RE: Hi/New autistic

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Hi Janine -

I have a 3.10 year old son who is Apraxic. He had no words at all until

about 3.3 years old when I put him on the Pro EFA. Within a month, I

started hearing a few words, within two months he was probably up to 25

words and then from 3 months on, he just exploded. Now he holds

conversations with me and says almost anything he wants to. He still has

articulation problems but I'll take that at this point. I have heard of a

few children with Autism starting the Pro EFA and experiencing positive

results from it, better eye contact and socialization being two of them.

You asked if your son didn't have Apraxia would it do anything negative? and

although I'm not an expert, everything I've learned tells me no. Pro EFA is

only fish and borage oil so there's nothing in there that will hurt your

son. It's kind of like getting him to eat a can of sardines in a gel

capsule. Most of us with little ones poke a hole in it and squeeze the oil

into juice or applesauce or something. My opinion is, since it can't hurt,

why not try it? Good luck!

in NJ

KDR-1@...

Re: Hi new/autistic

Hi Janine-

My son is currently five. At two he had loss of speech, he was spinning, no

eye contact, putting everything in straight lines or grids, and he had no

imaginary play. Since he's our only child, we didn't recognize that he

wasn't just " slow " . I did start giving him flaxseed oil because his hair

was

crunchy dry. In hindsight, we believe that the oil kept him from going into

true " autism " . I love this site because I believe strongly in the oils.

We've had great success with the Pro EFA. My son still has slurred speech

and he gets upset easier than other kids but everything else is going great.

We did a lot with nontraditional allergy treatments (NAET/BioSet) and

CranioSacral Therapy. I also think chiropractic care (by a holistic based

chiropractor) is beneficial. I like the view of Dr. Goldberg ( <A

HREF= " http://www.neuroimmunedr.com/ " >Home</A>

/www.neuroimmunedr.com). He's not convinced that gluten free helps many

kids

but he does recommend avoiding whole wheat. You may also want to check out

the SpeechDiet group. It's similar to this one but maybe the kids

have

more issues. I find that all of the kids seem to have several things going

on with Sensory Integration problems being pretty common (we also had huge

improvements with brushing/compresion therapy).

I think everyone should give the Pro EFA a try. I've been taking it myself

(2/day). My hair and skin look better than they have in years and my

menstrual cycle is much more normal. My friends son who has auditory

processing issues saw an increase in his complexity of speech/word choice.

I

have my husband taking it too. I was hoping that it would help his memory

but might be too big of a wish!!

Good luck