Vicky was born in Thailand. The birth was a caesarian section with no other complications. By age 2, Vicky's mother noticed that Vicky was not progressing as he eldest daughter had. Vicky had difficulty holding her head up and was delayed in both walking and speech. Although these findings were brought to her doctor's attention, he did not see a need to worry. By the age of 5 Vicky was still not making normal progress in her speech, and her social skills were inappropriate. A second doctor saw Vicky and suggested that she was "lacking growth hormones". Since the administration of growth hormones was not legal in Thailand, Vicky's family moved to the United States to seek help.

Vicky was taken to Children's Hospital of Orange County, where the doctor's did not agree that she was lacking growth hormones. Instead, they labeled her mentally retarded. Vicky did not have problems talking and communicating at home, but at school she would not speak and was afraid of everything. By the age of 15, Vicky was diagnosed autistic. By the age of 18, Vicky had stopped talking completely. She began grinding her teeth during waking and sleeping hours and hit her head with her hand. She was diagnosed with depression and was prescribed Respidol. Vicky had been taking Respidol for five months prior to her initial examination in my office.

During her initial examination, Vicky was very restless in the waiting room with her mother. She was making guttural, non-verbal sounds and constantly moving around the office. If appeared as if she wanted to walk out the door. A few times during the examination, she hit the back of her head with her hand. I had some difficulty keeping her on the the table for the examination and adjustment. The examination revealed that Vicky had a C1-C2 right subluxation, T2-T3 right subluxation, and right posterior sacrum and an anterior occiput. Vicky was adjusted this visit with full spine Diversified method and Drop headpiece for the occiput.

Prior to Vicky's second visit that week her mother noticed less teeth grinding. Vicky still was not talking. I adjusted her again during her second visit and Vicky seemed to pay particular attention to my watch, so I gave it to her to hold while I adjusted her. Three days later on her third visit, Vicky walked into my office and said, "Hi, Dr. Neally. I like your watch!" I was so surprised when those words came out of her mouth. Her mother said that she had almost stopped grinding her teeth and was beginning to say and repeat words. Four days prior to Vicky's next visit with me, her doctor increased her Respidol dosage because he assumed that it had helped to improve her speech. When I saw Vicky on the fourth visit, she was not talking as much as had during her third visit and seemed very distant. Two days later, Vicky was becoming very hyperactive and it was difficult for her to pay attention to her mother and receive her adjustment.

I was only able to adjust Vicky six times before she left with her family to Thailand on a family emergency. Vicky was back in my office when they returned 3 months later. Unfortunately at this time, she had reverted back to the condition I had observed during our initial examination. It should be noted that she was still taking Respidol. I was able to treat Vicky for two additional months until she once again returned to Thailand. During these two months, I observed her condition reach a plateau level that i felt could not improve unless she was taken off Respidol. Vicky continued to repeat back words that were spoken to her, but her teeth grinding did not improve on a consistent basis. Vicky's mother was happy that Vicky began to speak again, but it never reached the level it had before she was put on more medication.