Dr. Charles Chapple - AutismOne Conference 2010

Rob Sidell and the audience take a unique opportunity to interview an expert clinician and the father of Sean, a seven year old boy on the spectrum.
Dr. Chapple emphasizes that "motor drives sensory and sensory drives the brain". Chiropractic and cranial/sacral therapy address the "motor and reflex" symptomology in ASD. Dr. Chapple explains Cranial/Sacral therapy and how it can help with many ASD issues. He comments on the semetric tonic reflex and how some kids crave the weightless environment of the pool or bath.
Dr. Chapple teaches about the GFCF diet and how his son and family approach dietary intervention. He includes a detailed explanation of chronic inflammation and its effect on the nervous system which might be caused by dyes and/or toxins. He introduces us to the "inflammatory threshhold" in the nervous system.
Dr. Chapple introduces the concept of a "sensory diet" as it pertains to how kids with ADD/ADHD/ASD can be helped during school with regulatory issues by allowing them to work through their energy and stimulatory issues by bouncing or spinning before going into a classroom environment. He makes the case that rocking and spinning are often mis-interpreted as symptoms of ASD rather than inate reactions to ASD.
Dr. Chapple also touches on the subjects of primitive reflexes, routing reflexes, hand/mouth tie-in, hemispheric dominance, murrow reflex and the startle reaction to leaning back as well as many other insights he has gained as a Doctor and as Sean's Dad.