Review: Disconnected Child
Posted in Reviews on March 30th, 2009 by Elaine | Permalink |
I am really excited about Disconnected Kids: The Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Disorders by Dr. Robert Melillo.
What’s it about? Why am I so excited?
It’s about chiropractic neurology, something you may not have heard of, but stay with me. The author is a chiropractic neurologist, with a practice devoted to helping kids with issues including those mentioned above.
He’s written the book for those who cannot afford to travel to him, and he’s created a home therapy program — don’t freak, it’s quite do-able — for parents and children to do together at home.
I’m excited because of the improvement this technique will likely bring to our house.
The book includes extensive questionaires to help you identify the specific issue your child has — not the symptoms — but the underlying brain deficiency.
Yes, I said deficiency, don’t freak! The concept, which he explains quite thoroughly in the book, is that certain symptoms (Tourette’s, OCD, dyslexia, autism, etc.) are caused by brain disconnection — not enough communication between the sides of the brain, and a more developed hemisphere.
But that’s a simplistic explanation, please read the book yourself in order to understand it completely.
You may be able to find a chiropractic neurologist in your area to work with your child, should you wish to. But even if you plan to do that, instead of doing the home program, it would still be great to read the book in order to understand how the brain should work, and what happens when things go a little wrong.
Now, I know that some nay sayers, or just skeptics, will be thinking, “How is that possible? How can one thing cure all those problems that are unrelated?”
Well, he explains that in the book. And if they’re all brain issues, doesn’t it make sense that fixing the brain will fix the symptom?
If your child has one of these issues, I wish I could buy you this book and have it sent overnight. Please read it.
Update: I hinted above that we would be trying this in our house. Well, rather than go the DIY route, we did find a doctor to work with and my child has been cured of dyslexia!
(The views expressed in this review do not necessarily reflect those of The Community Co-op. The views expressed belong to the reviewer, who would like as many people as possible to benefit from this book!)