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Some opt for removing gluten, and casein, others load up on vitamin B6, supplements, etc. The article notes in general, these strategies have no str read more »
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In a report in the current issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry and currently online, UCLA researchers provided ASD children with explicit instructions to pay more attention to facial expressions and tone of voice and have measured an increased response in the medial prefrontal cortex read more »
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Alicia Sparks of Mental Health Notes saw a news report about how a West Virgina County is planting tracking devices in Autism patients. read more »
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Using a high-tech eye-tracking device developed for the military, researchers at Yale ran experiments that came closer than anything yet to offering a look at the world as seen through the eyes of people with autism. What did they find, unlike non-autistic subjects, they don't focus on the eyes. read more »
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Hillary Clinton unveiled a plan to help children and families affected by autism and dramatically boost research funding and support services for families caring for an a loved one with Autism. As Senator, she cosponsored the Combating Autism Act and introduced the Expanding the Promise for ... read more »
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Over the past few decades, parents and clinicians have observed that the behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to improve, sometimes rather dramatically, during a fever. 80% showing some behavioral improvements and approximately 30 percent showing dramatic improvements. read more »
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Researchers might have gained insight into why people with autism have difficulty remembering faces and distinguishing facial emotion. In an ongoing study, Dr. Nim Tottenham, assistant professor of psychology in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, is examining how normal and autistic brain read more »
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Jim wasn't diagnosed with autism until he was 35. By then, he could say a few phrases, Holden says. But only those close to him could understand. This wouldn't change until 10 years later, when Holden invited a colleague who was a speech pathologist to lunch with her family. She was hoping for hi read more »
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The ability to detect autism in children as young as nine months of age is on the horizon, according to researchers at McMaster University. The Early Autism Study has been using eye tracker technology that measures eye direction while the babies look at faces, eyes and bouncing balls on a computer read more »
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A new autism research study has found that babies diagnosed with autism later in life usually show atypical ways of playing with toys, spinning, repetitively rotating and looking at the toys out of the corners of their eyes, as early as one year. read more »
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