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Wow...that's really amazing!
I don't mean to be the cloud to the silver lining, but autism is an incredibly complex disorder, and is more properly referred to as a spectrum of disorders - I'm glad that this method worked with some autistic kids, but I don't know that I'd classify it as a "cure." A treatment, absolutely. But I'd be surprised if there aren't a handful of kids on the low-functioning side of the spectrum who are so severely affected that they're unreachable. But who knows. It has been shown that the kids who improve the most are those whose mothers are very engaged and not just directive but interactive with their kids - so maybe this has found a great way to harness that and give those kids some way to relate to the rest of us. Very cool.
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