| Many in the autism community, especially those | | | | the most benefit from hemispheric integration |
| interested in biomedical solutions are familiar with | | | | therapy the patient must be able to participate in |
| the concept of leaky gut or intestinal hyper | | | | the treatment program. That is, the more he can |
| permeability. Many however, are not familiar with | | | | do, the more we can do for him and the better it |
| the concept of a leaky brain. I was asked the | | | | works. In this particular case, the child's attention |
| other day by the mom of a child with ADHD if | | | | span is so short that it is difficult to get him to |
| she should give her child GABA, gama amino | | | | perform a particular therapeutic exercise long |
| butyric acid, to help. The thought being if we could | | | | enough for it to be of benefit to him. This led me |
| get him to calm down then we could get more | | | | to discuss GABA, the GABA challenge and a leaky |
| out of the hemispheric integration therapy | | | | brain. |
| sessions he was participating in. In order to get | | | | |