Sentences with phrase «with social deficits»

Default mode network in childhood autism: posteromedial cortex heterogeneity and relationship with social deficits.

«Many children that we used to call intellectually disabled and many more with social deficits are now recognized as being on the autism spectrum,» said Kathy Katz, a pediatric psychologist at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC.

How does the brain fail those with social deficits such as autism?

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Cruz also had been diagnosed with autism, a neurological disorder that often leads to social awkwardness and isolation, and attention deficit - hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

Parkin was referring to a recent phone call where Donald Trump incorrectly told the prime minister that the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada — a comment he also repeated on social media.

«The Courage to Act: Fixing Canada's Budget and Social Policy Deficits,» C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 64, by Thomas E. Kierans and William B.P. Robson, with David M. Brown et al. (October).

The bottom line is that after the prolonged tax giveaway exacerbates the federal budget deficit — along with the balance - of - payments deficit — we can expect the next Republican or Democratic administration to step in and «save» the country from economic emergency by scaling back Social Security while turning its funding over, Pinochet - style, to Wall Street money managers to loot as they did in Chile.

The recent federal election featured something of a debate on fiscal policy, with the Liberals promising to run modest deficits for three years in order to stimulate a sagging economy and finance needed long - term investments in infrastructure and social programs.

With massive and increasing structural deficits; exploding debt in all sectors; hostile demographics; social and political fracturing and disintegration; grotesque wealth inequality; extraordinary global trade competition; a complete collapse of respect for vital government organizations such as the Justice Department and FBI, which the people now realize have gone rogue; an extremely complex and corrosive global geopolitical environment; the real prospect of war, potentially nuclear and worldwide; not to mention numerous additional factors, we can only point to few other times in history more dangerous to the people's financial welfare, and therefore more overall bullish for gold, one of the only financial sanctuaries proven to work in times of dislocation.

Illinois lawmakers have sliced spending on social services to cope with a $ 9.2 billion budget deficit.

Ryan's advocacy for cutting taxes and trimming the deficit — he is the architect of the GOP's proposed federal budget — married with his willingness to talk about fiscal belt - tightening in moral terms and his low - key social conservatism speak to a political moment in which the economic concerns of the Tea Party and the social focus of the Christian right have merged into a relatively cohesive anti-Obama movement.

Being either of these often comes with a deficit in happiness or social skills or acceptance or....

Precisely with regard to these transitional situations which, in view of the present deficits in ecological and social - technological theory, particularly become the center of cultural attention, Whitehead has set new tasks.

Cal Youth Camps offers one - of - a-kind social skills camps for children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, High Functioning Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and children with similar social skills deficits.

It should be noted that though kids with Asperger's don't usually have language deficits - they can be very talkative, in fact - many on the autism spectrum do have difficulty communicating verbally, which is partly why new diagnostic criteria will stress social communication deficits and restricted interests.

Given the debate over the federal deficit, government spending on social services, such as Medicare and Social Security is under increased scrutiny, with many Republicans mounting an all - out associal services, such as Medicare and Social Security is under increased scrutiny, with many Republicans mounting an all - out asSocial Security is under increased scrutiny, with many Republicans mounting an all - out assault.

One could easily suggest that his swamp to which he refers is cluttered with Bush's own crap: the security failure that allowed 9/11; two unnecessary ground wars in Muslim countries; wars that involved the silly nation - building rationale and which were not paid for; tax cuts that failed the trickle - down test and produced huge deficits / debts; a major attack on Social Security in promoting privatization; and the de-regulation and laissez - faire style that allowed the mortgage and bank meltdown.

With the city's budget's in limbo, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan has launched a social media campaign to shore up a $ 12.5 million dollar deficit and find a permanent solution to end the annual funding crisis.

The Social Liberal Forum believes that recovery from this crisis will require a flexible approach to deficit reduction and far more radical reform to the financial sector than showering existing banks with extra liquidity — the LDV survey suggests that the Lib Dem membership agrees.

There is no point in complaining about Vince Cable's annual left - leaning speech to the Liberal Democrat conference - the crude jokes about bankers, the re-plugging of his beloved mansions tax, the way in which support for deficit reduction is wrapped up in the garnish of social democracy, with Bevin, Cripps and Roy Jenkins prayed in aid.

Jonathan Portes, director of the National Institute for Social and Economic Research, got in touch to point out that Clegg had confused structural deficit with debt.

When the Social Democrats in Sweden tackled their deficit in the 1990s, they started with an 11 % across - the - board cut in government spending, followed by similar sized cuts to local government.

