Sentences with phrase «with autism find»

Most pupils with autism find technology safe and motivating.

Her research work focuses on the neurocognitive basis of autism spectrum conditions, with a particular interest in why people with autism find the social world so puzzling, yet often excel at detail - focussed tasks.

Baffled by Behavior No wonder individuals with autism find direct social interaction frightening.

Children with autism find a variety of environmental factors to be stressful, and they might also struggle with dealing with challenging tasks.

The fact that my kid with Autism finds crowds and loud sounds to be a bit discomforting makes us cautious where we choose to go.

A 2010 study of 13 adults with autism found oxytocin helped the participants better navigate social dynamics in a simulated ball - tossing game.

«US National Autism Indicators Report 2016: Vocational rehabilitation: More than half with autism found to leave program with jobs, but most earn wages below poverty line.»

Not exact matches

Blackburn conducted research focused on mothers caring for children with autism and other chronic conditions, and found that moms who were more resilient to stress — perceiving their situation as a challenge, rather than something hopeless or overwhelming — kept their telomeres longer.

New Jersey — a wealthy, educated state with ready access to world - class health care in Philadelphia and New York City — has «better access to higher - quality information that lets us be more complete» in screening, Walter Zahorodny, a New Jersey Medical School professor and director of the New Jersey Autism Study, said in a conference call about the findings.

Ten years ago, my husband and I founded a non-profit comprehensive center for children with autism in Birmingham called Mitchell's Place, in honor of our son Mitchell.

King's research found that an ounce of camel milk per day is helping people with diabetes, hepatitis, autism and certain cancers.

Our founder, Naomi, promised him she would provide help for families with autism as a show of solidarity when she founded the company ten years ago — and at Better Batter, we keep our promises!

A2 Corp claimed the beta casein A1 found in most cows» milk sold in New Zealand had been linked with the development of coronary heart disease, childhood diabetes and also implicated in autism and schizophrenia.

Founded in 1975, The Help Group is the largest, most innovative and comprehensive nonprofit of its kind in the United State serving children, adolescents and young adults with special needs related to autism spectrum disorder, learning disabilities, ADHD, developmental delays, abuse, and emotional problems.

Carol Potter, a senior researcher at Leeds Metropolitan University is running the UK's first National Survey of Fathers of Children with Autism (children aged 19 or under) to find out more about their vital parenting role.

I purchased your book 2/5/08 and IT TOTALLY WORKED!!!!!!! I have a 5 year old son with PDD (Autism) and I never EVER EVER thought he would get potty trained!!!!! The hardest thing I had to do was find 3 days to devote to the training.

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

To connect with other parents who understand your situation, find a local support group or get involved with a local chapter of a national autism awareness group.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also completed their own study to assess if weighted blankets could help improve sleep in children with autism, but they found that weighted blankets were not effective in helping children with autism fall asleep faster, sleep longer, or wake up at night any less frequently.

Read our autism overview to find out more about parenting and advocating for a child with autism.

The surprising finding is that most children with autism have SPD as well.

When my son was first diagnosed on the autism spectrum, I found it hard to find new creative ways to work with my son.

The Help Group's 2018 Advance LA Conference, Thriving Through Transitions: Finding Strengths in Differences, will feature 20 internationally prominent experts whose research and practice support young people with autism, learning differences and ADHD in their transition to college, the workplace and beyond.

i found when he was 2 yrs, 9 mos, that he was actually suffering from a sleep disorder and a high - functioning form of autism with sensory integration issues that were off the charts, hence why he sought comfort and all over body closeness and pressure.

A multi-site study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) finds young children with autism spectrum disorder and serious behavioral problems respond positively to a 24 - week structured parent training.

Police find interviewing and interacting with witnesses and suspects with autism a real challenge, a study has revealed - highlighting that the ways officers have been taught to interview are at odds with what is needed in these situations.

The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling which found that the process used to decide whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) disadvantages people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism.

About QSAC Founded in 1978, QSAC is a New York City and Long Island based nonprofit that supports children and adults with autism, together with their families, in achieving greater independence, realizing their future potential, and contributing to their communities in a meaningful way by offering person - centered services.

There's a crucial need to get findings to practitioners to help them obtain the best evidence possible from people with autism.»

Officers reported, for example, finding it hard to build rapport with people with autism, which usually plays an important part in interviews.

Councilman Robert Cornegy (D - Brooklyn) drafted the bill after Avonte Oquendo, a 14 - year - old boy with autism, was found dead on the College Point shore months after -LSB-...]

Councilman Robert Cornegy (D - Brooklyn) drafted the bill after Avonte Oquendo, a 14 - year - old boy with autism, was found dead on the College Point shore months after he ran out of an unguarded door at his Long Island City school.

The team found that mothers passed only half of their structural variants on to their autistic children — a frequency that would be expected by chance alone — suggesting that variants inherited from mothers were not associated with autism.

The team found that mini-brains grown using stem cells from children with autism form fewer neural connections, while those from Williams syndrome children have an abnormally high number.

A new study found that kids with autism were slower to integrate stimuli from different senses, providing possible explanations for behavioral differences

The team found that mini-brains grown using stem cells from children with autism form fewer neural connections, while those from people with Williams syndrome have an abnormally high number.

Although unique genetic variations in children with autism are nearly as rare as they are in the general population, comprehensive studies are starting to find patterns in disrupted genes and pathways

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences followed a small group of high - functioning people with autism and found that they responded more to social cues when given the hormone oxytocin.

McLean Hospital neuroscientists have found that immune system activation during pregnancy and right at birth can cause alterations in the brain's neural circuits during young adulthood that are consistent with behavioral symptoms common in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental conditions.

The latest findings show that genetic defects in the body's ability to manufacture carnitine might be associated with an increased risk of autism because carnitine deficiency interferes with the normal processes by which neural stem cells promote and organize embryonic and fetal brain development.

Page and his colleagues, who use animal models to understand how autism risk factors impact the developing brain and to identify potential treatments for the condition, have found that animals with mutations in the autism risk gene phosphatase and tensin homolog (Pten) mimic aspects of autism, including increased brain size, social deficits and increased repetitive behavior.

Working with this hypothesis, the researchers conducted a statistical analysis of the CX3CR1 gene in over 7000 schizophrenia and autism patients and healthy subjects, finding one mutant candidate, a single amino acid switch from alanine to threonine, as a candidate marker for prediction.

«We measured many aspects of social ability and found significant treatment effects on social cognition, social interaction and social communication in youth with autism,» Corbett said.

These observations jibe with those from a study of 26,000 adults with autism and 130,000 controls in Sweden, which found that most people with autism prefer partners on the spectrum.

The researchers found that, compared to the typically developing children, the children with autism had higher skin conductance levels when reading silently, reading aloud, and in the group toy session.

«Sharing treatment decisions challenges doctors, parents of young children with autism: Researchers find gaps in knowledge, communication about ASD treatment choices.»

In a 2015 study, Barnett found that for some women with autism, these sensitivities manifest as vaginal muscle spasms, known as vaginismus, that make penetration painful or impossible.

«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.

A small clinical trial earlier this year found that the program helps teens with autism improve their sexual knowledge, build confidence and prevent inappropriate behaviors.