A 15 year Longitudinal Study of French Autism and a look at Early Diagnoses of US Autism that Resolved
Today’s post is all about what to expect in the future; it covers a detailed look at 2 different studies that I think are best considered in a single post. Forewarned is forearmed. How high to set the bar? In a recent post I highlighted the need for long term (longitudinal) studies showing what happened to people diagnosed with autism back in the 1990s in California and New York, when an autism diagnosis was much more meaningful and yet early intervention was already available. We could then see what the outcome was 20 years after diagnosis and this might help parents decide their own autism strategies for today. I was encouraged to subsequently come across today’s study from France that traces the progress made over 15 years by a group diagnosed with autism. I also include my take on a popular recent study that showed what “Optimal Outcome” looks like in American autism, but that looks just over a 4 year period. Don’t raise your hopes. All this leads to the practical questio...