Does autism Behaviour improve with age?
Sept. 27, 2007 — Most teens and adults with autism have less severe symptoms and behaviors as they get older, a groundbreaking study shows. Not every adult with autism gets better. Some — especially those with mental retardation — may get worse.
Will my autistic child ever be normal?
In severe cases, an autistic child may never learn to speak or make eye contact. But many children with autism and other autism spectrum disorders are able to live relatively normal lives.
Can a person with autism outgrow their early symptoms?
In fact, if a person with an autism diagnosis does appear to completely outgrow their early symptoms, they were not properly diagnosed. In some cases, a practitioner may put an “autism” label on a child because of behaviors and symptoms that fit the criteria of autism but miss other issues that underlie the behaviors.
Can a child with autism get better over time?
While children with autism don’t appear to just “get better” over time without intervention, most do improve over time with therapies and maturity. Some improve a great deal. Practitioners of virtually every major autism therapy can tell stories of a child who started out with severe challenges and, over time, built significant skills.
Can a person be cured of autism?
Their perspective: if a person no longer exhibits sufficient symptoms for an autism diagnosis, then she has outgrown (or been cured of) autism. In other words, the therapies worked and the autism is gone. Who is right? When symptoms are no longer obvious to an outside observer, have they been “outgrown?”
What are the symptoms of severe autism spectrum disorder?
Speech and language challenges. While everyone with an autism spectrum disorder has a difficult time with social skills and communication, people with severe autism are most likely to be entirely unable to use spoken language. They may also appear to take no notice of the people around them. Sensory dysfunction.