An encouraging study found nearly four in 10 children outgrow autism. Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital followed 213 children who were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as toddlers, and concluded 37% of children no longer met the criteria for an autism diagnosis by the time they reached 5 to 7 years old. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
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00:00An encouraging study found nearly 4 in 10 children outgrow autism.
00:05Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital followed 213 children who were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as toddlers
00:13and concluded 37% of children no longer met the criteria for an autism diagnosis by the time they reached 5 to 7 years old.
00:22The study found that female children and those with initially stronger adaptive skills were more prone to no longer meeting the criteria.
00:30Higher baseline adaptive skills refers to essential abilities like communication, self-care, and decision-making, reports Fox News.
00:38All the children in the study who outgrew the diagnosis also had an IQ of at least 70.