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AUTISM ADHD

• Joan Fallon DC FICCP MSc

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Autism

• characteristic signs are
• impairments in social interaction
  communication
• restricted and repetitive behavior
• lack of eye contact

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AD/HD

• Now known as Attention Deficit disorder with and
  with and without
• hyperactivity

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• Attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity disorder
  (AD/HD) is a neurobehavioral disorder that
  affects approximately 3-5 percent of all children
  in the United States .While the numbers of
  children who actually have AD/HD may be closer to
  3, closer to 5 of the childhood population in
  the US is medicated for the condition.

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• AD/HD causes the individual to have difficulty
  staying on a task, to exercise age-appropriate
  inhibition (cognitive alone or both cognitive and
  behavioral). In the hyperactivity disorder the
  child also exhibits an inability to remain at
  rest, and can often appear to be disruptive in a
  classroom or social situation.

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• Symptoms of AD/HD include
• failure to listen to instructions,
• inability to remain organized especially at
  school, and with school work,
• fidgeting and continual movement of hands and
  feet,
• talking too much,
• leaving projects, chores and homework
  unfinished,
• having trouble paying attention to and
  responding to details.

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• There are several types of AD/HD
• a predominantly inattentive subtype,
• a predominantly hyperactive-impulsive subtype,
  
• combined subtype.

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• Inattentive type- the children have difficulty
  paying attention
• - lacks ability to focus on detail
• - does not follow through
• - lacks organization
• - distractible
• - misplaces and losesthings

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• Hyperactive-impulsive type constant movement
  and acting without thinking
• - often is disruptive in a classroom
• - run around continually
• - difficulty in social situations
• - speaks and acts out of turn
• - talks too much
• - most often found in malesH
• - child figets and squirms especially at school

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• Combined type- difficulty with attention and
  hyperactivity

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Mechanoreceptors

• Touch
• Pressure
• Pain
• Texture
• Weight
• Proprioception
• Balance
• Osmotic change

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• With altered input from the mechanoreceptors
• - Shift from a balance between
• para and sympathetic
• TO
• - Slight Sympathetic dominance

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Sympathetic dominance

• Changes in neuro-immune status of the child
• Behavioral changes will occur
• anxiety
• transitional
• hyperactivity
• lethargy

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Life changes which can induce this

• Birth Trauma
• Normal Falls
• In utero constraint
• Other normal childhood milestone

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Chiropractic care

• Will place normal input into the facet joints and
  other places in the body
• Mechanoreceptors will activate normally
• Alters sensory input
• Changes sensory integration
• Changes in mechanorecption

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Checklist

• Does not like to be hugged
• Bites his/her fingers
• Has trouble listening to you
• Has difficulty following directions
• Is hyperactive

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• Lines up his/her toys in a row
• Repeats things over and over
• Still has imaginary friends
• Is oppositional to you and others
• Has difficulty playing with others

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• Listens but does not always understand
• Has a fascination with letters or numbers
• Cannot follow directions
• Is clumsy
• Appears frustrated much of the time

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• Has trouble looking others in the eye
• Does not speak much
• Has frequent tantrums
• Has difficulty with change
• Refuses to wear shoes and/or socks most of the
  time

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• Cries incessantly
• Has difficulty brushing teeth
• Appears to enjoy staring at the computer
• Likes to look at fans
• Has constant difficulty with friends

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• Exhibits what others consider odd behavior
• Speaks unintelligibly at times
• Has difficulty with tags and seams on clothing
• Has difficulty changing his/her routine
• Is fascinated with his/her moving body parts

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• Stares at objects
• Ignores his/her siblings most of the time
• Recites words or phrases he/she has heard from
  TV, videos, or audiotapes
• Wants to watch the same videos again and again

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• Recites whole sections of books which are read to
  him/her
• Has difficulty warming up to others
• Has difficulty being touched
• Cannot open a jar
• Cannot swing on a swing

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• Cannot skip or run
• Has difficulty holding a pen or crayon
• Cannot imitate
• Colors outside the line consistently

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Biological changes

• While thought to be only a behavioral issue, we
  known now that these conditions have a biological
  basis

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In Autism

• Identify children with autism that fit the Fallon
  Algorithm
• Patients with demonstrated low levels of specific
  digestive enzymes (biomarker)
• These enzymes can be measured by a simple
  diagnostic assay.

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Low Biomarker Levels in Autism
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Lack of protein digestion

• Children with Autism, ADHD and other
  dysautonomic conditions lack the ability to
  digest protein

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Clinical Measures

• Primary
• - lack of eye contact
• - lack of socialization
• - lack of speech
• Secondary
• - lack of toileting
• - OCD / Hyperactivity
• - GI disturbances

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Clinical Outcomes

• Autistic Children aged 2-4
  N 225
• At Baseline After 60 days After 150
  days
• 3.85 had some eye contact
  61.45 88.46
• 7.69 were partially toilet trained
  61.45 75.38
• 3.85 were fully toilet trained
  29.93 44.62
• 23.1 had some speech 57.7 75.48
• 15.38 had formed bowel movement
  88.46 100
• 84.62 experienced hyperactivity
  38.46 19.23
• 11.54 plays well with others
  37.77 59.69
• 80.77 experienced hand flapping 46.15
  30.77
• 90.31 experienced other OCD 73.08
  31.66

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Clinical Outcomes

• Autistic Children aged 5-11 N 171
• At Baseline After 60 days After
  150 days
• 13.63 had some eye contact 59.1
  88.82
• 11.36 were partially toilet trained 46.76
  72.18
• 15.91 were fully toilet trained
  15.91 20.45
• 18.18 had some speech
  63.64 86.36
• 15.91 had formed bowel movements
  88.12 96.75
• 97.73 experienced hyperactivity
  51.16 33.42
• 36.36 plays well with others 43.18 71.24
• 75.00 experienced hand flapping
  36.36 27.66
• 90.91 experienced other OCD 57.96 22.34

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Current Status

• Company called CUREMARK
• Unique single source enzyme preparation, with
  time release properties and proper release for
  autistic children
• www.Cure-Mark.com
• Will begin trials at the end of 2008

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Summary

• Hi Dr. Fallon,I just wanted to check in with
  you and tell you a thousand Thank You's!I owe
  you everything!  There isn't enough time in the
  world to thank you for the help you have given to
  Nicholas.  He has been on the "stronger" enzyme
  for a little over 2 weeks now and his vocabulary
  has just exploded!!  He is able to say many words
  and he is able to better communicate his needs to
  us. Receptively he has also has blossomed.  
  Everyday is a new experience or word with him and
  I am still brought to tears nearly everyday with
  this.His therapists and teachers are amazed at
  his progress (so I know it is not just me seeing
  these changes in him)  As you promised...  He
  is now eating banana's (see pic below) and
  cantaloupe.  I am sure that he will continue to
  expand in this area as well. THANK YOU, THANK
  YOU, THANK YOU......

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CONTACT

• Jfallon_at_Cure-Mark.com