The study is available in Pediatrics - april online, may print issue. Given that my grandson is now making absolutely astounding progress that started at 7 or 8, I am interested in this. He had a lot of early intervention, but progress was very slow. Suddenly he is now blossoming in so many ways.
http://health.msn.com/health-topics/auti....entid=100288661 (broken link)
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Analyzing nearly 7,000 California children with autism, researchers from Columbia University in New York City also found that these kids typically display six typical patterns of social, communication and repetitive behaviors and that those whose symptoms were least severe at diagnosis tend to improve more quickly than others.
"These children follow really different pathways over time, changing at very different paces and according to very different patterns," said study author Christine Fountain, a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia's Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy. "Most children do get better, at least a little bit. But we found it somewhat surprising that about 10 percent improve really rapidly and to a great extent."
The study is published online April 2 and in the May print issue of the journal Pediatrics.
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