The positive impact of sustained high levels of maternal responsivity from toddlerhood through middle childhood was true even for children with
more autistic symptoms and lower nonverbal cognitive development levels.
Not exact matches
In addition, the study shows that the
more the desynchronisation is significant, the
more the verbal disorder is severe, likewise,
autistic symptoms on the whole.
Future studies with many
more cases of
autistic children might reveal important relationships between neuron counts and
symptom severity or intellectual ability.
Girls tend to camouflage their autism
symptoms more and engage differently with peers and adults than
autistic boys, she says.