Testimonials

Expressive Receptive Language Disorder w/ Sensory Processing
Disorder
My daughter Ellie was diagnosed with Expressive Receptive Language Disorder with
Sensory Processing Disorder. We noticed at around 2 that she wasn't talking like she should.
And she was a very difficult toddler.... didn't like changes in routine, extremely attached to me,
very anxious around people, would cover her eyes and ears! I could not leave her anywhere.
And the worst part was she was extremely hyper and addicted to the TV. It was just exhausting
to watch her all day!

She has been receiving speech/occupational therapy since she was 2 1/2. We have seen
some improvements with traditional therapy. A friend told us about her experiences with
Futures and I felt that this was the answer to our prayers. I made an appointment and
didn't look back. We noticed changes after a couple of days of therapy. The most profound
was that Ellie could sit down and simply relax. She didn't have to be moving around jumping,
running spinning. Since we came home we have also noticed that her language
is improving. When we were in Mississippi we did not let her watch any TV. We have
continued that here at home and she doesn't even ask about it anymore.

She still has her moments but I feel that those will decrease with time. We do the home
program faithfully and often Ellie will tell me after we are done that she feels much better! I just
want to thank God for pointing us in the right direction and all of the staff at Futures Unlimited
for their knowledge and kindness.
Rob and Bethany Sherrard

Dyspraxia
Our son was diagnosed with dyspraxia at the age of 5. We tried two years of traditional
occupational therapy and purchased every kind of manipulative, fidget, ball seats, swings,
slant boards, music therapy, etc. We noticed no improvement in those two years.
We made the decision to stop treatment in the summer of 2004 when he was 7 years old.
Our son went for 5 months without therapy, and he exhibited no progress or regression in
his condition. Then I met a mom in Memphis, TN who had personal experience with the
treatment at Futures Unlimited. She watched our son and stated she knew that Ed Snapp
could help him.

Our first treatment was in October of 2004, and we noticed improvements right away. The
dyspraxia had caused our son to suffer with double vision because his eyes did not work
together. The eye muscles moved independently.I was given therapy to continue at home
with him, and the condition disappeared within two to three months. Additionally, he had
very little trunk mobility so things like bike riding and ball sports were impossible. He also
had hypotonia and his running exhibited this low muscle tone by the flapping of arms and
hands and poorly coordinated feet. After treatment, his running improved and there was
less hand flapping. We continued therapy with our personalized home program designed
by Ed Snapp.

We came back to the clinic in the spring of 2005. Our son was now 8 years old. He still
could not write due to very poor fine motor skills.While his gross motor skills had improved,
he still could not ride a bike or jump. After evaluating him, Ed Snapp recognized that his
vision had improved as had the muscle tone. He fine tuned treatment for the next two
weeks of therapy. At the end of the first five days, our son was jumping and alternating feet.
This was something that had been impossible just a few days before. Had I not been in the
room at both evaluations, I would not have believed such a dramatic improvement could
have happened so quickly. I noticed a huge difference in his coordination after this session.
Muscle tone continued to improve, handwriting improved, and finally two months after this
treatment we were bike riding! He now catches, throws and bats a ball, and runs correctly.

We have come so far in such a short period of time, and we are so thankful that God
brought us to Futures Unlimited. Two 10-day therapy sessions did more for our son than
180 traditional one-hour occupational therapy visits.
C.W

Apraxia
Testimonial from Susan & Mitch Biondi About Johnny Biondi & Our Futures Unlimited Experience
Our son Johnny was born to a drug addicted mother. He tested cocaine positive and was
therefore placed in Foster care, our home, now his adoptive home.

