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Podcast: Hip hip hooray for toddler interventions for autism
Published April 17, 2017
As always, good news and bad news in autism this week. First the good news: an intervention given between 9-14 months of age in children with a high probability of having an autism diagnosis improved autism symptoms at 3 years of age. Now the bad: mothers who experience severe childhood abuse are more likely to have a child with an autism diagnosis. Why? A new study explains it might have a lot to do with autism traits in the parents.
Click here to listen to this week’s podcast with Dr. Alycia Halladay.
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