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Coimbatore: Six months after a national study found that one in 100 children under the age of 10 in India have autism, intervention experts say parents of autistic children should undergo special training to engage and handle them. “Such individual attention, a mainstream playschool or school often can’t give,” she added.They also stress on the need for parents to undergo special training in handling their child. “We have 14 autistic children, but they socialize beautifully and speak. “It is important for parents to find the right intervention or specialized centre after their child is diagnosed with autism,” she said. “Though most parents notice symptoms even before the child is one-year-old, they are in denial mode..