Sentences with phrase «people with autism said»

Almost 70 percent of people with autism said that staff education was important before being hired for a job.

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Working in groups is «the most important thing,» says her teammate Adelina Corina Cozma, 15, whose computer - based communication system for people with autism went on to win several awards at the May event.

Roberta Scherf, CEO of PrioHealth, company focused on helping people with autism, says that her unique perspective is the reason for her success.

Barbara Crosier, with the Cerebral Palsy Association of New York State, says the 6 % across the board cuts, combined with earlier budget cuts, would mean staff cut backs and fewer programs for people with cerebral palsy, autism, and other disabilities.

«Autism Awareness Day helps to shed light on the need for person - centered services and supports for children and adults with autism and their families,» said QSAC CEO and Executive Director GARY MAutism Awareness Day helps to shed light on the need for person - centered services and supports for children and adults with autism and their families,» said QSAC CEO and Executive Director GARY Mautism and their families,» said QSAC CEO and Executive Director GARY MAFFEI.

If Albany doesn't step up now, the impact on people with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other developmental disabilities will be like nothing anybody wants to experience,» said former Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, who served in the Assembly for 25 years and has a son, Ricky, with a developmental disability.

«I taught at Eastern Suffolk BOCES, working with people who have autism and behavioral issues,» he said.

«Some of the repetitive behaviors, inability to read social cues, and restricted interests copy many of the symptoms we see in people with autism,» said co-lead author Alexandra Bey, an M.D. / Ph.D. candidate at the Duke University School of Medicine.

Moreover, Images of unvaccinated kids who were sick with diseases prevented by the vaccineactually led to an uptick in the number of people who said they thought vaccines cause autism.

Jim Rehg of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, who has worked on the SenseGlass project, says those who have trouble recognising or expressing their emotions, such as people with autism, might benefit by being able to use the device's measurements to communicate how they are feeling to others.

Jiang said autism researchers worldwide could use the mouse model to study ways to compensate for the gene and improve symptoms in people with autism spectrum disorders and Phelan - McDermid Syndrome, a more profound developmental condition caused by mutations to SHANK3 and other genes in chromosome 22.

«We found that over half of the people with autism who used Vocational Rehabilitation services got jobs,» said Anne Roux, lead author of the report and research scientist in Life Course Outcomes at the institute.

«Sexuality isn't taboo in the research community, but it's still kind of the last topic to the table — which isn't really fair because it could be key to understanding quality of life and emotional health in people with autism,» Gotham says.

But people with autism are sometimes unwilling to compromise, Gotham says.

That may be because a strong relationship depends on partners being both self - aware and aware of others, maintaining emotional stability and being able to learn from past experiences — three domains that prove challenging for some people with autism, Lerner says.

Christianson said his team uses neuroscience techniques «to investigate the biological basis for social cognition with the hope that we can better understand and treat people with conditions marked by aberrant social cognition such as autism or schizophrenia.»

«Our findings open the exciting possibility that drugs that block the degradation of anandamide, which are currently being tested for various anxiety disorders, could give a boost to the brain's own oxytocin and help people with autism socialize more,» Piomelli said.

Christianson said the findings set the stage for a large - scale investigation of the brain circuits that work together to orchestrate responses to social emotional information with the hope that such research will lead to better treatment for people with conditions marked by aberrant social cognition, such as autism or schizophrenia.

«We found a steady decline in attention to other people's eyes, from 2 until 24 months, in infants later diagnosed with autism,» said co-investigator Ami Klin, Ph.D., director of Marcus Autism Cautism,» said co-investigator Ami Klin, Ph.D., director of Marcus Autism CAutism Center.

Savage said that in addition to health benefits that regular physical activity carries for everyone, it also can be especially powerful for people with autism.

«As technologies become more available in schools and homes, we have to keep abreast of the advantages they can have for people with autism,» she said.

It's essential that people feel they are in a safe, comfortable setting with someone who can oversee the experience, says Alicia Danforth, a clinical psychologist at the Harbor — UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, who is involved in MAPS - sponsored trials studying MDMA's effects on social anxiety in adults with autism.

They say that auties, as some people with autism call themselves, don't merely think differently: in certain ways they think better.

He served as her postdoctoral mentor and, like Foss - Feig, says autism researchers can learn a lot by studying people with psychosis.

She says it is unclear whether the mouse findings will extend to people with autism, but the fact that correcting the imbalance instantaneous shifts behavior is encouraging.

«Early diagnosis is critical in helping people with autism get the support they need,» says Caroline Hattersley of The National Autistic Society in London, who stresses that specialists are still needed.

In people with Williams syndrome, which is characterized by a strong drive for social interaction, she says, one sees an opposite electrical brain response to similar linguistic tests than that seen in people with autism.

The reported incidence of gut maladies in people with autism varies wildly between published studies — from zero to more than 80 % — making it difficult to establish just how commonly the two conditions go together, says principal investigator Sarkis Mazmanian, a microbiologist at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena.

Dr Richard Bethlehem said: «This takes us one step closer to understanding why the brains of people with and without autism may differ from one another.

It could explain why people with autism have restricted interests — because they find only very selective things rewarding — and it could explain the differences in language acquisition — because the neural circuitry involved in reward learning is the same circuitry that mediates both language learning and production,» says Abel, who also is the Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience and UI professor of molecular physiology and biophysics.

So says Ari Ne'eman, whose organisation places people with autism with employers who value their fascination with patterns and ability to spot errors (see «Rise of the autistic workforce «-RRB-.

While scientists have identified some genetic similarities among people with autism, psychiatrists mostly rely on behavioral symptoms for diagnosis, Grissom said.

Within any industry, there are jobs where many people with autism can excel, Lerner said.

«Many of the so - called psychological problems people are faced with today such as anxiety, depression, and even more serious conditions such as schizophrenia and autism are related to problems in the gut,» she says.

North Yorkshire was also told to improve post-diagnosis support following «a large increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism», and in Nottinghamshire a group of schools was said to be «identifying a rise in the number of children and young people diagnosed with autism».

When 2,000 pet owners were educated about the human health benefits of pet ownership: 92 % said they were more likely to maintain a pet's health, including keeping up with vaccines and preventive medicine 89 % said they were more likely to maintain a pet's health, including regular check - ups with a veterinarian 88 % said they were more likely to provide a pet with higher quality nutrition 51 % said they were more likely to purchase pet health insurance 62 % said they were less likely to skip visits to the veterinarian 89 % said they were more likely to take better care of a pet «When people find out that pets improve heart health, decrease stress, help alleviate depression and address specific conditions that include autism, PTSD and Alzheimer's, they become more focused on caring for their pet's health,» said HABRI Executive Director, Steven Feldman.

I know that there also studies that show there is some coralation between vaccinations and increases in autism, I am not saying that's causation but there are many doctors and people knowledgeable about autism that would disagree with you, so yes it is worth discussion.