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True or False? Which of these are myths?

• If a child is not functionally fluent by their 5th birthday, they will remain mute for their entire life.
• Teaching eye contact allows children with autism to have success in social relationships.
• If you teach a child enough rote language, he or she will be able to have reciprocal conversations.
• Social skills groups are effective in teaching people on the spectrum to have relationships.
• If a child can "fit in" and superficially appear normal, he or she will be able to make friends.
• If you teach the academic skills so that the child can get into college, they can go on to have a pretty normal life.
• Children who have undergone "proven" interventions and treatments have been followed to see how they do as teenagers and adults.
• If a child spends most of his time focused on developing his computer skills, someone will want to hire him someday, regardless of his or her ability to collaborate and work as part of a team.
• Children with Asperger's Syndrome usually become highly paid and successful "nerds" and "geeks."
• People with autism may not have the same emotional or social needs as everyone else. They might be happy living a life without friendships and intimate emotional relationships.
• If a child can function in a regular class he or she will be succesful in life.

These are all false, all myths.

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