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A new study has found that teaching parents how to interact more effectively with severely autistic children, can have a dramatic effect.

Kelly Jones and her autistic son took part in the study. She tells James Coomarasamy how it took a stranger to teach her how to reach her 'lost little boy'.

The scientists behind the study say this is the first time an effective long-term treatment for the core symptoms of autism has been demonstrated.

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