AUTISM: THE MISSING LINK IN IT'S CAUSE

Why Do Only Certain Children Develop Autism Spectrum Disorders?

Autism was previously attributed to poor parenting and was described as a genetic disorder. It is believed that Autism is a neurological condition usually developing around the 18-month mark. Parents and researchers have equated the onset of Autistic Spectrum Disorder with the administering of the MMR vaccination. Today, most literature states that the cause is still unknown. There are many possibilities to be considered as contributing causative factors, but no one had put it all together until now.

Only 1 in 140 children vaccinated developed Autistic tendencies and 99.5% did not? (DAN statistics from the Oregon study of Nov. 2000).

Bear in mind that Autism takes in a wide spectrum of disorders from very severe to mild: PDD, ADD or ADHD. This spectrum would include a much higher percentage since 1 in 6 children are on some type of behaviour modifying drug such as Ritalin, Prozac, or Adderall. What we are concerned with here is why are some children more susceptible?

Answer: When the following causative factors are present in the 18 month old, they are much more susceptible to an Autistic type reaction from the administration of the MMR vaccine.

Causative Factors

• Most parents have been misled, misinformed or not informed at all about health issues.
• Decreased ability of the immune system to handle stressors.
• The presence of Mercury, which is extremely neuro toxic. There are many sources to consider, the two main ones are the parent's amalgam fillings and mercury from the preservative called thimerosal used in vaccinations.
• A preexisting yeast and/or parasite infection in the mother that is transferred to the child in-utero, producing a multitude of immune, digestive and toxic effects on the nervous system.
• Food allergies, mainly to milk and wheat.
• The parents are the second or third generation of poor eating habits. Junk food does not usually improve the immune system.
• Gastrointestinal abnormalities: Leaky gut, poor or incomplete digestion, poor absorption of nutrients, deficient bacterial flora and the presence of the measles virus in the intestine.
• Misalignments of the spine and skull.

These children are sub clinically, or sometimes quite visibly unhealthy, and their fragile immune systems are not capable of handling the adverse reaction to this very potent triple virus vaccination that contains live or dead viruses derived from aborted fetuses and toxins from thimerosal, formaldehyde and aluminum.

Note on Mercury

It was a shock to me to find out that Rhogam, the drug used in the 22nd week of pregnancy, for Rh- incompatibility, contains thimerosal (mercury). This adversely affects the developing brain of the fetus. Other every day sources that contain thimerosal are contact lens solution, dental floss, Mercurochrome, throat sprays and yes, the flu shot.

Today, infants are required to have 30 different vaccinations, by 18 yrs old, 10 of them before the MMR at 18 months. The total accumulation of mercury from the 30 vaccinations is 212 micrograms. The FDA acceptable toxic level is .1 micrograms. No one ever stopped to add up the amount of mercury being give to the children; they just keep adding more vaccinations. The convincing, scientifically accepted evidence that mercury is neuro toxic was demonstrated at the University of Calgary in 1997 by Loeng, Syed, and Larscheider when cultivated brain cells were subjected to 10 to the minus 10th power of mercury. This is such a small amount it is almost undetectable. But the destructive affect on the brain cells was immediate and extensive.

How Mercury Causes Brain Neuron Degeneration: You can download this excellent experiment for free from the Internet. (You will need a Quick Time Player to watch it.)
http://www.redflagsweekly.com/movies.html

To purchase this tape contact the DAN organization and order the 2001 DAN conference tape.
www.autism.org

Parent Case Histories

When assessing an autistic child it is necessary to take extensive parent case histories as well to determine the health of the parents prior to and during pregnancy. This is because the health of the parents at the time of conception directly determines the health of the baby.

When some parents first read this article they misunderstand my direction and felt that I was once again, blaming them for their child having Autism. This is not the case, but unfortunately many well intentioned parents have been misled or misinformed when it comes to health matters such as: diet, antibiotics, amalgam fillings, Chiropractic and vaccinations. Today, more than ever, it is necessary for the parents to become self educated in matters of their own health. It has become obvious that we have been and still are being betrayed when it come to our health. We have trustingly and unquestioningly followed the dogma of the "system" only to find out that they had their hands in our pockets. The "systems" intentions are not fully on the health and welfare of the children, but in some cases more on their own welfare. There are many professionals out there who are the exception to these statements, but they too are stuck in the "system". I am not blaming the parents, only pointing out where the causative factors have originated. The responsibility lies in identifying and correcting these factors, no matter how they got there.

We were taught in Chiropractic College that many conditions are genetic, but after a very short period of time in practice it becomes evident that the children also inherit the life styles and personal habits of their parents. These are sometimes more significant because, to date not much can be done about genetics. Right now we are concentrating on what we can correct.

