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What are the 3 levels of autism spectrum disorder?

Level 1 autism requires minimal support and includes challenges in communication and social skills. Level 2 autism needs more substantial support due to significant difficulties with social skills and ...
Psychology Today

The Difference Between Asperger's and Autism Spectrum Disorder

The terminology related to autism can be confusing. Hans Asperger, an Austrian psychiatrist and paediatrician, first identified a subset of children of average intelligence or above who otherwise ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

Families scramble as Medicaid provider makes cuts to autism coverage

Tiana Brandon, the mother of a nonverbal child with level 2 autism, is appealing to the CEO of Mercy Care to reverse a decision to drop two of Arizona’s largest autism service providers from its ...
AOL

Midstate first responders train to give those with autism ‘a fighting chance’

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Zach Kirsh is the captain of the Orwigsburg Fire Company in Schuylkill County. He’s also the proud father of a son with level two autism. Last September, Kirsh cofounded ...

Autism breakthrough? New therapy may improve social communication skills in just days

A new autism therapy may be on the way — and it’s got everyone talking. Researchers in China have developed a brain ...