Researchers are “confident” that it will become “routine to diagnose autism for children just 18 months old and sometimes even younger” after a five-year study to be conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, the University of California-Davis and the University of Washington. A total of 108 children between the ages of 12-24 months who have “symptoms of autism” will be enrolled in the study, the University of Michigan notes. The researchers in the study include Catherine Lord, University of Michigan professor of psychology, psychiatry and pediatrics, and director of the U-M Autism and Communication Disorders Center, and UC …read more