UC Davis Study Breaks Ground on Early Intervention for Infants

Noah, now in preschool and chatty for his age, began showing what researchers called severe symptoms of autism spectrum disorder – a complex developmental disability that affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others – when he was just 6 months old. His eye contact was off, Kristin said, and he wouldn’t reciprocate facial expressions.
Those were red flags for the young mother, who noticed similar signs in her sons Justin and Simon before they were diagnosed with autism years earlier. Read more.