Are there any promising trends in autism treatments emerging?
The most promising trend right now in autism is early diagnosis and early intervention. More physicians, teachers, mothers, family members, etc. are more familiar with the signs of autism and they are more likely to know where to get help now than they were 10 years ago. Ten years ago, getting a diagnosis took months, then months and even years for the family to even begin to know where to get help. As far as treatment goes, the most promising is still what it was 10 years ago, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). The difficulty is finding trained staff to work with the kids. There are many more staff trained now than 10 years ago, but there are also many more children on the spectrum that need these services.
