One of the first families who tried the EMR-Lowering Protocol had a four-year-old boy with an autism-spectrum disorder who had slept poorly for two years. At night, he climbed into his parents' bed. So his parents had not slept well for two years, either. They were desperate. Within the first week of their EMR remediation trial, the boy slept through the night, in his own bed.
After two weeks, I prescribed a multi-vitamin and pharmaceutical-grade, molecularly distilled fish oil. His appetite improved, and his bowel movements became regular.
Later, the boy's poor sleep returned, and he climbed into his parents' bed again. His mother thought he'd eaten too much sugar for Halloween. Then she learned that her older child had re-activated their Wi-Fi. Once she turned the Wi-Fi off again, the four-year-old started sleeping again, and his behavior calmed down. Within two months of reduced EMR exposure and taking the multi-vitamin and fish oil, his cognitive level improved two grade levels. His school principal and teachers were shocked.
Another family had an aggressive, non-verbal ten-year-old child with autism. Every night, the boy ran around the house, screaming from 10pm until 3am. This family lived on a military base with high levels of background EMR, and so I doubted that the Protocol would have any effect. But the parents wanted to try it. They kept the electricity on in their son's room, but they eliminated their Wi-Fi at night and unplugged all of their cordless phones. Within three days, the boy's aggressive behaviors decreased, and he spoke a complete sentence for the first time.
Motivated, the family eliminated all of their wireless technologies 24/7. I also prescribed pharmaceutical-grade, molecularly-distilled fish oil for this boy. After three weeks with the Wi-Fi router turned off and daily fish oil, his nightly screaming stopped. His speech, digestion and sleep continued to improve. His anxiety--and his mother's seizure disorder--both decreased.
Another child, a five-year-old boy, flapped his arms daily. His parents disagreed with a doctor's diagnosis of autism, because when the boy spent a month with his grandmother in a rural area (without cell phone reception), the arm-flapping completely stopped. Back in the city, his arm-flapping resumed. This family was lost to follow-up. I do not know if they tried the EMR-Lowering Protocol; but I found it interesting that their child's behavior changed dramatically in an area without cell phone reception.
The EMR-Lowering Protocol is free and has no side effects. It does require parents who 1) recognize that their child's digestion, behavior, sleep and/or speech are problematic; 2) actively search for solutions; and 3) will experiment with non-pharmaceutical solutions to calming behavior.
If an effect is not apparent within two weeks, I suggest that parents return to their original electronics usage, and again rate the child's three main problems from zero to ten. If no effect is observed, EMR may not be contributing to the child's illness, or the home's baseline EMR exposure may be so high that moving to an area with less EMR exposure may be the only way to calm behavior.
Of course, diet also plays a key part in children's health. The January 2010 supplement to the Journal of Pediatrics reports that 40-80% of children with autism have gastro-intestinal (GI) problems that can be difficult to diagnose. A diet that is not right for a child can increase her vulnerability to environmental exposures. Likewise, optimal nutrition can increase a child's resistance to such exposures. For good information about optimal nutrition for special needs children, I recommend Julie Matthews' Nourishing Hope for Autism and Judy Converse's Special Needs Kids Eat Right.
If parents observe that EMR exposure affects their child, they are often motivated to turn off more wireless devices. They may notice improvements in the sleep and overall health of other family members. I often recommend Dr. Stephen Genuis' article, "EMF Sensitivity: Fact or Fiction," which lists healthier tech alternatives.
What led me to offer the EMR-Lowering Protocol? In 2006, a two-year-old boy who'd been in my practice since birth was diagnosed with autism. The boy had delayed speech, high-pitched screaming and anxious behavior. During office visits with me, he crawled under my exam table to hide. An indirect test suggested that mercury was an issue--perhaps because the mother had eaten lots of mercury-laden fish during her pregnancy, hoping that the fish oil would make him smarter. A biochemist proposed chelating (eliminating) the mercury as a treatment for the child's autistic behavior. The parents asked me to monitor their son during this treatment. I declined, because I'd never heard of such a treatment. I knew about speech therapy and reinforcing good behaviors.
The family left my practice and found a pediatrician who monitored their child while the biochemist chelated him with DMSA.
Three years later, the family visited my office again. To my complete astonishment, the boy--now five years old--made fantastic eye contact with me and spoke normally. He had friends and performed above average without an aid in the classroom. I was shocked. I thought, if one child can recover from autism, so can many more.
Starting with a call to the biochemist, I began researching environmental and integrative medicine. I learned that in environments with less electromagnetic radiation (EMR), children with autism excrete greater amounts of heavy metals (a good thing). I learned that exposure to EMR from wireless technologies can impair a person's ability to detox.
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