Diagnosis Show Some Children Who are no Longer Suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorder Still Struggle for Sometime

A study on 14 toddlers who were diagnosed to have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) showed that a portion of those children no longer met the criteria needed in the elementary school as per the report of Science Daily news.

The Pediatric Academic Societes (PAS) said that the children have continued to bear behavior or emotional symptoms that require special attention and educational support.

In past studies, the ASD symptoms were resolved in some of the children over the course of time although it is not clear if the children continued to have the learning or behavioral deficits.

Dr. Lisa Shulman, development pediatrician together with researchers have reviewed important data on 38 children with ASD in the span of 2003-2013 and their symptoms have been treated when they were evaluated after four years.

The selected children were a mix of ethnically, socioeconomically and racially backgrounds.  This population is under represented with regards to study of autism.

The clinicians also monitored and provided interventions to the children's response to the said treatment.  After some time, they noticed that the symptoms of the ASD in some of the children were treated or resolved but the others have continued to still experience the emotional and learning symptoms that need medical attention.

Generally, autism is a condition that stays in a person in his lifetime but some children included in the study and received a diagnosis early in the treatment have resolved their autistic symptoms after some time according to the program director of Infant and Toddler Services and the Rehabilitation, Evaluation and Learning for Autistic Infants and Toddlers Dr. Shulman.  The program is located at the Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at the Rose F. Kennedy Center.