Case study into Autism.

9 months research into the homeopathic treatment of Autism.

This volunteering of time by my old College, and Louise McErlain. I would like to thank all
for their time. The College is now GC Tafe.
Pilot study of 8 Autistic children.1996
Head researcher: Christine Freitag
Study compiled by Christine Freitag. Last year Naturopathic student, now a qualified practitioner.
Naturopathic physicians: RA,C Freitag, RB, L Zillis, RC, A Bolger.
Supervisor of study: L Mc Erlain,
SUMMARY
The following data is from the 8 families who completed the study. Over half the children’s
home life had improved in the course of the study. A good majority of parents thought
that homoeopathy had benefited their child. A third of the participants live in the country,
two thirds live in cities of varying sizes.
The names of the patients remain confidential.
AUTISTIC CASE STUDY
Case No I. Researcher (R) A. Boy age 5.
Autism presenting with Echolalia (repetitive speech) as main expression
(95%). Intermittent unfocused periods with hand flapping. Unsocial
behaviour, shouting outbursts when given instruction. Loner personality,
very quiet, hyperactive in evening. Slowly starting to integrate.Wets bed.
Outcome after 8 months treatment
Autism: Echolalia appears once every few weeks, converses now in normal
sentences. Improved thinking, reasoning, self help skills, Ie able to
create and produce own breakfast, chooses own video and works machine
independently. 90% focused in our world now.
Behaviour: No car tantrums now. Takes instruction better, over 90% tantrum
free. Tantrum displayed now as foot stamping in frustration, this is also
easily curbed now.
Teacher assessments.
Toileting accidents much improved, behaviour improved enormously. Seeking
greater interaction, no longer screams or protests at performing fine
motor tasks.
Case 2. R A. Boy age 11.
Autism presenting with constant sitting and rocking over 95% of the time.
Unfocused 99% of the time, will focus on a person at home once a month on
average. No integration, Loner. No speech except mumum, dadad, and
sounds.
Behaviour: Aggressive (intermittent), pinches, bites causing pain. Wakes 3
am constantly, bangs head on wall and rocks. Loner, very quiet.
Epilepsy, Petit Mal 4 – 5 times a day.
Outcome after 9 months of treatment.
Autism: Integration increased markedly, will go into a room with people
voluntarily, Ie classroom, TV room. Focuses on a person at home 3-4 times
a day. Takes simple instruction now, cheeky personality displayed. Lack
of speech no change. Intermittent sitting and rocking now. Stands and
dances to music very often.
Behaviour: No pinching or biting now, no waking at 3 am, no head banging
any more. Calmer, loves dancing now, will also voluntarily walk outside.
Epilepsy: Petit Mal reduced to 1-2 to none a day now.
Case 3. R A. Girl Age 11.
Autism presenting with good speech, appears to understand and converse
well, yet all is pretend. Answers wrongly, always looks at mother to seek
confirmation of answer. Extreme fear of shopping centres, dislikes social
interaction. Has no emotional outburst except fear. Recites videos
perfectly. Unfocused, speaks to “lion king” most of the time.
Nightmares once a month, skeletons everywhere will kill her. Running and
fast walk unbalanced. Wets bed.
Medication on tofrinol.
Outcome after 6 months of treatment.
Autism: Shopping expeditions displays calm now. When mother says something
that she disagrees with she sticks up for herself and corrects her mother.
Doesn’t look at mother for acceptance of answer now. Still says yes
sometimes instead of answering though as well. This shows improved
focusing in our world. Can remember what happened the day before and state
this. Independent dressing improved. Still recites videos, higher
vocabulary now, (surgery on cleft palate too though). Running no change.
Case 4 R A. Boy age 7.
Autism presenting with hand flap and Echolalia, both intermittent. XS
energy eyes, body moving constantly. Outburst (screams) if given affection
(intermittent), if in town with people everywhere (constantly), or play
stops, or when given instruction (constant). Communication essential only,
Ie If he is still hungry “more”.
Behaviour: Anger, hits out (person/wall) if feels threatened or
frustrated, duration Min-Hrs intermittent, very strong for his age.
Outcome after 6 months of treatment.
Autism: Outbursts decreased to one of 1 hr duration 2 weeks ago, this week
one outburst duration few minutes, for loss of toy, or being told off
only. Hand flap changed from 2 hands to only one hand, echolalia displayed
only in sarcasm now. Speech form is mini sentence now, not essential
communication only. No outburst when shopping. Understands everything, yet
says no to half of those things. A little less hyperactive/restless.
Behaviour: Anger decreased and displayed as a push rather than a hit now,
More cooperative.
Case 5 R B. Boy age 9.
Autism presenting with no speech, noise only. Concentration low,
constant body movement. No sense of danger. Isolates self from other
children, inattentive, no thinking or reasoning at all.
Behaviour: Violent, mood unpredictable, duration 0-24hrs Constant. Needs
watching constantly. Hits for no reason, attacks sister, attacked
researcher. Frustrated about communication / restraints, cries after being
angry.
Outcome after 7 months of treatment.
No improvement, no change.
Case 6 R B. Boy age 3.
Autism displayed as violent, destructive, tantrums duration 1hr>, average
2-3 day. Nightmares, screams can’t be quieted average 3 a week. Loud
noises creates stress, presents as anger. Agitated on waking.
Medication tofrinol.
Outcome after 8 months of treatment.
In order to understand this case, a step by step flow of life changes from
the 4th month to the last month of treatment is presented.
Tantrums reduced to one big one once in the last week, no nightmares
anymore. Calmer in public and with other kids. Accident Arm broken,
shock. Bead up nose hospitalized. Bronchitis. All target symptoms
degenerated to original state. Sleep restless, wakes calmer. Minor
tantrums Average 7 a day, big ones one a week. Rock dropped on head
(traumatic). Rages increasingly more violent, especially to mother,
controlled, deliberate. Bronchitis developed into Asthma. Medication
tofrinol doubled. Child changed from kindergarten to preschool. Child has
been referred to a psychiatrist by doctor, as violent behaviour is
calculated.
Case 7. R B. Boy age 8.
Autism presents as delayed speech, needs prompting. Hyperactive/ restless
continues for 17 hrs constant. Mood swing Happy/ sad/ Lengthy crying.
Hysterical, duration 1-24 Hrs Twice a month. Wakes 3.30am wild and
hyperactive. Has an obsession with flags.
Outcome after 8 months of treatment.
Sleeping until 4.30 – 5.00, emotionally calmer on waking. Hysteria
decreased to a whine now, mood swings less extreme. Speech no change.
Case 8 R C. Boy age 12.
Autism displayed in finger flapping mainly at night, with XS perspiration,
and picks fluff balls constantly. No interaction, no coherent speech.
Tantrums at shopping centres constant.
Behaviour: Mood swings alternates aggressive/calm/crying/ hyperactive/
frustrated, can lead to headache with head banging. Pinches, bites
intermittently, Prefers solitude.
Outcome after 7 months of treatment.
Autism: Finger flap intermittently, no perspiration. Calm at shopping
centres now.
Behaviour: Pinching and biting decreased markedly. Happier calmer, crying
decreased. Interaction with other children increased. Ie holiday program
played ball game several times with others. Concentration and attempts to
communicate also improved. Neighbour commented child more attentive to
her, previously ignored neighbour. Spitting decreased