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Autism and Chiropractic Care

From the British publication, the Manchester Evening Star, comes an August 13, 2007 article about an eight-year-old boy Daniel, whose life has been changed for the better by chiropractic.

The story starts with Daniels mother, Susan Crisp taking Daniel to the chiropractor (Evening Start picture right) and notes that Susan and her husband, Gary, firmly believe that this care has been key to the recent improvements they've seen in Daniels development. "His communication has improved tremendously," says Susan.

Susan Crisp chronicled Daniel's progress by stating, "He has started putting three or four words together and it is not in response to questions from us. It's spontaneous. At one time, if he wanted something out of the fridge he would drag me to it and point. Now he'll say, `Mummy, I want'. "He doesn't seem so closed in as he once was and is interacting more with his three older sisters."

The article reported on another instance where a television reporter Quentin Willson had done a story on his own son's improvement with chiropractic. The article noted that it was this television story that prompted Susan to take her son, Daniel to see a chiropractor. Susan recalled, "It was a coincidence that I saw it. I had the TV on and it really caught my eye because there were so many similarities between what he was talking about with his son and Daniel." She continued, "It stayed on my mind. I told Gary about it and we felt we should give it a try. We thought, `If nothing happens, that's the worst that can happen'. At the time, Daniel was walking on his tip-toes and his feet were pointing inwards when he walked - which can be symptoms of autism. I was worried about it and we thought that the chiropractic might be able to help with his posture."

Daniel's success adds weight to two separate papers published in two scientific journals in March of 2006 where studies documented a significant improvement in autistic children under chiropractic care. In one of those studies involving 14 children, 12 showed significant improvement and two of the children improved so much that they no longer met the criteria to be classified as autistic.

The British article concludes with comments from Daniel's mother, Susan, where she notes how he enjoys the care, "But it's not just a matter of Daniel enjoying it. Within four to six weeks we noticed a huge improvement in his condition. "We took him in June and by August people who don't see him regularly commented that his speech had come on tremendously. He started to initiate sentences - it was a real surprise, to us." She concluded by saying, "The chiropractic was like turning a key, opening the door and it all came out of him. "It's not a cure but it can alleviate some of the difficulties."

i know my chiropractor treats people for whatever it is that is ailing them and it is beleived that with a spine that is adjusted the brain can send signals out better to treat the body.

I totally beleive in it, never saw it done with a child with ASD but I beleive it would work based on what he has told me. its expensive though if you dont have coverage. I pay a visit

I haven't even priced it. We'd be fine if they accepted medicaid. William has that because of his SSI. Hrmmmm.. Maybe I should check into that. I think that there is SOMETHING to this. My grandma, grandpa and dad all go to the chiropractor and it has helped them all. I agree we just can't afford treatments. I hear this is the key to good neuro function. I just wish things didn't cost so much.

I had my neice's boyfriend ( a chiropractor student) do some research for me.. I got a 36 page fax. I will read it and if I find anything worthy I will post it here.

I think there could be something to this too.