Traditional Chinese Medicine for Autism

History - Ty is 6 yrs old, dx severe autism at 20 months old. Ty was vaccine reactive at 1 yr old. Interventions have included 2.5 yrs of DAN intervention, including anti-viral treatment (2 yrs on valtrex), anti fungal treatment, td-dmps, IV chelation, MB12 shots and other forms of B12, Tomatis (1 yr) and 2.5 yrs of Yasko protocol. Ty is a tortoise in the race. While I wouldn’t classify him as a non responder, he certainly progresses at a very slow pace. He has had 10 words for 2 yrs and on a good day will sometimes spontaneously use a few of them. Our biggest gains came with Yasko.. Huge amounts of metals excretion, heavy mercury load (elevated pulls consistently for over 2 yrs on random unprovoked challenges - ironically Ty has had two French Porphyrin tests come back “little to no toxicity” during these two years of UTM‘s). I embarked on TCM because after much metal excretion and improved biochemical testing, we were only seeing minimal gains. Ty is an easy going, happy little boy. He sleeps great, eats a decent array of gfcf foods, and progresses steadily in school. Teachers report over the past year (while on Yasko) that his attention and focus have improved, but most importantly receptive is at an all time high. After 2 yrs of prompted potty training, Ty has recently begun to self initiate, we are “almost” 100% trained.

My biggest concerns remain his very slow cognitive recovery despite all of our efforts. We have made no progress in communication devices, he has a low motivational state to use any form of language (signs, PECS, Go Talk, etc), nor have we had any luck in teaching him to use the computer. Left unengaged, Ty would happily shred paper or pull threads for hours. He has no toy play skills, and no peer participation. He just recently began to watch Noggin and not stim on his DVD player. We do not plan on telling his teachers of our TCM intervention. I feel that will be our best objective set of eyes, as he attends a 7 hr a day verbal behavioral based autism communication classroom. We have removed ALL supplements from Ty’s current protocol at the request of the Dr. overseeing his herbal tea. That accounts for over 70 individual supplements, 10 Yasko RNA’s, daily Hydroxycobalamin B12 shots, LDM-100, and anti fungals. Ty has NEVER been without supplements.