Multi-sensory enrichment: UCI needs money to expand on promising results

August 30, 2010

Over the past year, the University of California, Irvine has been studying the

impact of multi-sensory therapy on autism based on the original clinical work of

Claudie Gordon-Pomares. It took 6 years to get the funding from a private

foundation for what looked like a solution too simple to be effective.

In November, Prof. Leon will present the promising results of that pilot study

to the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego. It appears that olfactory and

tactile stimulation, along with the other short and gentle multi-sensory

protocols were able to bring up IQ, Childhood Autism ratings and expressive

vocabulary.

Before Multi-sensory therapy can become a real solution in the mainstream, this

study needs to be expanded to a larger population, for a longer period of time.

Professor Leon sent me a budget proposal. All they need is a total of $350,000

for a 2-year clinical trial.

The money would be contributed to the UC Irvine Foundation so that it would be

tax deductible.

Would you be interested in helping Professor Leon and his team of prominent

researchers confirm that multi-sensory therapy is a tenable solution to treat

autism?

If you would like to be involved, contact Prof. Leon's office at 1-.

Please forward this to friends and interested organizations.

Thank you for being part of the solution for autism and developmental disorders.

Sincerely,

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Kim Pomares

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