Ny Times: The Kids Who Beat Autism

Two research groups released “systematic studies, providing the best evidence yet that in fact a small but reliable subset of children really do overcome autism”. Led by Deborah Fein, the study followed 34 young people who had overcome the symptoms of autism, describing this as the “optimal outcome”. These 34 were compared with 44 young people who were evaluated as “high functioning” autistic, as well as 34 typically developing peers. A study previous to this, led by Catherine Lord, tracked 85 children from their autism diagnosis for nearly 20 years, and found that 9% of them no longer met the criteria for the disorder.

 

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The Sunday Times: Tough Love

ABA is a radical, expensive and highly controversial tough-love treatment that is heavily criticised as “cruel”, but it’s the only evidence-based method proven to either “halt or even reverse a child’s autism”.

 

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