Publish Date: January 17, 2013
An individual diagnosed with an autism disorder during childhood may no longer fall in the autism spectrum as an adult, suggests a new study. “As adults, their social functioning is very good, they’re all functioning in mainstream education with no support,” says study author Deborah Fein, a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut who studies autism……Furthermore, with scientists now identifying 25 gene variants that may increase the chance that a person will have autism, it is hard to grasp the idea that one may cease to have autism following a diagnosis.
ACSH’s Dr. Gilbert Ross was not impressed: “I believe that at least some segment of ‘recovered’ ASD patients can be attributed to the ever-expanded diagnostic criteria for the condition that has contributed to the massive increase in the number of cases over the past twenty-plus years. As for this study, there are no quantitative data presented, so it amounts to little more than a feeling on the part of the authors.” To Read More....
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