The results of a sibling study funded by Autism Speaks indicate that 1 in 5 younger siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder are also affected.
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New research from Carnegie Mellon University reveals a link between poor brain sync and misuse of pronouns in people with Autism. The research, sponsored by Autism Speaks Foundation and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, points to differences in the fMRIs of neuro-typical participants and those with high-functioning autism when using pronouns. An [...]
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A new study in the June 23rd release of the journal Neuron compared the brain images of 72 toddlers between the ages of 1 and 4 in an effort to establish if there were brain differences that may indicate Autism. Thirty of the children were typically developing, 29 were diagnosed with Autism, and 13 were [...]
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A study published last October in Cerebral Cortex, conducted by scientists from the University of Utah, Harvard Medical School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Brigham Young University showed decreased interhemispheric functional connectivity in autism. The study looked at 53 males with high functioning autism and 39 typically developing males from late childhood through early adulthood. The researchers assessed [...]
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In the following video, Susan Wilczynski, Director of the National Autism Center, interviews several specialists in the field and asks the question: What is Autism?“
At the end of this video, Dr. Susan Bookheimer, professor of cognitive neurosciences at the University of California, states:
In particular I think that we’re getting closer to a model of autism that [...]
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