Form of autism might improve with simple treatment, study says

Form of autism might improve with simple treatment, study says - latimes.com: The result, researchers reported Thursday in the online issue of Science, is a severe form of autism whose symptoms include not only social and communication deficits — the hallmarks of the disorder — but also epilepsy and mental retardation.
It’s an encouraging finding, because it suggests a simple treatment: Eating more branched chain amino acids, a nutritional supplement available at health food stores. Indeed, in mice engineered with a mutation in the same gene, symptoms could be controlled by changing their diet.

(Be sure and read the whole article because this information is a little deceiving without the rest.)