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5-MTHF and Autism: From Nonverbal to First Words in a Pediatric Case Report
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After years of speech-language and occupational therapy without functional spoken language, an 8-year-old boy with autism began vocalizing and spontaneously spoke a meaningful word approximately two weeks after starting 5-MTHF supplementation. This case examines the temporal association, potential relevance of folate-dependent pathways, and the need for further research into communication outcomes in minimally verbal autistic…