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Center rates autism intervention 		   
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Center rates autism intervention
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

For some children with autism, intervention makes a difference and they get better. Others do not.

Why?
That's one question Michael Lewis, director of the new Robert Wood Johnson Autism Center, hopes to answer with brain imaging scans. He wants to see if the brain changes -- and how -- when intervention such as intensive therapy succeeds.

It's just one of the issues the new autism center in New Brunswick will explore.

Lewis, who started the center with $300,000 from the New Jersey Governor's Council on Autism, said he wants the center to look at children's brains and behavior, genes and early diagnosis.

For instance, Lewis said he is translating research about early diagnosis of autism into a simple check-list to help pediatricians detect the disorder in very young children.

"It's hard to diagnose autism before the age of 3," he said. "I think some simple behavioral tests will allow us to diagnose autism earlier. Maybe we can lose a year or two in terms of diagnosis."

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09/11/2007by: shannonj
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