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55:32 Published: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 12:00:00 -0500
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Peter is a lively public speaker on the topic of autism and Asperger's Syndrome; he also mentions the contributions of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) to good outcomes, and during the Q&A, discusses more in depth possibility of loss of diagnosis in autism and significant improvement via EIBI.
- Understanding autism
- Fictions and facts
- Needs of adults and how society can work together to promote "quality of life".
- Included in the Q&A:
- - genetics/heritability/family clusters of autism? "Later" diagnoses of autism?
- - autism has been at the same prevalence - mis/different diagnosis in the past or real change in prevalence?
- - What would be diagnosis of the "Rainman"? What is the criteria for Asperger's Syndrome?
- - Are there pockets of autism or is it evenly distributed?
- - Need for early intervention -describe. How do people pay for this?
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