Study Finds a High Volume of Kids Are ‘Outgrowing Autism’

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An encouraging study found nearly four in 10 children outgrow autism. Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital followed 213 children who were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as toddlers, and concluded 37% of children no longer met the criteria for an autism diagnosis by the time they reached 5 to 7 years old. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.