The Los Angeles Times is doing a four-part series on autism called “Discovering Autism”. The first part of the series can be found here: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/autism/la-me-autism-day-one-html,0,1218038.htmlstory
As part of the series, they have a video section titled “Living with Autism”, which features people who are on the autism spectrum.
Among them is Justin Marroquin, a former client of CARD who is featured in the story. Justin recovered from autism in 2008.
What Is Recovery From Autism
Recovery from autism is still a controversial topic and many in the autism field are still afraid to discuss it. We at CARD have seen recovery for decades and we make it happen for some of the children that we treat. We are not the only ones. Treatment providers all over the country who have been doing top-quality ABA treatment for children with autism, for a minimum of 30 hours per week, for two or more years, have been recovering children for years. Let me explain exactly what we at CARD mean when we say a child has recovered from autism. We mean that the child no longer displays clinically significant impairments related to autism. In other words, there is nothing left to treat, the child is doing just fine. But it’s not good enough to just take our word for it, so here is how we measure it.