Sentences with phrase «on autistic boys»

And researchers, reacting to the apparent prevalence of autism among males, may have unknowingly created a gender bias in the science itself — by conducting their research predominantly on autistic boys and men, and then forming conclusions about the condition that have been applied to girls and women as well.

Not exact matches

A parenting writer and blogger, Margie and her husband of almost 20 years, Robert, have eight children ages 27, 25, 23, 21, 14, 12, 9 and 8 — seven sons and one daughter, three of the boys who are on the autistic spectrum.

Narratives range from humorous to heart - wrenching: a teen is smitten by an older boy, a son battles drug addiction, a parent steals the unthinkable, a daughter and her family navigate thunderstorms, a mother redefines «home» for her autistic son — plus compelling essays on parenting teens with chronic illness or anxiety disorders or that inevitable phase of parenting which requires letting go of your teenager.

Kasari's research has focused on how autistic boys and girls interact and socialize in different K — 12 school settings, such as the playground.

Best Boy By Eli Gottlieb Liveright • $ 14.95 • ISBN 9781631491924 Gottlieb's intriguing look at the life of a middle - aged autistic man — loosely inspired by the experiences of his own brother — ranked # 3 on the BookPage list of Best Books of 2015.

And now that Delilah has been rehomed, the agency says, it's too late for an autistic boy's family — who relied on the dog for six years to help detect eight - year - old Zack's oncoming seizures — to get him back.

From content creator BlondeNerd bringing the most incredible energy to ID@Xbox — lighting up the demo room like a 12 shot Roman Candle — to watching the mum of an autistic boy choke back tears when I handed her a free Steam code for Dungeon League, the game they were playing (and loving) on our booth.

In fact, autistic boys between the ages of 10 and 20 had twice the risk of breast enlargement if they were on the drug, and a 14 % greater chance of suffering from at least one form of sexual dysfunction.

My poor autistic boy had his hands on his ears the whole time But then there was pizza and he was ok.