An new intervention program for autistic children has been set up at Cape Fear Children’s Center and Cumberland County Autism Society is looking for children to try it out. For now they are looking for 10 children that are between the ages of 16 and 48 months old. These children either have to be diagnosed with autism or be at risk for any autism disorder.
Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati is working together with the national network for autism that helps to support families that have been affected by autism and giving them a look at the newest research and clinical trials that researchers are performing.
Work by researchers and clinicians in the Autism Treatment Network could one day lead to more definitive methods for diagnosing and treating autism, said Patricia Manning-Courtney, medical director of the Kelly O’Leary Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, part of the division of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Children’s.