今天我们所知关于自闭症的十件事

1）High-quality early intervention for autism can do more than improve behaviors, it can improve brain function.

1）高品质的自闭症早期干预不仅可以改善行为，而且能够提高大脑的功能。

2）Being nonverbal at age 4 does NOT mean children with autism will never speak. Research shows that most will, in fact, learn to use words, and nearly half will learn to speak fluently.

2）4岁还不会说话的自闭症儿童并非永远不能开口讲话。研究表明，其中大多数孩子将学会使用语言，近一半人将能够流利使用口语。

3）Though autism tends to be life long, some children with ASD make so much progress that they no longer meet the diagnostic criteria for autism. High quality early-intervention may be key.

3）虽然自闭症往往被认为是终身障碍，一些自闭症儿童进步程度已经让他们不再符合自闭症的诊断标准。高品质的早期干预是关键。

4）Many younger siblings of children with ASD have developmental delays and symptoms that fall short of an autism diagnosis, but still warrant early intervention.

4）许多自闭症儿童的弟弟妹妹们表现出发育迟缓，虽然他们未必符合自闭症诊断，但仍可受惠于早期干预。

5）Research confirms what parents have been saying about wandering and bolting by children with autism: It's common, it’s scary, and it doesn't result from careless parenting.

5）研究表明自闭症儿童走失这种常见而可怕的现象并非由于家长粗心所致。

6）Prenatal folic acid, taken in the weeks before and after a woman becomes pregnant, may reduce the risk of autism.

6）妇女在怀孕几个星期以前或怀孕以后服用产前叶酸，有可能会减少患自闭症的风险。

7）One of the best ways to promote social skills in grade-schoolers with autism is to teach their classmates how to befriend a person with developmental disabilities.

7）促进学龄期自闭症儿童社会技能的最佳途径之一是教导他们的同学们如何跟他们交朋友。

8）Researchers can detect presymptom markers of autism as early as 6 months-a discovery that may lead to earlier intervention to improve outcomes.

8）研究人员可以早在孩子6个月大的时候检测到自闭症的先前标记- 这一发现可提高早期干预的疗效。

9）The first medicines for treating autism's core symptoms are showing promise in early clinical trials.

9)治疗自闭症核心症状的药物在早期临床试验中渐露曙光。

10) Investors and product developers will enthusiastically respond to a call to develop products and services to address the unmet needs of the autism community.

10)投资者和产品开发人员将积极开发产品和提供服务以满足自闭症社区的需求。