Cures

There are currently no cures for autism but there are ways that you can help your child, friend, family member, or anyone you know who has autism. Here are some helpful steps to helping them.

Get therapy or intervention for the person
Doctors may prescribe many drugs to help reduce self-injurious behavior and other harmful autism symptoms.

Educational/behavioral interventions: These strategies emphasize highly structured and often intensive skill-oriented training that is tailored to the individual child. Therapists work with children to help them develop social and language skills. Because children learn most effectively and rapidly when very young, this type of therapy should begin as early as possible. Recent evidence suggests that early intervention has a good chance of favorably influencing brain development.

Medication: Doctors may prescribe a variety of drugs to reduce self-injurious behavior or other harmful symptoms of autism. Most of these drugs affect levels of serotonin or other signaling chemicals in the brain.

Many other interventions are available, but few, if any, scientific studies support their use. These therapies remain controversial and may or may not reduce a specific person's symptoms. Parents should use caution before subscribing to any particular treatment.

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