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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adolescent, Autistic Disorder, Child, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Language Development, Language Disorders, Language Tests, Language Therapy, Social Perception, Speech Therapy.
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Does [ Language therapy result with adolescents of the autistic spectrum ]? Context: Results of language therapy with adolescents and children with autistic spectrum disorders. to identify changes, after a six-month period of speech-language therapy, in a group of adolescents and to compare them with a group of children. Data referring to the communicative profile and social-cognitive performance of 12 adolescents and 12 children were analyzed. Just one of the 10 observed areas presented meaningful progress for the group of adolescents and 5 areas presented progress for group of children.
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The results reinforce the importance of language therapy for autistic children, as more progress can be obtained at this age. Final Decision: yes