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Article: Children can be taught to socialize.(Autism)(Brief Article)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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Most of the symptoms of the baffling disability autism can be overcome with early intervention, professional treatment, parental involvement, and plenty of patience, declare Lynn Koegel and Claire LaZebnik, authors of Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies and Hope that Can Transform a Child's Life.
Usually appearing in the first three years of life, autism causes difficulties in verbal and nonverbal communication, social interactions, and leisure or play activities. If left untreated, most children with the disability "will never be able to communicate or live a normal life," explains Koegel, clinical director of the Autism Research Center at the ...