Re: Study links autism and preemies

Personally, I think that soon there will be several "subsets" of children diagnosed with autism. They already classify the children based on number of symptoms, but I think it may go even further to maybe encompass children clearly born with it and regressive type autism, or children who appear to be developing typically and then regress, for whatever reason. Some literature already refers to these two different classifications. And, for children with regressive type, there may be even more classification with regards to potential triggers, or additional diagnoses. But, a few things that I feel are indisputable are: the earlier the diagnosis the better, and quality ABA delivered intensively (1:1 setting with high repetition) along with exposure to neurotypical peer models in a language rich environment for generalization will  help to provide the child with the best possible chance of reaching his potential.