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【Objective】 To observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture for autismin children.【Methods】Subjecting tothe willing of the children s parents,80 children with autismwere equally dividedintotwo groups :group Areceived acupuncture mainly onthe ten groups of acupoints for autism,whichis founded by Professor Jinrui,qd,sixtimes per week,suspension of medication on Sunday,and 120 times constituting one treatment course;group Breceived physical therapy,cognitive training,behavioral analysis and correction,linguistic training,qd,4 hour for eachtime,sixtimes per week,suspension of medication on Sunday,and 120 times constituting one treatment course.After treatment,the therapeutic effect was evaluated with functional development scale in Chinese version of Children Psychoeducational Profile(C-PEP).【Results】After one treatment course,the scores of functional development were increasedin both of groups Aand B(P
