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Though many studies show that early intensive behavioral therapy significantly eases autism symptoms, most children who receive such therapy nevertheless remain autistic — and some who don’t get it nevertheless stop being autistic. [b]Only two of the eight no-longer-autistic children in Lord’s study received intensive behavioral therapy[/b], because at the time it wasn’t commonly available where the research was conducted, in Illinois and North Carolina.

In Fein’s study, children who lost the diagnosis were twice as likely to have received behavioral therapy as those who remained autistic; they also began therapy at a younger age and received more hours of it each week. [b]But roughly one-quarter of Fein’s formerly autistic participants did not get any behavioral therapy,[/b] [i]including a boy named Matt Tremblay.[/i] [/quote]

Dip-shit, OP.  Matt Tremblay did get behavioral therapy/ABA:
http://apps.beta620.nytimes.com/accessible_nytimes/Top+News/2014/08/03/magazine/the-kids-who-beat-autism.html

There is no cure for autism and therapy makes it better.  Just b/c someone doesn't need behavioral therapy doesn't mean they're not autistic just higher functioning.

Also, a quarter of Fein's study population is 8.5, big whoop-dee-doo!  [/quote]

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