Sentences with phrase «affecting people with autism»

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Parents or siblings of people with autism are more likely to have some of the same visual - tracking problems that their affected relatives have

A new study reveals that these antisocial insects share a genetic profile with people who have autism spectrum disorders, which can affect how well they respond to social situations.

Last week at the 23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he demonstrated how drugs that help people with schizophrenia and autism similarly affect the fish.

For instance, some of the genetic alterations found in the study occurred in families with one person severely affected by autism and others on the milder end of the spectrum, Dr. Scherer notes.

The mutation, which has been found in people with ADHD, autism and bipolar disorder, affects the function of DAT, a protein that regulates the brain's supply of the neurotransmitter by removing excess dopamine from the synapse, or the space between nerve cells.

And with one child out of 150 in the United States diagnosed with autism, there is more of a need for service dogs now than ever — with 67 million people worldwide affected by the disease.

Autism prevents children and adolescents from interacting normally with other people and affects almost every aspect of their social and psychological development.