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By The Associated Press

ALHAMBRA, Calif.–A suburban Los Angeles medical center has been told to keep treating autistic children with a special therapy until a judge decides whether it can stop using the method.

An attorney for the families of seven children says a judge issued a preliminary injunction this week against the Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center in Alhambra.

The state-supported nonprofit is being sued for cutting a program that provides weekly one-on-one care to autistic children.

The state considers the program to be experimental therapy. It was cut as California tries to deal with a huge budget shortfall.

A message seeking comment from the center’s executive director wasn’t immediately returned Wednesday.

Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14461297

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