Can Disintegrative Disorder Be Cured?
As There Is No Cure for Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Treatment Normally Follows a Similar Pattern to That Used for Children with Autism. How Common Is...
As there is no cure for Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, treatment normally follows a similar pattern to that used for children with Autism.
How common is childhood disintegrative disorder?
CDD is the strangest and most unsettling developmental condition you have probably never heard of. Also known as Heller's syndrome, for the Austrian special educator who first described it in 1908, it is a late-blooming, viciously regressive form of autism. It's rare, striking about 1 or 2 in every 100,000 children.
How is CDD treated?
Treatment of CDD involves both behavior therapy, environmental therapy and medications. Behavior therapy: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is considered to be the most effective form of treatment for Autism spectrum disorders by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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