Clinicians apparently are getting better at diagnosing autism in young children.

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Clinicians apparently are getting better at diagnosing autism in young children. More than 75% of those diagnosed at age two still appear to have it at age nine, according to a report by a specialist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Autism is a developmental condition characterized by difficulties with social interactions and communication and a tendency toward restricted and repetitive...