Typical Findings In the Parent's Case History:

• The parents are uninformed or misinformed about health issues.
• The parents show a lack of concern about their health with personal habits such as; smoking, drinking too much alcohol and coffee and experimenting with recreational drugs.
• The Standard North-American Diet (SAD diet), prevalent in many cases, is a diet consisting mainly of nutritionally deficient, commercially prepared, microwaved or deep fried junk food. The parents can be the 2nd or 3rd generation on this type of diet.
• Most are dehydrated. The first sign of dehydration in the pregnancy is morning sickness.
• The use of anti-biotics and birth control pills, which produce the yeast infections, is common.
• The level of toxins consumed is usually high. Neuro toxins such as: fluoride, mercury, formaldehyde, aluminum, salicilates, aspartame and lead.
• Eating right for their blood type is not even a consideration.
• The clincher, and determining factor in their ability to maintain their health is the lack of regular care of their spine and skull, which would have helped keep them free of the devastating effects of subluxation. A regular level of spinal care is rarely seen in the families of Autistics.

The Next Factor Is Never Mentioned In the Research On Autism.

• The baby suffers a traumatic birth (forceps, vacuum extractor or suction) producing subluxation in the spine and skull.
• They may also experience a fall or accident of some kind causing a head injury. Such as: tumbling down the stairs, falling out of bed, toppling off the change table, being involved in a car accidents or possibly physical abuse.

When you combine all these factors, the mother gives birth to a sub-clinically unhealthy baby whose immune system is inadequate to handle the stressors it is about to be subjected to. The baby is born with a yeast overgrowth; it is toxic, has a leaky gut, is malnourished, dehydrated and subluxated.

The Following Case History Scenario Is Also Typical for the Child:

• The baby is either not breast-fed or it is discontinued prematurely. The baby does not receive the benefit of the immunity protection obtained from the first mother's milk (Colostrum).
• If the baby does get breast-fed and the mother does not eat properly, the baby is fed many foods that it is allergic to. See: Eat Right For Your Blood Type. If you inject type A blood into a type O person they could die. Similarly, ingesting food that is not compatible with your blood type produces lectins, which cause sticky blood and allergic type reactions. Resulting in a compromised, overworked immune system.
• Cow's milk is introduced into the diet at a very early age.
• Solid foods containing wheat are introduced too early.
• Early symptoms start to appear: colic, irritability, excess mucus, drooling, poor sleep patterns, eczema, diaper rash, head banging, ear and tonsil infections and delayed development.
• A series of 30 vaccinations is administered to the baby of the unsuspecting parents. Who would give their child vaccinations if they knew that they contained neuro-toxic mercury, formaldehyde and aluminum and that they were made from the pus of infected animals cultured in aborted human fetuses?
• Reactions such as high fever, rashes, convulsions and severe swelling occur after administering these vaccinations.
• Exposure to other neuro-toxic chemicals such as toluene.

It is important to note that there is no typical pattern for these Autistic tendencies. This is why it is vital to do all these case histories to determine what has transpired to precipitate these reactions

.I had a recent case; were a family had three Autistic Spectrum children, one from the first mother and two from the second. The family was very health conscious and no vaccines had been administered. Does this disprove the theory? No, on further investigation, there were other toxic factors present including the sloppy removal of amalgam fillings just prior to the pregnancy, a TB vaccination 5 months before of the first mother and heavy gasoline fume exposure to the other mother as a teenager. There was also a history of poor nutritional upbringings and a myriad of health related symptoms including yeast infections. This families diet, current health practices and supplement programs were excellent, the only factor missing in their treatment protocol was the cranial adjusting. The children and mother are currently progressing very well on their new treatment program.

How Autistic Spectrum Disorder Develops

The baby is considered normal, with no abnormal development noticed; it is walking and talking. Then the MMR (measles mumps and rubella) vaccination is given in the 18-month period and 1 out of every 140 children develop Autistic symptoms and another 20 to 30% are neurologically affected to a lesser degree. In the more severe cases of Autistic Spectrum Disorder communication ceases, introversion starts, social skills are affected, bizarre behaviour develops and "stimming" begin.

When many of these predisposing factors are present, the baby is extremely susceptible to the adverse reaction of the vaccine, which produces a very high fever and an encephalic reaction can result in the brain. Encephalitis is a severe swelling of the brain.

Since the brain is encased in bone, the swelling cannot go very far and creates a dramatic increase in intra-cranial pressure. When the skull is misaligned, the part of the brain adjacent to the misalignment will suffer a greater pressure, a decreased blood and nerve supply and result in hypoxia, lack of oxygen, to that part of the brain. This adversely affects how that part of the brain functions and can result in Autistic characteristics.

Why Is It That the Most Common Areas of Functions To Be Affected Are Behaviour And Speech?

Because the frontal areas of the brain, which control behaviour and the parietal/sphenoid areas, which are associated with the language centers, are the areas of the skull that are most commonly misaligned. The encephalitis that results from the vaccination will affect these areas more than others.

