Biscuits for health promotion, skill development and behaviour modification in autism were specially formulated with beneficial functional food ingredients and developed as a food supplement to address the problems of the autistic children. This biscuit has been designed to be gluten free, casein free, sugar free and additive free to be conducive for the development of the autistic children. The specific food ingredients present in the biscuit were aimed at producing improvement in their nutritional status, alleviate their atypical behaviours and enhance their functional skills. Nutritional status of the children was enhanced with better immunoglobulin levels. A significant improvement (p0.05) was observed in the behaviour pattern and the functional skills of the autistic children who received the nutritional supplement in the form of biscuits. This food supplement could be used as an alternative therapy for the improvement of children with autism disability. It needs to be patented since it has a prospective market value.
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