Children with autism experience gastrointestinal (GI) upsets such as constipation, diarrhea and sensitivity to foods six-to-eight times more often than do children who are developing typically, and those symptoms are related ...
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It's an often-agonizing challenge facing any parent of a child with autism: How can I help my son or daughter socialize with his or her typically developing peers? The solution, SF State's Pamela Wolfberg found, may lie in ...
Oct 27, 2014
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Researchers at University of Utah Health have identified a link between autism and steroid hormone changes detected in the mother's blood. These changes, which suggest increased estrogen activity, can be seen early in the ...
Aug 20, 2019
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Virtual reality has been shown to help children with autism with nearly 45% remaining free from their fears and phobias six months after treatment.
Feb 15, 2019
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Autistic females are flying under the radar of diagnosis because they're so good at camouflaging their behaviors, researchers have warned.
Oct 22, 2020
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Playing with an imaginary companion (IC) helps children learn essential social skills such as empathy with other people. It is often believed that autistic youngsters are incapable of creating pretend play pals—a further ...
May 2, 2018
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A team of UC Davis researchers has found that mothers who had fevers during their pregnancies were more than twice as likely to have a child with autism or developmental delay than were mothers of typically developing children, ...
May 23, 2012
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Children with a genetic disorder called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, who frequently are believed to also have autism, often may be misidentified because the social impairments associated with their developmental delay may mimic ...
Sep 18, 2013
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New research has found that people with high levels of autistic traits are more likely to produce unusually creative ideas.
Aug 13, 2015
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Humans are resilient, even facing the toughest of life's challenges. How individuals and families deal with demanding and emotionally charged circumstances plays a large role in how they view and face the world and the possible ...
May 10, 2016
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