Therapy for babies showing signs of autism

An intervention for kids exhibiting signs of autism as young as 6 months is showing promise, researchers say, with most infants in a new study shedding their delays.

Of seven kids who received the therapy, only two later received a diagnosis on the spectrum. All of the children in the pilot study were flagged in infancy for displaying clear signs of the developmental disorder like limited eye contact, problems with socialization and repetitive behaviors, researchers said.

The study published online Tuesday in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders is among the first to look at autism intervention in infants.

At present, autism cannot be reliably diagnosed in a child's first year, though research has indicated that symptoms do appear in some children in infancy.

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