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Groundbreaking Study Shows Early Intervention Therapy Can Drastically Reduce Autism Diagnosis

27th September, 2021

[Source: ABC.net.au]

Early intervention with infants at risk of autism through therapy led by their parents improves the child’s social development to such an extent they are two-thirds less likely to meet the clinical criteria for an autism diagnosis, according to world-first research by the Telethon Kids Institute.

The groundbreaking study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is the first time pre-emptive intervention with children as young as one or two has been shown to so significantly reduce autism-related behaviors.

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