In the three years since her son Diego was given a diagnosis of autism at age 2, Carmen Aguilar has made countless contributions to research on this perplexing disorder.
Carmen and Saul Aguilar worked with Sally Rogers to help their son Emilio.
She has donated all manner of biological samples and agreed to keep journals of everything she’s eaten, inhaled or rubbed on her skin. Researchers attended the birth of her second son, Emilio, looking on as she pushed, leaving with Tupperware containers full of tissue samples, the placenta and the baby’s first stool.
Now the family is in yet another study, part of an effort by a network of scientists across North America to look for signs of autism as early as 6 months. (Now, the condition cannot be diagnosed reliably before age 2.) And here at the MIND Institute at the University of California Davis Medical Center, researchers are watching babies like Emilio in a pioneering effort to determine whether they can benefit from specific treatments.
By APRIL DEMBOSKY
Published: November 1, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/health/02autism.html?_r=1&ref=healthRandomized, Controlled Trial of an Intervention for Toddlers With Autism: The Early Start Denver Mode
This is the first randomized, controlled trial to demonstrate the efficacy of a comprehensive developmental behavioral intervention for toddlers with ASD for improving cognitive and adaptive behavior and reducing severity of ASD diagnosis. Results of this study underscore the importance of early detection of and intervention in autism.
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PMID: 19948568
UC Davis Mind Institute
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/
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