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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, a whole 119 kids compared to the 1 in 68 children identified with autism...

http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0327-autism-spectrum-disorder.html

OP, this is a diagnosis issue (or misdiagnosis) not kids "beating" or "overcoming" autism.[/quote]

If you read, you will see that these individuals were carefully reviewed prior to tracking in the study.  [/quote]

It's a very limited study.  119 kids is a drop in the bucket. [b]These kids are not cured and still have traits. [/b] They may have had the same prognosis without services.  It is impossible to say. [/quote]

You're too much. I think most parents seeking to help their ASD kids would consider a loss of diagnosis while maintaining some traits/ quirks a HUGE success.

Besides, this is not the first study. A larger one (1300 kids) in 2012 showed even larger percentages of recovery - as high as 1/3. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/01/18/peds.2011-1717.abstract

Another study found a ~20% recovery rate, but I don't have time to locate it now.
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If they have quirks and traits and a history or autism, then they still have autism.  [/quote]

I suggest you look upon actual medical definition of autism. Quirks by themsevles do not constitute autism and the history of diagnosis is irrelevant. Formerly autistic now merely "quirky" person is judged by the same criteria as everyone else - if he doesn't meet criteria for diagnosis he is not autistic.[/quote]

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