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healing air conditioning systems 191wefingtonstelmt7 ifalam 4711748 craftsmanship 7iir jmdilieii tribune community doug hackert 6405339 h slouffville aluminum siding windows specializing in replacement doors and windows serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge and area a metroland community newspaper wednesday february 10 1988 chiropractors method beats odds girl overcomes learning disability with stouffvilles dr allen turners help by bruce stapley before june 1986 cheryl clark was a very unhappy girl she was slow had repeated grade 2 and seemed destined to remain a fix ture in uxbridge public schools special education class her coordination and attention span were below normal as a young child she had suf fered a head injury causing con cussion this accident accompa nied by severe curvature of the spine contributed to a serious learning disability that in turn caused cheryls parents much concern they felt both the di agnosis and the treatment were incomplete cheryl had been prescribed va rious drugs to keep her condition in check surgery was being cons idered in an effort to repair the spine curvature or scoliosis as its known painful to see for john and gayle clark it was painful to look on helplessly as their daughters health deterio rated they were sure in their own minds that cheryl wasnt beyond help that somewhere there was a procedure that could reverse the syndrome a column in the weekender caught their attention it f ocussed on the work of stouffville chirop ractor dr allen turner and the success hed experienced with children with learning disabilities and dyslexia we were ready to try any thing mrs clark admits cheryls drug therapy program wasnt working her teacher had actually suggested we take her off the drugs she was becoming much like a robot it was scary the following week the leask- dale couple took their daughter to see dr turner he was honest gayle recal led due to the severity of her condition he didnt know how much help he could be skull bones misaligned he explained gayle said that cheryls nervous system was bad ly disorganized and that her skull bones were misaligned resulting in pressure on nerves regardless they had hope for they had discovered a doctor who made it his business to research unique forms of treatment for the learning disabled a man who had travelled across north america picking the brains of experts in the field soon positive things began to happen gayle remembers a month from the initial treatment her coordination began to im prove as did her reading and writing in two months her sco liosis was reduced from 21 per cent to 18 per cent by midseptember cheryl was able to retain multiplication tables and comprehend addition and subtraction confidence in her everyday approach to life hit a more posi tive note her teacher actually broke down and cried as she listened to cheryl deliver a speech last spring gayle says since september cheryls reading level has progressed from a grade 4 to a grade 6 level parents ecstatic no longer shackled by the chains of mental handicap cheryl has begun to blossom she now feels much better about school her friends and most im portantly herself her parents are ecstatic all i can suggest to other pa rents is give it a try urges mrs clark it certainly cant doany harm dr turners treatments are so much safer than drugs she a fresh start leaskdale resident cheryl clark pauses during a session with her chiropractor dr allen turner the stouffville chiropractor helped the 12yearold overcome learning disabilities which have beset her since she began school shes now reading at a grade 6 level jim thomas claims as for dr turner himself he too is excited at what hes seeing not only in the case of cheryl clark but other children as well in the past two years hes hand led more than 200 similar afflic tions in some instances the im provements have been drama tic dr turner says he points to a student in uxbridge who was struggling to obtain marks in the 50s now this same pupil is earn ing 80s and 90s dr turners methods have proven so successful a tv station is planning a documentary in addition requests are coming in from all over for the local chirop ractor to address various medical organizations on the subject of treating children with learning disabilities hes presently work ing on a book disclosing little known facts on his findings for 12yearold cheryl clark life is finally back on track an answer to prayer for her mom and dad new neighbors stouffville it was on the market only five days the beautiful home owned by robert budd at the corner of main west and victoria street has been purchased by a family from un- ionville the list price was 324000 agnes faggiani and jean car- doza of family trust stouffville branch had the listing the residence was owned by mr and mrs wesley schell and later by ron brillinger ralph spademan profile c3 back to nature c10 torch runners on feb 1 an olympic torch ceremony involving claremont and goodwood public school students was held at claremont school three participants in the catch the spirit celebration were torch runners from left danny saxon 12 kathy todd 12 and principal gail elliott jim thomas money and business c14 whats on this week c16 17 i raa