"We no longer need to have a
diagnosis of autism
to intervene,
" enthuses Professor Amaria Baghdadli, head of the child and adolescent psychiatry department at Montpellier University Hospital.
This makes it possible to give every chance to a child from the first signs of a neurodevelopmental disorder and in particular in the spectrum of autism.
Read also
“Autism strategy”: three years later, limited progress
This early treatment, a major turning point in the treatment of these pathologies and central point of the autism plan launched in 2018, represents the latest decisive step forward for patients and their families: it could well be a game-changer even though research is still slipping for understand the causes of autism.
But this optimistic perspective still too often comes up against, as in other pathologies, the harsh reality of territorial inequalities and sometimes indecent delays in accessing specialists...
With this new early treatment strategy, France continues to make up for lost time...
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 83% left to discover.
Pushing back the limits of science is also freedom.
Keep reading your article for 1€ the first month
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Login