Target symptoms for medication in children with autism often include attention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and emotional regulation challenges.

“so with there's no medication that treats the core symptoms of autism so a the core symptoms don't require medication it's therapy we use medication in kids with autism to treat Target behaviors and symptoms”

“so the target symptoms we usually treat are the um it is the attention hyperactivity impulsivity where we'll be using the stimulants or the um challenges with emotional regulation where we'll use a non-stimulant”