Dr. Don Sturz, Director of Program Development, Gersh Academy:
A lot of kids are presenting with what I keep referring to as kind of umbrella symptomatology in which they have kind of a little bit from each diagnostic category. It’s not unusual to see children have additional symptomatology, OCD, tic disorders, that type of thing, and then also fall on the spectrum.
ANNOUNCER:
Autism is about four times more likely to occur in boys than girls and, despite new research and many theories; the cause of autism remains a mystery.
Liza Bergman, Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism:
Autism itself is different from person to person to person, and I think that’s what makes it the most difficult to really understand.
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Even so, help is available from a variety of organizations across the country.
Jennifer, Parent:
He’s been getting services since he was two and a half, and, you know, the earlier the better, the earlier intervention the better. And, you know, there’s a lot of help out there.
ANNOUNCER:
Thanks for joining us on today’s Once Daily!