As an infant Johnny startled easily and intensely. He couldn't settle. He was uncomfortable in
his skin. The earliest months were the hardest. As he matured, Johnny seemed less uneasy
but even still he wasn't completely comfortable with his surroundings. Johnny never cooed though he
was a noisy baby. He didn't crawl until 10 months old. He didn't walk until 18 months old. We had
Johnny assessed in the early months of his life and we watched for delays

We started intervention, occupational therapy, when he was under a year old. By the time he
was 14 months old Johnny was receiving speech,occupational, and physical therapy. Johnny
was playful and in many ways functioning appropriately for his age - but he wasn't responding to
therapy. He didn't even attempt to talk.

We continued with these therapies past his third birthday. It was during this time we had
learned about Futures Unlimited. We thought about this alternative "simple" approach. I spoke
to Ed Snapp and yet continued with conventional therapy feeling certain Johnny would soon
respond. During this time we'd also had Johnny evaluated again. His diagnosis was "apraxia". Severe
apraxia, meaning that he could understand language but when he tried to respond verbally, his
message got lost somewhere between his brain and his lips. We were slowly realizing that
Johnny was not responding and probably would not respond to conventional approaches.

Once again we phoned Ed Snapp. We decided to take the leap. Johnny was three years and
three months old. We stopped speech therapy and made the journey to Futures Unlimited.

Before therapy began for our son we were already convinced that this was going to be the
answer we were hoping for. We saw other children, heard miraculous stories and felt so
encouraged.

Johnny's lack of speech was his most obvious disability. There were other less obvious things.
He dragged one arm when he ran. His movements were jerky. He labored over stairs, taking
them slowly, and feeling for the end of each step.

Mr. Snapp observed a short video of Johnny and immediately said that Johnny viewed the world
two dimensionally rather than in three dimensions. An amazing observation based on little
information.

We were at the clinic for two days when I observed Johnny's progress. He was outside playing.
He was running. I noticed right away that he was not dragging his arm. Johnny's progress has not all
been immediate. Small steps mark his path. But it has been six months now and Johnny talks. His
articulation is not precise, but his speech has grown by leaps. Six months ago he had words, not
many, the basics and a few word clusters. Now he communicates in full, sometimes hard to
understand, sentences. He can easily go down stairs and catch a ball (we think Johnny's depth
perception skills have developed). We are pleased beyond measure.

We do therapy almost daily. We reach plateaus and then we are surprised by a sudden burst of
progress. Every day we are grateful for all we learned at Futures Unlimited. We expect to be
connected to Futures Unlimited for a very long time and look forward to a very promising future for our
son.
Thank you for everything,
Susan & Mitch Biondi

Post Polio Syndrome
My decision to travel some 4,500 miles to attend the clinic in Columbus, Mississippi, without knowing
at that time that I had the benefit of medical insurance, was largely based on the recommendation of
Elinor Young from Washington state for whom the two-week course had radically improved her lifestyle.
I was also influenced by my UK-trained physiotherapist who spoke directly with Ed Snapp and
concurred that there seemed to be nothing else available that compared with the kind of success rate
enjoyed by patients of the clinic. A negative but important factor was the assurance that patients
appeared to suffer no harm as a result of the course. The course of therapy requires no medication,
electro-therapy, adoption of any credo - simply the passive participation of the patient.

At age 55 I was diagnosed with Post-Polio Syndrome in 1996 but was unable to ascertain how serious
my condition might become until access to the Internet gave me greater insight into my condition as
well as information about Futures Unlimited. As a 9 year old child polio affected me from the waist
down but I very largely recovered the use of my left leg leaving my right leg completely paralyzed and
walked only with the aid of a full length caliper and walking stick. PPS did not hit me badly but I could no
longer walk up steps without the effort coming mainly from my arms. Sleep was disturbed and energy
levels were pretty low.

After the first day's therapy at Futures which took about 7 hours I noticed an immediate improvement.
Whilst laying face downwards I could now bend my 'good' leg at the knee and keep my foot in the air.
This was something I had been unable to do for 2/3 years and an exercise I had specifically tried and
failed just one month before attending the clinic. Climbing steps is now easier than it was though not
back to 'full strength'. I am also again able to enjoy walks of 2 or 3 miles although I still have to ration my
day's energy carefully. I sleep better and feel fitter and even younger. The psychological benefit that
stems from knowing that PPS has not only been arrested but actually improved permeates one's whole
thinking and attitude.

