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August 31, 2004
August 2004
Dear Parent,
As you may know the DAN! Organisation
(www.autism.com/ari/dan ) meets twice a year and considers
the recent developments in research and therapy for ASD.
The last two meetings (October ‘03 and April ‘04) have
really focussed our approaches to therapy and these are
really improving outcomes for our children.
I have re-written our management protocol and we will be
publishing this on our web-site in the near future. In the
meantime if you would like a copy e-mailed or posted,
please e-mail or telephone our office. It is a 22-page
document with some very important therapy modifications as
well as a consolidation of established therapy. In
addition, there are several important scientific
discoveries in the field of the cause of ASD which are
explained in the document.
Briefly, the problem begins with a genetic vulnerability
and this vulnerability is exposed by metals in the
environment, in vaccines and in maternal blood. What
happens next can vary slightly from one child to another
but in over 80% of children there is damage to the
digestive system
nervous system
immune system
- as well as interference in the normal developmental
pathways.
These areas of damage lead to important consequences such
as alteration in the balance of intestinal bacteria and
yeasts, incomplete protein digestion, shut-down in some
areas of the brain and multiple mineral and vitamin
imbalances.
Some simple detective work can be done (hair and poo
analysis) to find out what damage may have occurred and to
plan an individual child’s management - all of this is
explained in our document.
Particularly if your child has been receiving biomedical
intervention
(Secrenase, Vitamin therapy and so on) for some time and
progress has been disappointing; then we have ‘missed’ some
important clues and may need to go back and revise
treatment (including diet) and perhaps carry out some
tests.
We look forward to hearing from you,
Best wishes
David Patterson (MD)
Secrenase
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