At his doctors recommendation Travis turns to electric convulsion therapy to help cure his mental illness and autism. Travis has exhausted all available treatment options for autism and hopes that ECT will be the treatment that cures his autism. ECT can jump start areas of the brain that are not working properly and kick them into gear so that they can keep up with the rest of the entire brain. Travis does not take the advice of using ECT to treat autism lightly as he knows it is just a chance but he definitely has trust and faith in his doctor and knows that she would never steer him in the wrong direction. As a part of ECT therapy Travis will be put to sleep and then given a shock to trigger a seizure. During the seizure it is hoped that the areas of the brain that are not working will be jump started and begin to work normally so that Travis will be able to lead a productive life at a higher functioning level. Travis feels that fixing the social skills or fixing the social part of the brain will be a cure for his autism and this is something he has been all about for years. In this book you will learn some of the pros and cons of using ECT therapy for people on the autism spectrum.
