Large study shows self-injury common among children with autism
About one in four children with autism hit, scratch or otherwise hurt themselves, suggests an analysis of school and medical records for more than 8,000 children.
About one in four children with autism hit, scratch or otherwise hurt themselves, suggests an analysis of school and medical records for more than 8,000 children.
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Sensory abnormalities could be among the first signs of autism risk — and a target for early treatment.
Children with autism have trouble relying on past experiences to gauge how long things typically take.
Individuals with autism have trouble reading social cues because their brains connect sights and sounds over unusually long periods of time.
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The anxiety and trouble with social skills seen in people with autism may originate outside of the brain, in neurons that govern touch.
Some children are highly sensitive to sound, sight or touch, whereas others seem almost numb. Exploring the differences may offer insights into autism.
People with autism may use visual areas of the brain to process sounds, which could help explain why they have trouble with this task.
Restaurants can be stressful for my daughter Frances, who has autism, but her difficulties led me to try to better understand and treat her type of situational anxiety.