The most moving experience using NeurOptimal®, is one I have witnessed frequently and it involves Aspergers and Autistic children (one was a 12 year old boy). Very frequently after the second or third session, the child will get up out of the reclining chair and walk over to Mum sitting behind and to the side, put their arms around Mum’s neck, give her a kiss and tell her that they love her. And Mum cries in pleasure (and perhaps disbelief).

A non-verbal three year old boy started talking after approximately seventeen sessions. As is often typical with kids on the autistic spectrum, he was also very much in his own world and didn’t show much interest in others. During his time using NeurOptimal®, he started coming out of his shell and began noticing and interacting with others around him.

7 year old boy – arrives and jumps in the chair – Fully oblivious to his surroundings. During the session he ignores the screen, draws only or entertains with a ball in his hands constantly spinning. At the 5th meeting, his mother reports he was able to sit with his father and watch TV for 20 minutes! At the 12th session the child tells me he played outside with the neighbors with the ball or the bike. At school they established improvement (attention, behavior).

I have been training an 8 year-old boy with a diagnosis of autism – not otherwise specified. When he first came he would have outbursts frequently, be non-compliant, was very inflexible… Today, he plays hockey and has scored a goal. He has a friend and can play cooperatively much of the time.