--- In Autism-Mercury@y..., "iwillimprove" <dwd@s...> wrote:
> I was reading through a synopsis of the slides presented by Dr.
Holmes
> during the 2001 DAN conference in October.
>
> http://www.autismchannel.net/dana/dan01amy.htm


Well I am very glad you have found something on my site which is
helpful to you!


>
> She states that the developmental history of the child has a big
> impact on the rapidity of results. Those with a history of normal
> development followed by a regression improved most rapidly.


This is what I believe is true for the majority of children. If the
child has a developmental basis, then once the offending substances
are removed, then the child can almost "pick up where he left off", or
at least not have much regression from that point. At least that is
how I interpret the results.


>
> Does anyone have any more information on this? It seems obvious
that
> those who regressed late seem the most likely to be damaged by Hg.
> But how much are people seeing positive responses in children who
> seemed to always be behind?


My son never developed, he is dx as "classic genetic Kanner's autism".
At age 3-1/2 he was developmentally 0-3 months, which is where he had
been for his entire life. I think I already mentioned this to you
previously.

Anyway I am chelating him now, and he no longer qualifies as autistic.
But I am NOT seeing the dramatic improvements that other people see.
However, he is progressing and now looks like a typical 3yo child in
a 6yo body. It would be nice to see the dramatic improvement that
others see, but I am happy to see him on a "typical child development
time line" now, instead of perpetually 0-3 months old. Plus he plays
appropriately with toys and no longer twirls sticks and runs his face
along horizontal lines, and he has language appropriate for about a
3yo child, so I am happy.


> She doesn't give any more details... are these children all within
the
> "slight improvement" and "no improvement" group?
> Do any of you know any more details comparing results of "late
onset"
> and "early onset" children?


Sorry I don't have any more information for you, just my son's story.
I don't even know of many other children who were "different from
birth" and are chelating. I know of one, but she has only just begun
chelating. I know of others who are doing well with HNI enzymes, so
you can consider that also.

http://www.houstonni.com/

If you would like to consider asking your questions directly to other
parents, or to industry professionals, you can consider attending a
conference. I don't know your location, but in October the DAN
conference I believe will be in San Diego CA again this year. There
are local ASA conferences in many states. And I have a conference in
Southern California in August, so you can attend that one if you would
like.

http://www.autismchannel.net/dana/confrenc.htm

Dana