How history forgot the woman who defined autism
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Grunya Sukhareva characterized autism nearly two decades before Austrian doctors Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger. So why did the latter get all the credit?
Opinion / Viewpoint
Intelligent robots could prove to be a boon for autism therapies
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Robots may one day help therapists analyze behaviors and devise personalized sessions for autistic children.
Spectrum is an editorially independent division of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative.
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