Guest guest Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Hi, I am new to this group (just joined today) so let me introduce myself. I am the father of a 27 month old living in India where unfortunately we do not have much knowledge/expertise about Apraxia. Based on recommendations of a friend of mine living in US whose child has been diagnosed with Apraxia, I had ordered the book " The Late Talker " from Amazon.com Based on my reading of the book and other Internet articles, I do believe that my daughter has Apraxia. She was also a late walker and did not start walking / crawling until she turned 2 years old. She is undergoing speech therapy for the last 4 months and both my wife and I are " hard at play " with her most of the time. She seems to respond particularly well to my playing with her and is most verbal during our time together. From not saying more than " mama " and " papa " till 2 months ago (that too interchangeably for either of us) to having approx. 50 words in her vocabulary now, she has come a long way. I was most excited to read the chapter on " nutritional supplements " in the book " The Late Talker " - fish oil fatty acids and how they might potentially help (along with speech therapy) in treating Apraxia. I immediately consulted our Pediatrician here in India who was aware of Omega3 (she studied in UK) but told me that at one time there was a lot of hype about this treatment but lately, it has come to light that it does not really help in anyway. Now, the questions going around in my head are:- 1) What is the latest belief about treatment of Apraxia with such nutritional supplements? Are there any short-term or long-term side effects? 2) Is the nutritional supplement only meant for kick-starting the speech process or is it also useful in cases like my daughter's since she has already started saying words and is increasing her vocabulary everyday? 3) If we were to do a blood test to check whether or not she has a deficiency of HUFA (highly unsaturated fatty acids), would that be useful? 3) None of the brands mentioned by in the book are available in India, however, a variety of other brands of fish oil fatty acids are available. How do I choose what is right for my daughter? Can you please tell me the ingredients / composition I should look for and the dosage? I would really appreciate any help /comments with this. It is a doubly difficult situation for me with not enough expertise available here in India. Furthermore, if anyone knows of any local resources related to Apraxia in my country, that would be most useful. Thank you, Nikunj nikunj@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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