One in 68 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And, according to the…
(RNN) – The estimated number of children in the U.S. with autism increased nearly one-third in two years, according to figures released by the…
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Analyzing a child’s voice may someday be a way to screen children for autism, according to a new study. “What the study does is apply a technology that is capable of identifying sound differences in children’s speech,” says Steve Warren, a behavioral psychologist at the University of Kansas and one of the study’s authors. Researchers […]
A chemistry professor at Harvard University is trying to shrink a medical laboratory onto a piece of paper that’s the size of a fingerprint and costs about a penny. George Whitesides has developed a prototype for paper “chip” technology that could be used in the developing world to cheaply diagnose deadly diseases such as HIV, […]
For Mary Calhoun Brown, the term "Asperger's" is crucial to conveying to schools that although her 15-year-old son has had social difficulties, he has a near-genius IQ and great speaking ability. "If I call it 'autism,' that's going to raise a lot of red flags for people who don't know him," said Brown, author of the novel about autism "There Are No Words."
