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Wedo not know how to cure autism, but how do they help lessen the disease?

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Therapies: Therapies such as aba (applied behavior analysis), speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy are some of the therapies which have been shown to help some of the weaknesses associated with autism.

Answered 4/22/2013

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