Introduction

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Hello all,

I have been a member of this group for about 2 weeks and am reading all the

posts with interest. We live in Melbourne, Australia. My son is nearly 6

years old and has autism. He also suffers from verbal apraxia. He has been

doing biomed for about 18mths and has also done ABA therapy for 2.5 years

(since finished). He has approx 100 words and a lot of them are hard to

understand. It seems he can only say words which are taught to him by each

syllable. I can see that a core part of the protocols discussed on this

board are Oils (Omega 3,6,9)/Vit E which my son has been taking for 12 mths

and also intensive speech/language therapy (which we have not done except

the ABA). I also see NACD.org (not available in Aus) and also the listening

program is also discussed. I guess I am writing to ask people's advice as to

what I should be doing in terms of priorities to assist specifically with

the verbal apraxia. He has so many issues sometimes it's hard to know where

to concentrate my efforts. He has also been chelating for 12 months but that

has not helped with speech development, but has helped other areas. He has

also done AIT (auditory integration training), but still has sensitive ears

as he covers them up even when we cannot hear anything.

Appreciate your reply.

Brett