Implications of Cranial Misalignments:

• The blood supply for the front of the brain passes through the carotid foramen in the sphenoid bone. If the sphenoid is misaligned, the blood supply to the frontal lobes could be decreased, decreasing oxygen availability and reducing its ability to function.
• The language center is located just behind the left sphenoid; when misaligned it can affect speech.
• If the frontal bone is misaligned it could cause pressure on the anterior frontal lobe where the behaviour centers are located and adversely affect behaviour.
• The blood supply for the back of the brain comes up through the foramens on the lateral aspects of the cervical vertebrae and enters the brain through the foramen magnum, located in the base of the occipital bone. Therefore, occipital misalignments can affect the foramen magnum, restricting the flow of blood to the brain decreasing in the amount of oxygen available.
• The main veins that return the used blood from the brain to the heart are the jugular veins, which exit the skull via the jugular foramen lateral to the foramen magnum in the occipital bone. If the occiput is misaligned, the blood flow from the brain can be impeded. Compound this with an increased intra-cranial pressure from the MMR induced encephalitis and neurological problems start to develop.
• The severity of the oxygen deprivation determines the extent of the neurological damage.

Implications of Cervical Subluxations:

Cervical subluxations also restrict carotid and more specifically the vertebral artery supplying blood to the brain. The cranial nerves and of course the cervical nerves are adversely affected by cervical subluxations.

Other Considerations:

1. The myelinization process is far from complete at 18 months of age and many of the aforementioned neurological structures are not protected by myelin and are more susceptible to damage from the toxins in the MMR, especially mercury. It is important to note that the infant does not secrete bile yet at this age. Bile aids in the elimination of mercury.
2. The misaligned cranial bones cause pressure on both the brain and the blood supply between the skull and the brain. When the MMR encephalitis occurs, the increased pressure of the swelling can cause a hypoxia to the areas under the misalignment, which causes damage to neuro-pathways.
3. There are allergic type reactions also occurring in the brain from the toxins in the vaccinations. These toxins produce a variety of neuro-peptides adversely affecting the neurotransmitters in the brain.
4. The increased pressure in the brain interferes with its ability to eliminate the blood via the veins and decreases the arterial blood available to the brain. This decreases the nutrient and oxygen supply to the brain and causes neurological damage.

The most important causative link in Autism is the misaligned skull. Another child can have all of the other predisposing factors present but if their skull is not misaligned they can manage to make it through the MMR without developing Autistic tendencies. Others suffer less neurological damage and manifest disorders such as: learning difficulties, ADD, ADHD, PDD and ODD. We are finding out that the immune system is also affected resulting in asthma, allergies, ear infections, bowel dysfunctions and latent autoimmune problems such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.

We are taking a big chance when exposing our children to vaccinations.

According to the latest California statistics from the DAN! Organization: 1 in 140 children develop Autistic Spectrum Disorder, 1 in 50 to 80 of them are boys. Another 15 in 100 are labeled as Learning Disabled and a disturbing 1 in 10 are on behaviour modifying drugs for ADD, ADHD, and ODD. The question is: Are your children going to be among the lucky ones?

Treatment Protocols

To help Autism and its related conditions all of the causative factors must be addressed.

The immune system must be improved, the diet changed (casein and gluten free), the toxins eliminated, the proper supplements taken to counteract the damage to the brain, water intake increased, infectious agents handled and leaky gut healed.

Most importantly, the cranial and spinal subluxations and misalignments must be corrected or the child will not recover to his/her potential.

When all of the above factors are addressed then behaviour therapies and the love and patient attention of the family yield much greater improvements.

Chiropractors who correct the position of the skull should be considered as one of the primary contact practitioners for the treatment of Autism, PDD, ADD, ADHD, and learning difficulties.

Roger L Turner DC is a 1974 clinical honors graduate of CMCC. Past president of York Peel Chiropractic society. Renaissance International Chiropractor of the year. "Before kids" he was a frequent lecturer at Parker Chiropractic Research Foundation and many US and Canadian Chiropractic consulting firms. He had a very successful practice in Toronto for 17 years and then moved to North Bay to answer the demand for his skills in treating Special Needs Children in the north. He ran many satellite practices in: Sudbury, New Liskeard, Sault St. Marie, and Manitoulin Island.

Returning south, Dr. Turner is currently based in Barrie and Toronto to be more accessible to his international clientele.

Dr.Turner is a widely published author, with 36 articles published in various Chiropractic publications and Health related magazines. His first book, Body Culture, 1986, was on the various aspects of exercise. His second book, Irritable Everything, 2001, is on his protocol for the treatment of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue. It is available in its pre-publication manual form from www.turnerwellness.com or email Dr. Turner at [email protected] for clinic information. He has been researching the treatment of Special Needs children since 1986. His third book Autism, The Missing Link In Its Cause, is currently being written.

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