I do not wish to gloss over difficulties I had with claustrophobia, from which I suffer, during some
aspects of therapy. These were unpleasant but quickly recognized by Ed Snapp who gave me
alternative therapy to circumvent my problem. In the event I was able to go back into the full program of
therapy by retaining full control of the environment.

Ed Snapp, having worked with polio all his long life, has applied himself to devising therapies for this
condition based upon his observation and analysis of the way in which the body moves. His motivation
will undoubtedly have been helped by the fact that he had polio as a teenager. In my opinion, his
approach, based on conventional therapies, is highly original, inspirational and evidently successful.

I consider my long journey to Mississippi to have been worthwhile and I do not hesitate to recommend
to anyone suffering from Post-Polio Syndrome that they should seriously consider a course of therapy
at Futures Unlimited Inc. I have been given a home program of therapy which helps me maintain my
improved condition and is administered to me on my home island of Guernsey (a British island within
sight of France). I do not anticipate it will be necessary for me to return to Mississippi for further
treatment.
Richard de la Rue

Post Polio Syndrome
You don�t have to take my word for it. Take my doctor�s; the words of my pulmonologist as written on his
report sent to my G.P. �Not short of amazing� he said. Written down. Right there on the report.

What was he talking about?.....

A couple weeks after my friend, Sharman, came back from the Futures Unlimited clinic in Mississippi,
and showed such marvelous improvement, I called my sister, Marg, and told her where Sharman had
gone and the wonderful results she was enjoying.

Marg agreed that it was wonderful indeed, then asked, �Well, are you planning to go?�

�Yes, but - ,� I began.

�We�ll take you.�

And so there were no more �buts.� In a few short weeks I was on my way to Mississippi, comfortably
ensconced in Marg & Lloyd�s �fifth-wheel� RV. We left Spokane on October 4 and arrived back
November 7.

Mr. Ed Snapp has developed a program that provides the environment and stimulation that the central
nervous system needs to correct itself . Nothing can be done about the nerves the polio killed, but
something can be done about the nerves and muscles we still have, but which have lost their ability to
communicate with each other.

I didn�t go to "Futures" expecting great things. I couldn�t predict what would happen. I just knew that as
surely as the Lord had put the trip to "Futures" together as I could never have done, I knew the results
were also in his hands, and they would be right. Right for me and for what I try to do for all of you. But
would the results be physical improvement? Maybe not. Statistics were on my side, but as Ed Snapp
himself told me, �There are no guarantees.� So far, 85% of the clinic�s post-polio patients have had
some improvement -- lasting improvement, I might add. That�s good odds, but still no sure thing. Not all
as exceptional as Sharman�s, either.

So, I am more surprised than anybody at the extent of what I gained. But what a nice surprise! I'm not
cured; I still have PPS. But I sure am a whole lot better! This is how I usually respond to friends who ask
me what the changes have been. I now have new:

INDEPENDENCE. After five years of arms and legs too weak to drive, I am now driving myself
everywhere I want to go - - even in this snow!
FREEDOM. I no longer need the BiPAP respirator I was using 15 hours out of 24. It was like an
umbilical cord, pulling me back home by noon, and not letting me go anywhere until after 4:00 p.m. I can
now join friends for lunch, or a show - or go myself!
CHOICES. With my new greater strength and energy, my choices of how to use my "good time"
boggles imagination. Before, active mind-&-body time was so narrow, my choices of how to use it,
beyond the basics, were very few. Now, I can shop, cook, wash dishes, play a game, write a friend a
hand-written letter, concentrate on a good book, play tug-of-war with my dog and all sorts of things.
Yes, it�s true. The improvement is not short of amazing.