Autism Therapy: eye-hand coordination

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Cognitive Effects of Risperidone in Children with Autism and Irritable Behavior
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, by Aman, MG, Hollway JA, McDougle CJ, Scahill L., Tierney E., McCracken JT, Arnold LE, Vitiello B., Ritz L., Gavaletz A., et al., published in 2008, summarized Sep 1, 2008

Risperidone does not seem to have a negative effect on school performance in children with autism.

The purpose of this study was to see if risperidone therapy made it hard for children with autism to think and learn. The study had 38 children aged 5-17 years. The risperidone therapy did not seem to affect attention, eye-hand coordination, or short term memory. The children who received risperidone therapy did show better verbal learning and spatial memory than controls. Treatment with risperidone also seemed to help the children to better focus on tasks.


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Chiropractor Develops Maximum Potential Program to Help Kids on the Autism Spectrum

Sep 16, 2011

Dr. Richard Kelly, a Bridgehampton chiropractor, has developed a therapy program to help children on the autism spectrum. Maximum Potential works to strengthen the brain so that kids might have improved social and focal behavior. The therapy focuses on sensory and cognitive exercises that combine “postural and spinal adjustments, aerobic and hand-eye coordination exercises and reflex activity.” Kelly calls Maximum Potential less a treatment, but rather a regiment, which includes nutrition and exercise in addition to the adjustments. Maximum Potential begins with an assessment and then adds an individual plan of exercises combining aerobics with eye-hand coordination.

Read original article: Bridgehampton Chriopractor's Autism Therapy Yields Success


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