Can parental training improve the course of autism?

A new study is the first rigorous test of a controversial idea: that the everyday interactions between caregiver and child can change the way autism developsThis story was originally published on 23 March on sfari.org, an editorially independent division of SimonsFoundation.orgOne afternoon in October 2012, a communication therapist from Manchester visited the home of Laura and her three children. Laura sat down at a small white table in a dimly lit room to feed her 10-month-old daughter, Bethan