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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
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