Sentences with phrase «children with autism look»

Instead, young children with autism look less at the eyes because they appear to miss the social significance of eye contact.

While reduced eye contact is a well - known symptom of autism used in early screeners and diagnostic instruments, why children with autism look less at other people's eyes has not been known.

The other explanation holds that children with autism look less at other people's eyes because the social cues from the eyes are not perceived as particularly meaningful or important.

Not exact matches

«Often I'm asked what my definition of autism is and, of course, there is the standard definition: children who have problems with communicating, repetitive motion, abnormal toy play, social skills, are delayed,» says Dr. Kartzinel, «But really what I look at in a child is how many responses to stimuli the child responds to abnormally.»

I had looked online for hours trying to find waterproof pants for an older child with autism.

For example, a child who struggles with sensory motor integration or who has autism can be working on the very same four facets of Emotional Intelligence * (EI) right alongside a child for whom self - control, sitting quietly and / or perceiving another person's needs come easily, it's just going to look a little different.

A child with autism will often not look in the direction that someone else is pointing at, so if you see any of these developmental issues on your child, get him to the doctor.

Parents of children with special needs, like Down syndrome or autism, might also look for help from support groups of parents that have had to deal with the same issues.

HOW a new action feels is more important than how it looks for children with autism.

Scientific American reported in 2009 that a joint U.S. / Swedish study looking into the effects of household contaminants discovered that children who live in homes with vinyl floors — which can emit hazardous chemicals called phthalates — are twice as likely to develop signs of autism as kids in other homes.

In their study, published in the June 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the researchers looked at whether an Internet - based trial was a feasible way to evaluate whether omega - 3 fatty acids helped reduce hyperactivity in children with autism.

The study looked at 34 kids with autism and 34 typically developing children.

Researchers presenting the study abstract, «National Trends in Prevalence and Co-morbid Chronic Conditions among Children with Asthma, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,» looked at data from the National Survey of Children's Health data for 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2012 to spot trends surrounding these conditions by sociodemographic characteristics in the United States.

The findings support one side of a long - standing debate: Do children with autism tend not to look others in the eye because they are uninterested or because they find eye contact unpleasant?

«When we did this repeatedly, we found that young children with autism continued to look straight at the eyes.

The study in Pediatrics looked at children 15 - 33 months old, with autism experts analyzing 10 - minute videos of the children's behaviors during evaluation in a clinical setting.

The researchers looked at brain scans of «baby sibs» — children who have an older sibling with autism.

Researchers from the MIND Institute at University of California, Davis, USA, found sex differences in children with autism when looking at the organization of fibers in the corpus callosum, the largest bundle of nerve fibers in the brain.2

Children with autism, however, do not exhibit this sort of interest in eye - looking.

Kathleen, a triathlete who mysteriously became paralyzed with debilitating pain, began looking for answers to her health conditions, and those of her children who were also suffering from a list of chronic diseases and disorders — the most heartbreaking was her eldest son Stephen who was diagnosed with Autism at the age of four.

Whether you are looking for a way to boost gut health, reduce anxiety, or support your child with autism, camel milk has you covered.

Well, I met one guy I liked...... turns out he was looking for a woman every 2nd weekend only as he had a child with cerebral palsy and autism, who was in a special home, and a very jealous 16 year old daughter living with him...... I had to hear how she broke up a relationship he had with a woman that went on for a year, he also kept this woman a secret from his daughter as every 2nd weekend the daughter went to the mother.

That near mostly looking to marry a man children or young adults with autism spectrum disorders.

The plans aim to tackle those inequalities and ensure Britain is a country that «truly works for everyone» by looking at the experience and outcomes for children who face the most challenges in mainstream school - including those at greatest risk of exclusion - such as those with special educational needs (SEN), children with autism or children in need of help and protection, including those in care.

In the fourth report in his Autism Now series, Robert MacNeil looks at how two schools in the New York City area handle teaching children and teens with aAutism Now series, Robert MacNeil looks at how two schools in the New York City area handle teaching children and teens with autismautism.

HABRI awards a grant that will look at the effects of shelter cat adoptions in families that have children with autism.

My little preschoolers with autism would start behaving in ways that looked more like the average child — and parents were thrilled.

- Here are two other great play therapy videos I found this month: a therapist explains a new kind of «natural» play therapy and a master's student looks at play therapy for children who have a sibling with autism spectrum disorder.

The plans announced today aim to tackle those inequalities and ensure Britain is a country that truly works for everyone by looking at the experience and outcomes for children who face the most challenges in mainstream school - including those at greatest risk of exclusion - such as those with special educational needs (SEN), children with autism or children in need of help and protection, including those in care.

Community paediatricians in the UK usually provide neuro - development and neuro - disability assessments, including autism, but also provide medical services related to child protection and child abuse; children in care of the state («looked after children»), adoption panels, child death inquiries, statutory advice for children with special educational needs (currently Education and Health Care Plan), special schools and other specialist areas which are developed locally.

There is a body of literature looking at parental stress for parents of children with disabilities, but the researchers in this Canadian study were interested in looking specifically at a comparison of parental stress for parents of children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and those with children with autism spectrum disorder.

I am currently starting my dissertation (to obtain an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of East London) on Positive Psychology and Autism, specifically looking at the ways children with autism use streAutism, specifically looking at the ways children with autism use streautism use strengths.

Here's another place to look for example BIPs for children with: ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, bipolar disorder, fetal alcohol effects.