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For years, Oregon parents Jeremy and Karen Echols had tried intensive behavioral and sensory therapy to keep Alex, their severely autistic, nonverbal 11-year-old son, from self-injuring by hitting his head into walls and slapping his face, often until it bled.
Exhausted and concerned for their son’s safety, the Echols finally moved Alex to a state-funded group home at the age of 8, where he continued to exhibit debilitating seizures and self-directed abuse.
But in 2009, Karen began reading about the use of medical marijuana to treat children with autism-related rages and self-injury. After discussing it with Jeremy, both parents brought Alex to a doctor, who approved him for the unconventional treatment.
The results were astounding, the Echols say.
“Eventually we had some truly amazing results,” Jeremy wrote in a blog post. “He explored his world with his hands, something he was very rarely able to do. His hands were the enemy up to this point… But on those few truly magical days when we got the dosing just right, he played. He used his hands to explore. He looked at us and smiled.”
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