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Autism: Another Example Of How Being Poor Is Bad For You

By Dr. Claire McCarthy autismsupportnetwork.com

A study

just came out with some very interesting information about how children

with autism do or don't get better over time. Guess which ones did

better?

The ones whose mothers were white and

educated.

It's true. Researchers looked at the

records of more than 6000 children ages two to 14 with autism followed

by the Department of Developmental Services in California. They found

that for the most part, even though they made progress, children who

were low-functioning when they were diagnosed stayed low-functioning.

Children who were high-functioning at diagnosis made more progress. And

then there was a really interesting group, about ten percent of the

children, who they called "Bloomers". Bloomers started out

low-functioning, and then made rapid progress and ended up as

high-functioning.

The researchers also had birth data

about the children, which gave them information about the mothers:

their age, place of birth, race, education level, and whether or not

they were on Medi-Cal, the public insurance for low-income people. This

is where it got really interesting. The researchers

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