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disappear. 161 EFTA00810163 I I EFTA00810164 CHAPTER 7 Autism Spectrum Disorders The term autism spectrum disorders (ASD) includes autism, Asperger's syndrome, and other conditions. (ADHD is not defined as an autism spec- trum disorder.) ASD encompasses a wide range of symptoms, levels of impai

rate variability: I monitored the pulse and blood pressure of my clients, and correlated these with their breathing. I learned this method from my Rolfing teachers, Michael Salveson and Gad Ohlgren, in 1982-83. My teachers had learned it from Peter Levine,4° a leading teacher and author in the field o

ey tested the state of the autonomic nervous system and how it related to the level of positive results from a myofascial release technique used in Rolfing. John Cottingham administered a Rolfing technique called a "pelvic lift" to each of the study participants. The pelvic lift is used to balance the

6 Overcoming Health Challenges: Are You Fighting the Heads of the Hydra? • Excessive use of medicine with or without prescription • Autism, ADHD, Asperger's syndrome Interpersonal relationships • Excessive or unreasonable distrust • Difficulty in reaching agreements • Loss of interest in sex Mental

en to fifteen seconds! At this point I was trying to figure out what he could do in ten to fifteen seconds. I had assumed, based on his training in Rolfing and craniosacral techniques, that his treatment would require several sessions. Given my history with an orthopedic specialist, I was curious if a

(as Porges discovered) and not CN VIII, the auditory nerve, often incorrectly assumed to be exclusively responsible for hearing. When an autistic, Asperger's, or otherwise challenging child comes to my clinic, I ask the parents about their child's hearing. Invariably, they say that their child's hearin

eloped this technique based on my understanding of the principles of biomechanical craniosacral therapy, osteopathy, and connective-tissue release (Rolfing). I have used it with great success for at least twenty-five years, and I have taught it to a few thousand therapists. This technique takes less th