ROLE OF SPEECH THERAPY WITH MAHESHWAR SUTRA AND PARENTAL SPIRITUAL COUNSELLING IN AUTISM: A CASE STUDY

Abstract

A male child of 7 year old came to the general Ayurveda OPD in March 2013,with chief complaints of problem in speech and lack of social interaction. The child was irritable, aggressive and disobedient. On history taking, it was revealed that he was pre-diagnosed as an autistic child by the registered psychiatrists. His parents had stopped going for the therapies like speech or occupational etc..due to financial burden and only little improvements in the child’s behavior or speech. Maheshwar Sutra practice for the child and spiritual counselling was done for the parents. Total duration of the therapy was 6 months. The parental spiritual counselling was done for 8 sessions,of 40 to 50 minutes each. The Maheshwar Sutra practice was done thrice-a-week in sessions of 90 minutes each. The results were encouraging as improvement with eye contact ,better speech with formation of two to to three sentences,and reduced irritability was seen in the child. The parents found themselves more confident and resourceful after the therapy.