Stem cell therapy show positive results

While occupational therapies like sensory integrative therapy, playbased training and social skill training have been used as effective forms of treatment for mild cases of autism for several years, cognitive therapies and stem cell therapies have produced promising results in the recent past. Over the last decade, treatment time has been reduced to as little as three to six months through the use of stem cell therapy, which produces quick, complex, and long-lasting results.

However, in more severe forms of the condition, which can be degenerative in nature, treatment remains a challenge. In urban areas, children with autism are diagnosed early, and so they begin receiving treatment early. In rural areas, children are diagnosed as late as at the age of nine.

Dr Rama Krishna, a neurologist, says, “In rural areas parents go to quacks, or even religious and spiritual leaders, seeking solutions to their medical problem. A lot of time is lost and by the time they come to a medical centre, it is too late. Detection in these areas continues to be a challenge.”

Mothers are usually the sole caretakers for autistic children. It has found that they too require support. Apart from caring for their children at home, they have to take them to special schools, doctors, and therapists.

These caregivers often suffer from severe stress, sleep deprivation and social isolation as a result of constantly being with their kids.