Authors Andrew Pickles, Ann Le Couteur, Kathy Leadbitter, Erica Salomone, Rachel Cole-Fletcher, Hannah Tobin, Isobel Gammer, Jessica Lowry, George Vamvakas, Sarah Byford, Catherine Aldred, Vicky Slonims, Helen McConachie, Patricia Howlin, Jeremy Parr, Tony Charman, Jonathan Green
Published by The Lancet, October 2016
SUMMARY
There has been relatively little research into the long-term effects of autism treatment. Researchers from the University of Manchester, King's College London and Newcastle University set out to investigate whether an intervention to support parents to communicate with their child helped reduce symptoms of autism. Between 2006 and 2009, 152 children with autism aged between two and four took part in the Preschool Autism Communication Trial (Pact) in London, Manchester and Newcastle. Children either received the early intervention programme for 12 months or continued to receive their usual treatment.
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