Sentences with phrase «autistic children sleep»

Many autistic children sleep better when their bed is pushed up against the wall, as they feel more secure; a corner is even better.

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Weighted Blankets and Sleep in Autistic Children — A Randomized Controlled Trial.

One great tool for autistic children, and especially those fussy babies who just can't seem to sleep, is a weighted blanket.

The following tips are for parents to help their autistic children get to sleep and stay that way until morning:

By rooting out any disturbances causing your child not to sleep and by introducing routines and an effective sleeping environment, your autistic child should be able to enjoy a great deal more sleep - as will you.

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It stated that about 56 percent of autistic children struggle with sleep - related issues that they will rarely «grow out of».

Since the brain regulates our sleep - wake cycles, autistic children often have trouble going to sleep and waking up at appropriate times.

For a paper published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology, the researchers observed the EEG measures of 13 autistic children and 13 neurotypical children (children with a mean age of 10 years old without an intellectual deficiency or sleep problem and who were not on medication) and found that disruptions in protective brain waves during sleep are associated with lower results on verbal IQ tests.

However, despite these similarities, the researchers noted that the relationship between these sleep waves and cognitive performance differs between neurotypical and autistic children, as different brain regions are involved for each group.

This is also an important finding given that 10 % to 25 % of Canadian children and adolescents — and 45 % to 85 % of autistic children — have sleep problems.»

«Sleep quality influences cognitive performance of autistic, neurotypical children.»

With the use of vitamins and other nutrients, autistic children can achieve higher brain function, improvement in sleep patterns and an increase in the function of the immune system.

I am holding you responsible for the 9 - year - old student who came to school with hardly any sleep after witnessing his mother administer Narcan to save his father's life, only to then take a three - hour test and I am holding you responsible for the autistic child whose parents opted him out of the test but the school counseled him back into... I hold you responsible for not passing legislation that allows for a public - school TEACHER to serve on the Board of EDUCATION, yet the chair of this Board, Paul Sagan can contribute $ 600,000 to a campaign that sought to charterize, segregate, and create a two - tiered system of privilege using high - stake test scores as the ammunition.»