Alternative cures for autism
Carmel Thomason
13/ 8/2007
EVERY month, Susan Crisp takes her eight-year-old son, Daniel, for a 15-minute chiropractic treatment.
Daniel has autism and Susan and her husband, Gary, firmly believe that this complementary therapy has been key to the recent improvements they've seen in his development. "His communication has improved tremendously," says Susan.
"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."
Television presenter, Quentin Willson, has reported similar success from the treatment for his son, Max.