Originally Posted on UPI.com, June 22, 2012<\/p>\n
Having adults engage the attention of autistic preschool children by gesturing and pointing to toys increases children’s language skills, U.S. researchers say.<\/p>\n
First author Connie Kasari of the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues said the study involved 40 children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at ages 3 and 4, who received the intensive therapy program or standard intervention. The children were evaluated at ages 8-9, and all of the children in the study had attended preschool for 30 hours each week, Kasari said.<\/p>\n
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