AUTISTIC SPEECH IMPROVES WITH OILS

According to new research published in the journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, daily supplements of omega-3 and vitamin E were associated with speech improvements in austistic children as well as in imitation, eye contact, and behaviour. The researchers, Claudia Morris from the Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland (CHRCO) and Marilyn Agin from the Saint Vincent Medical Center in New York, recruited 187 children with verbal apraxia - a speech disorder common in autism - who received omega-3 fatty acid and vitamin E supplementation. The results of the study show that 97 per cent of the participants with apraxia reported dramatic improvements while taking these supplements. The researchers noted that verbal apraxia is not only a speech disorder but rather a complex syndrome that affects a person's neurologic function and conclude that controlled trials in apraxia and autism spectrum disorders are warranted.
(Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine)