Could an inexpensive generic drug help improve autism symptoms? The parents of a nonverbal autistic boy in Arizona believe so. They say their son, then three years old, spoke his first words within days of taking a medication derived from folic acid, given to chemo patients to relieve side effects.
Mason Connor, now 5, showed signs of autism since the age of one and experienced a speech delay. By 2 ½ years, doctors diagnosed him with nonverbal autism, but his parents were determined to find a way to help him speak.
