A Drug-Free Approach to Asperger Syndrome and Autism: Homeopathic Care for Exceptional Kids PDF
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ALSO BY THE AUTHORS Ritalin-Free Kids Rage-Free Kids Homeopathic Self-Care Whole Woman Homeopathy The Patient’s Guide to Homeopathic Medicine The Savvy Traveler’s Guide to Homeopathy and Natural Medicine The Homeopathic Treatment of Depression, Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder Mystics, Masters, Saints, and Sages Copyright © 2005, Electronic edition, 2014 by Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Robert Ullman and Ian Luepker. All rights reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief review, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise— without the written permission of the publisher. For information contact Picnic Point Press. This book is intended for education purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or give medical advice for a specific condition, or to in any way replace the services of a qualified medical practitioner. The cases in this book are true stories from the authors’ clinical practice. The names of the patents have been changed to protect confidentiality. Electronic Edition ISBN: 978-1-940057-01-9 Published by: Picnic Point Press 123 4th Avenue, N. Edmonds, WA 98020 425-774-5599 www.healthyhomeopathy.com Digital Conversion: AG Creative Solutions, New Delhi, India Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgment Introduction PART ONE 1. Strangers in a Strange Land 2. Better Living through Chemistry? 3. Homeopathy 4. Homeopathy for ASD 5. What Parents Say PART TWO 6. Awkward and Alienated 7. Preoccupied and Persistent 8. Odd and Obsessive 9. Sensitive and Selective 10. Monotones and Monologues PART THREE 11. Of Genes and Vaccines 12. Alphabet Soup 13. Naming the Problem PART FOUR 14. Other Alternative Treatments Worth Considering 15. Bringing Balance To Your Family 16. Practical Tips for Living With and Learning From Your Child with ASD PART FIVE 17. The Most Common Questions Asked by Parents of Children with ASD Appendix: Resources for ASD, Homeopathy, Diets, and Vaccination Information Glossary Notes About the Authors We dedicate this book to Angela and to all others who follow their grand passion with heart and in truth. Foreword Homeopathy is becoming increasingly well-accepted in the United States, as it has been in Europe for many years. A major reason for the upsurge in the popularity of homeopathy is the rapidly diminishing respect for conventional, traditional, “establishment” medicine. The concept behind homeopathy contrasts sharply with the assumptions of conventional American medicine. Homeopathy embodies the idea that many of the symptoms of disease are actually manifestations of the body’s attempts to heal itself. The homeopathic doctor sees his or her role as facilitating these efforts of the body to heal itself by administering medicines or “remedies” which will stimulate and augment the symptoms. Conventional U.S. medicine, also known as allopathic medicine, takes the opposite view-it assumes that if you give drugs which fight the symptoms rather than enhance them, the disease will disappear. Both of these competing theories, homeopathy and allopathy, have a certain amount of plausibility. The debate between advocates and practitioners of both sides has gone on for centuries. Why, in recent years, has homeopathy suddenly become ascendant at the expense of allopathy? There are no doubt many answers to that question, but in my opinion the most important of those reasons is that as medical record keeping has become more bureaucratized, computerized and more accurate, it has become increasingly apparent that allopathy’s use of drugs carries with it a terrible penalty in terms of sickness, death and malpractice insurance costs. The pharmaceutical companies which manufacture the drugs used by allopathic physicians have become billion-dollar behemoths, perhaps the most profitable industry in the world. The pharmaceutical companies have more lobbyists in Washington, D.C. than there are congressmen and senators. Despite the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on lobbying, on public relations campaigns and on advertisements for various drugs, the public has been learning, especially in the past year or two, that prescription drugs are neither as beneficial as they are claimed to be, nor anywhere as safe as one would hope they should be. An estimated 160,000 people a year in the U.S. die as a result of adverse drug reactions, and several million are severely injured. Elsewhere I have characterized traditional medicine-allopathy-as an attempt (a misguided attempt) to bring about health through the administration of sublethal doses of toxic substances. Strange, but true. All too often the doses turn out to be lethal rather than sublethal. I especially like the title of this book: A Drug-Free Approach. The allopathic drugs which are routinely used to treat autistic children can produce a horrific array of adverse reactions. Homeopathy is rapidly rising in popularity for a number of reasons, which include: 1. Safety-serious adverse reactions, especially death, are virtually unheard of with the use of homeopathic remedies. 2. Homeopathy is far more cognizant of the individuality of the patient it embraces the concept that there is no such entity as a disease, only an interaction between a disease process and an individual patient. 3. Homeopathy recognizes and appreciates the fact-and it is a fact-that the body is far better informed and far wiser than any or all of us. Helping the body heal itself makes sense, in many ways. The authors of this long-awaited book have a wealth of experience using the principles of homeopathy to treat patients on the autism spectrum. I am pleased indeed that they have elected to share their experiences with us by writing this book. Bernard Rimland, Ph.D Founder and Director Autism Research Institute San Diego, California
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