| While typically considered a way to ready | | | | adulthood, with a large percentage of the patients |
| moderately autistic children for introduction into a | | | | having very successful jobs and working lives. |
| school environment, ABA Therapy can actually | | | | Even those who had heavy disability despite |
| prove remarkably beneficial for children on all | | | | intensive ABA treatment carried their progress |
| levels of the autism spectrum. In fact, children | | | | into adulthood and found themselves better |
| who are mildly autistic show remarkable results | | | | equipped in social situations such as stores and |
| with the method while children who have sever | | | | public transportation systems. |
| symptoms frequently experience signs of | | | | ABA Therapy is something that can be applied |
| moderate to full recovery. ABA Therapy is not | | | | across the autism spectrum, but it must be |
| a cure for autism, but it is a remarkable means of | | | | tailored to a child. While a child with mild |
| treating a disorder that many people once | | | | symptoms may benefit from only a few hours a |
| thought to be untreatable. | | | | week, children with more severe symptoms will |
| ABA Therapy has existed for decades, and has | | | | require intensive training that lasts upwards of |
| consistently been the most successful and most | | | | forty hours a week. Each child is different and |
| recommended treatment for autism. It is the | | | | therapy must be tailored to the child and their |
| only treatment utilized by a majority of school | | | | needs in order to be successful. |
| districts as well as the only treatment covered by | | | | In all, ABA Therapy is by far the best available |
| many insurance programs. There are many | | | | treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Until a |
| years worth of studies to back up the results of | | | | cure for autism is found, ABA continues to be the |
| ABA Therapy, with results showing improvement | | | | most effective way to help these children lead |
| for children on all degrees of the autism | | | | lives that are as similar to those of their peers as |
| spectrum. | | | | possible. Children of all ability levels who have an |
| Studies show that people with all ranges of | | | | ASD can see remarkable benefit from ABA. |
| behavior disorders can benefit from ABA | | | | ABA Therapy may not be a cure, but for many |
| Therapy. In addition, further study on some of | | | | children it offers the best hope for recovery and |
| the earliest patients shows that the progress | | | | the best chance to truly live up to their maximum |
| made through ABA Therapy carried through into | | | | potential. |