Table 6.

Clinical Implications of findings based on the examination of 2–8 year olds with ASD

Group	High Challenges	Stable Low	Changers	Lesser Challenges
Percentage in the Group	*About 25%	*About 20%	*About 33%	*About 20%
Cognitive Functioning (T1)	*Moderate ID	*Mild ID	*Mild ID	*Average
Cognitive Change	*Relative Declines in IQ	*Stable IQ	*Improves 2 SD	*Improves about 1 SD
Autism Symptom Severity	*Stable severe ASD sx	*Worsening ASD sx	*Moderate ASD sx	*ASD sx decline
Loss of Diagnosis	*Don’t lose dx	*Don’t lose dx	*May lose dx	*May lose dx
Adaptive Communication	*Low and declining	*Improves with time	*Strong Increase	* High and improving
Externalilzing Symptoms	*Similar to others & stable	*Similar to others & stable	*Declining	*Similar to others & stable
Internalizing Symptoms	*Declining	*Declining	*Declining	*Declining