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Autism, ADD/ADHD, Asperger’s Disorder and Similar Conditions
P. Anthony Chapdelaine, Jr., MD, MSPH
1/3/08
I work with ADD/ADHD, autistic, Asperger's Disorder (Pervasive Developmental Disorder, High-functioning Autism, etc.), Oppositional Defiant, and other lableled children using A HOLISTIC approach, including a variety of methods and tests to help determine the best method to either reverse, or optimally manage, the condition. Hair tissue analysis, urine and stool samples from the right labs, interpreted correctly, usually uncover toxic burdens of heavy metals that are contributing to, and sometimes causative of, the behavioral problems. Other issues involved in these conditions (yeast toxins, persistent neurological measles infection, biological-biochemical blocked pathways, enzyme deficiencies for Milk-Casein and Gluten-Wheat that create opioids, real-time EEG, etc.) are tested for then eliminated or managed. Based on clinical research, I recommend dietary changes, supplementation, oral chelation therapy and other techniques to lessen the body burden of these toxic substances, detoxify and strengthen liver functioning, and enhance the child's ability to care for him/herself, to feel better, and to function better in social situations. These conditions are NOT a deficit of Adderall or Ritalin in the brain. I refer to partner chiropractors, psychologists, and social workers when necessary.