Children with Autism Can Recover with Therapy, Study Reveals (PRNewsFoto/Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc.)
Results recently released by the founder of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc., Dr. Doreen Granpeesheh, point to proof that children with autism can recover from the disorder. The study shows that autistic children are capable making significant progress in developing language skills, adaptive reasoning, and cognitive analysis. This, the researchers anticipate, will give hope to parents of children diagnosed to have this disorder.
The treatment entails intensive early play-based behavioral intervention amalgamated with structured learning. This included 25 hours of one-on-one therapy and coaching. Fourteen children participated in this study. Before behavioral intervention treatment was initiated, these children were tested for overall adaptive functioning. Those in the average range numbered two out of the fourteen. By the end of the study, when the children were re-evaluated, more than half of the children tested average on Vineland ABC. More than 40 percent of the study’s participants no longer manifest symptoms today. The other children also enjoyed considerable improvement in the areas of self-reliance thereby increasing the child’s quality of life.
Dr. Granpeesheh stated that, “Today, we know that autism is treatable and recovery is possible with the right services.” This is in contrast to the solution offered by some doctors in the past which involved institutionalization.
In the United States, autism disorders affect one out of every 110 children with varying degrees of severity. The majority, approximately 80 percent, of those affected are boys. This disorder impairs communication and social interaction – effectively restricting the range of activities and interests an affected child will involve in.
