Macy's is opening a 160,000-square-foot store to anchor the Mall at UTC. The 132,208-square-foot DeSoto Square store is the Bradenton mall's largest anchor. There are 131 Macy's employees at DeSoto, and about 175 people are being hired at UTC, company officials said Thursday.
Dec. 8, 2010 -- A six-month, group-based early intervention program with a special emphasis on social development can improve some of the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder in children as young as 2, according to a study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Diagnosis. 1  Research has shown that a diagnosis of autism at age 2 can be reliable, valid, and stable. [Read summary] [Read summary] 2  Even though ASD can be diagnosed as early as age 2 years, most children are not diagnosed with ASD until after age 4 years. The median age of first diagnosis by subtype is as follows.