In the absence of anything which can be called an «investigatory press» in Rockland County, elected officials must know that their behavior is being publicly scrutinized by the social media and that past behaviors which resulted in Rockland County becoming bloated with over 100 patronage appointments and millions of dollars in ballooning property taxes, bonded debt, and deficit spending MUST stop.

In the new research, the UB scientists found they could reverse those social deficits with a very low dose of romidepsin, which, they found, restores gene expression and function using an epigenetic mechanism, where gene changes are caused by influences other than DNA sequences.

The research, published today in Nature Neuroscience, demonstrated that brief treatment with a very low dose of romidepsin, a Food and Drug Administration - approved anti-cancer drug, restored social deficits in animal models of autism in a sustained fashion.

Indeed, social interaction deficits in people living with autism appear to be partly due difficulties in detecting and interpreting sensory signals.

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.

«We found it can soar to 81 percent if additional features are present, like a family history of psychotic illness, odd or weird thoughts, and severe social deficits, such as having no friends or withdrawing from contact with others,» he says.

PIU has been linked with negative mental health consequences such as depression, attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder, hostility, social phobia, alcohol abuse, self - injuries and sleep difficulties.

Nadia is an autistic savant, with a rare condition marked by severe mental and social deficits but also by a mysterious talent that appears spontaneously, usually before age 6.

Future studies about romantic attachment will focus on using the findings from research such as Young's and Diamond's to develop new treatments for grief associated with partner separation or loss and for disorders that involve social deficits, such as schizophrenia and autism.

«In this case, that deficit is anxiety and problems with social interactions.»

Educational improvement efforts, Eye concludes, should focus not on correcting a nonexistent overall deficit but on improving the academic performance of the students «in the lower portion of the performance distribution,» many of whom face social and familial challenges that interfere with their education.

This measure may prove easier than directly assessing language and social deficits in some children, such as those with hearing difficulties.

The discovery of connectivity deficits in a specific region of the brain like the SLF provides an important starting point for more research on people with IED, as well as those with borderline personality disorder, who share similar social and emotional problems and appear to have the same abnormality in the SLF.

«One thing we know is that when intervention is done early and intensely, especially among children with the most significant deficits, there is improved social interaction and communication,» Charles said.

The facial recognition task was chosen because autism is characterized by social deficits; the math task was chosen to reflect an area in which children with autism do not usually have deficits.

Their parents reported more learning and behavioral problems, such as difficulty reading; behaviors consistent with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; breaking rules; or displaying aggression, anxiety or social withdrawal.

And the new findings examine basic deficits unclouded by social tendencies, such as the aversion many people with autism spectrum disorder have to looking at faces.

Mirella Dapretto, a neuroscientist at the University of California at Los Angeles, may have nailed down the source of some of autism's key symptoms, the social and emotional deficits that make it so difficult for autistic people to interact with others.

People with ASD can have varying levels of impairment across three common areas, which might include: deficits in social interactions and reciprocal understanding, repetitive behaviour and narrow interests, and impairment in language and communication.

Many children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have begun to display telltale social and language deficits by the time they're toddlers; they fail to play or make eye contact with others, for example, or to say short sentences such as «drink milk.»

The inability of the brain to adjust the size of eye movement may not only be a marker for cerebellum dysfunction, but it may also help explain the communication and social interaction deficits that many individuals with ASD experience.

The researchers said that the study suggests that a chronic GI symptom, which can cause pain, discomfort and anxiety, could contribute to increased irritability and social withdrawal, particularly in children with deficits in social and communication skills.

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are restless, inattentive, and impulsive, and they have difficulty with social functioning, often having fewer friends and being rejected more than children without ADHD.

In another experiment, the researchers tested whether the animals» inability to form social memories might have to do with deficits in olfaction (sense of smell), which is crucial for normal social interaction.

Individuals with brain injury experience deficits in emotional processing and social cognition, most notably the inability to recognize emotions expressed by facial features.

The study with the University of Bordeaux will examine how emotional processing deficits in MS are associated with social functioning across three levels: society integration and social functioning / participation, marriage / significant other relationships and friendships.

Mar. 14, 2014 — A brain - mapping study of patients with schizophrenia has found that areas associated with the ability to imitate are impaired, providing new support for the theory that deficits in this basic cognitive skill may underlie the profound difficulty with social interactions that characterize the disorder.

This work has important implications for developing novel treatment strategies for psychiatric disorders associated with social cognitive deficits, including autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia.