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Study: Autism treatment works in kids as young as 18 months

11 News Houston - Mon Nov 30, 11:17 am ET

There's encouraging news on treating autism today. CHICAGO -- There’s encouraging news on treating autism today. A rigorous, if small, study of behavior treatment found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms in autistic children as young as 18 months and often results in a milder diagnosis. Early autism treatment remains controversial because there’s been little evidence that it really ...