37% Of Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder In Early Childhood No Longer Met The Criteria In School Age

About 37% of children diagnosed with autism as toddlers (ages 12 to 36 months) who received community-based interventions no longer met the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by the time they entered elementary school. Girls and children who had higher baseline adaptive functioning were more likely to no longer meet the criteria. All children who no longer met the criteria had an IQ of at least 70.

In a study with 213 toddlers diagnosed with autism, all received some intervention. Most, 94%, received ASD-specific intervention, mostly applied behavioral analysis. Other interventions included the Early Start Denver . . .