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- Title
Autism Interventions Come of Age.
- Authors
Vastag, Brian
- Abstract
Examines applied behavior analysis which is a method of reaching autistic children enabling them to learn. Example of the program at University of California-Los Angeles; Description of the therapy which is not very gentle; Controversy around earlier studies of autistic children; New study that addressed just one part of the disease which is their inability to share experiences; Importance of this joint attention in life skills; News on an intervention trial; Listing of sites for more information.
- Subjects
LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; UNITED States; TREATMENT of autism in children; AUTISM; HUMAN behavior; MEANS of communication of people with learning disabilities; THERAPEUTICS; INTERPERSONAL relations; LIFE skills; UNIVERSITY of California, Los Angeles
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 291, Issue 23, p2807
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.291.23.2807