem at 
least, especially in those cases where digestive 
problems are present.  Of course, protease is the 
most desired.  

2.  Avoiding those foods that are most likely the 
allergens that the immune system has "decided" 
are enemies.  This is the basis of the milk free 
and gluten free diets that are popular, and have 
proved of value for some autistic cases. 

3.  Allergy search and solution.  The only really 
effective "test  and cure" system is the End-
Point-Titration method.  This not only finds both 
allergies and sensitivities, but also provides a 
neutralizing amount.   Unfortunately, the costs 
are prohibitive, ranging in the tens of thousands 
of dollars.  A free allergen test may be found at 
<a href="http://drbate.com/pulse.html">Free 
Allergy Test<.a>

4.  EEG Biofeedback (aka Neurofeedback or 
Neurotherapy) has long been used with ADD/ADHD 
successfully.  Dr von Hilsheimer in Orlando has 
successfully worked with several autistic 
children using this therapy.  He has taken well 
over 200 sessions with several patients.  The 
problem is that it is very expensive and uses a 
lot of "doctor time".

5.  A new therapy called Neuroliminal Brain Wave 
Training was invented by me in 2004.  It does 
exactly what EEG Biofeedback does, namely change 
brain wave strengths (and in the case of autism 
patients, increases brain blood flow (similar to 
HEG biofeedback).  
Besides being as successful as EEG BF, it 
actually has several other advantages for autism 
cases:

	a. Very affordable cost - a fraction of EEG BF, 
a viable alternative to the dangerous drugs used 
for the ADD-autism continuum.  Mid and low income 
families simply cannot afford EEG BF, leaving the 
only real choice the dangerous drugs.

	b. Very simple to use at home.  No messing 
around with wires and sticky paste or even bulky 
helmets.  Even the "worst" autistic kids can be 
trained without problems.

	c. No motivation required to simply go to sleep. 
 With ADD/ADHD and high functioning autistics, 
motivation is a critical factor in success.  

In a recent test of 9 autistic children from 3 to 
11 years of age, over an eight week period, ALL 
nine improved, some dramatically, and some slowly.
  This is exactly what would be expected if using 
EEG and HEG BF.  All parents put up a $100 
deposit, and if no improvement was found, they 
could get that back.  All preferred to keep it 
and continue training.

Those are the options I see at present.  Autism 
is increasing as our nutrition is decreasing, and 
more and more toxins are used for good reasons 
that have bad effects.

If I had a child who was autistic, or even slow 
to develop, what would I do?

1. Start Neuroliminal Brain Wave Training 
immediately.

2.  I'd do a hair analysis to see if mercury is 
at toxic levels, and if so, I'd start my child on 
5-10 grams of vitamin C per day.

3.  I'd try a Caveman Diet for a week or so to 
try to determine if common allergens such as milk 
or grains are a major culprit.

4.  I'd investigate digestive enzymes for autism 
on the web, and start using them.  

The belt and suspender theory seems to me to be 
the best way - do all that you can as soon as you 
know about the problem and possible solutions.  
The sooner the autistic child is started on these 
programs the closer to "normal" they usually 
become.  

There is no magic pill.  All these programs take 
time.  Magic pills usually aren't anyway, and all 
drugs have serious side effects for some at least.
  What I have outlined does not in any way.  
Unfortunately, the physician's dictum "do no harm"
 is no longer the case.


