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> >

> > Excellent that he is improving. It is true that maternal

nutrition

> > can affect generations.

> >

> > I don't think the nutritional deficiencies in my son are the

result

> > of diet however. I suspect that this really it a SYNDROME...and

> > someday we will understand why these children have an increased

> > requirement for antioxidants...whether its malabsorption due to

gut

> > inflammation/allergy, increased oxidative stress, and abnormal

> > enzyme(s) in fatty acid processing or abnormal transport of

vitamin

> > E into key organs like brain...or a combo of the above (most

likely).

> >

> > In the meantime we have said goodbye and many grateful thanks to

our

> > ST (who made the apraxia diagnosis in the first place)...and

done

> > with OT as well. What will I do with all that extra time???

> >

> > We have surpassed " normal " and are hitting above average in some

> > catagories in recent testing prior to ending services (like

visual-

> > motor!!!!...an area he had so much difficulty early on...and

tested

> > in the 99th percentile in sentence structure!!!! We laughed

about

> > this with our ST - an apraxic child scoring in the 99th %). We

have

> > seen exponential improvement in all areas since we started the

> > vitamin E less than 6 months ago. Sentences are getting more

> > mature/complex, and nearly 100% intelligible. He is really

quite

> > sassy, has a lot to say, and is a bit of a handful in the way 3

year

> > olds should be. I love it! This is really a happier outcome than

I

> > ever imagined possible.

> >

> > I will be spending more time focusing on getting a grant

together

> > looking at a trial of omega 3/vit E in apraxia and apraxic/PDD

> > children...so everyone will probably hear less from me in the

near

> > future. The best way for me to spend my (limited) time is to

bring

> > some science to all of this - and even a small pilot study will

> > increase apraxia awareness. When there are zero clinical

> > trials...even one small one is a huge step in the right

direction.

> >

> > But I owe alot of thanks to