
'Outgrowing' autism? For some kids, the disorder seems to disappear by age 6, ‘encouraging’ study finds
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A significant share of kids with autism tend to “outgrow" the disorder within a few years of diagnosis, a new study found. Child development experts offered input.
By the time they were 5 to 7 years old, nearly four out of 10 (37%) of the children no longer met the criteria for an autism diagnosis, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
Female children were more likely to no longer meet the criteria, as were those with "higher baseline adaptive skills," according to the study findings.
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