While some children with Autism may never learn to speak or socially interact in typical ways, many more will begin to speak and show great improvements in language, social skills and behaviour.  A child with Autism's best hope is early and intensive therapy. 

     The Autism diagnosis is one that understandably throws a partents and families into chaos and despair for a while.  Once you've collected your thoughts, you can resolve to do everything you can to improve the outcome for your child. To motivate yourself, look at some of the success stories of individuals with autism and their achievements..