The best-established treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders fall under the broad heading of Applied Behavior Analysis -- often referred to as a "behavioral" approach.
By pooling data about so many people, they hope to detect the relationships among patterns of neural connections, healthy brain behavior and neural disorders.
The rationale for pursuing stem cell therapy in autism is based on encouraging results of unpublished data examining stem cell therapy in children with cerebral palsy, a group ofdisorders that affect not only movement, but learning, behavior and cognition.
Autism, more precisely the autism spectrum, is a range of brain disorders that can cause difficulties in social interaction, communication and behavior.