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Sensory issues in autism may have sex-specific roots
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Girls and boys with autism show different patterns of brain activity in response to sensory stimuli.
Autism’s core symptoms accompany a constellation of subtle signs that scientists are just beginning to unmask.
Girls and boys with autism show different patterns of brain activity in response to sensory stimuli.
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A specially made ‘decoy’ protein prevents an immune molecule from crossing the placenta; the strategy may prevent the brain changes that lead to autism.
A recalibrated version of a widely used test for autism may accurately reflect autistic children’s development as they grow and become verbal.
Women whose children are severely autistic have lower serotonin levels than do those whose children have mild or moderate autism traits.
In “The Boy Who Loved Too Much,” a woman tries to cocoon her son, who has Williams syndrome, from life’s insults but later realizes her protective instincts carry dangers of their own.
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