Althea Violeta

Researchers hope to revolutionize autism diagnosis through Autism & Beyond app

Althea Violeta — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 21:43:00 +0000

New York — A team of researchers from Duke are hoping to revolutionize how autism is diagnosed in young children through an iPhone app called ‘Autism & Beyond’. The researchers are working closely with Apple in hopes of improving how autism is diagnosed in children today. Due to the surge of the number of children […]

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North Carolina autism center granted part of $27 million for autism biomarkers research – w/video

Althea Violeta — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 23:00:00 +0000

Durham, N.C. — An autism center in Durham, North Carolina has been granted part of a $27 million grant to research on the genetic biomarkers of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in young children. The Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development has been helping better the lives of families caring for children with autism through […]

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Fragile X: a closer-look at the autism-like syndrome – w/video

Althea Violeta — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 23:00:00 +0000

DENVER — Fragile X syndrome is a learning disability not widely known by many, but it is estimated that about one in 4,000 women and one in 8,000 men are currently affected by this condition. Patients affected by Fragile X syndrome display behavioral manifestations very similar to that of those affected by autism spectrum disorder […]

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Study says autism may be masked by ADHD in some children

Althea Violeta — Wed, 30 May 2018 23:41:15 +0000

Boston — A study conducted by researchers at the Boston Children’s Hospital shows that an early diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) might be causing clinicians to overlook autism in young children. In a research recently published online, the researchers scanned data from the National Survey of Children’s Health involving 1,500 children who were […]

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Research says learning by repetition hinders learning in children with autism

Althea Violeta — Sun, 13 May 2018 08:43:40 +0000

Pittsburgh — A study recently published in the journal Nature Neuroscience found that training children with autism through repetition actually hinders them from learning. According to the study, training by repetition causes hyper specificity and impedes the ability of children with autism to apply what they learned to a different context other than the specific […]

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University offers autism transition program for college students with autism

Althea Violeta — Fri, 11 May 2018 04:29:21 +0000

Charleston, Ill. — The Eastern Illinois University Autism Center has recently started the Students with Autism Transitional Education Program (STEP) to help individuals with autism transition into college smoothly. Most students on the (correction) autism spectrum are often overwhelmed by drastic changes that comes with college life— and university officials at the Eastern Illinois University Autism […]

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State to compensate $650,000 to teenager with autism

Althea Violeta — Wed, 09 May 2018 04:12:52 +0000

Salt Lake City — A 19-year-old with autism will be compensated by the state with nearly $650,000— four years after an incident where he had fallen off a school bus along Interstate 80. The then-15-year-old Brandon Wade fell after he removed his seatbelt and opened the school bus’s emergency exit, as the bus kept on […]

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RPM changes life of teen with autism

Althea Violeta — Tue, 08 May 2018 08:03:37 +0000

Staten Island, N.Y. — Nick D’yAmora, a 17-year-old with autism from Staten Island in New York, has been living most of his life unable to communicate. It was in 2010 that his life started changing, because it was in that year that he and his family learned about the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM). One day, […]

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Researchers discover how one gene mutation leads to autism

Althea Violeta — Sun, 06 May 2018 15:55:29 +0000

Chapel Hill, N.C. — A team of researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill said they have finally discovered how at least one of the 1,000 known genetic mutations linked to autism may lead to the developmental disorder. According to the study’s senior author and Associate Professor in Cell […]

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Author Steve Silberman pushes for change in how people see autism

Althea Violeta — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 21:51:00 +0000

San Francisco — U.S. Journalist and Author Steve Silberman wants to change how the world sees people with autism. Silberman, whose book ‘Neurotribes’ made it to the Samuel Johnson Prize 2015 longlist, wants everyone to stop seeing autism spectrum disorder merely as a disability. ‘Neurotribes’ was first intended to be a book about the autism […]

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