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Science News
12.5.2013
'Good' Bacteria Ease Autism-like Behaviors in Mouse Model
In mice, infection or inflammation during pregnancy can produce offspring with autism-like behaviors such as social avoidance, anxiety and repetitive
Science News
12.3.2013
Study Finds Sensory Integration Therapy Benefits Children with Autism
Sensory integration therapy uses play activities in ways aimed at changing how the brain reacts to touch, sound, sight and movement.
Science News
11.13.2013
Spotlight on the Gut Bacteria-Brain Connection in Autism
Increasingly, scientists are investigating how disruptions in the body’s microbiome– its normal community of healthful bacteria – might disturb brain
Science News
11.6.2013
Study: Eye Contact Declines Early in Babies Who Later Develop Autism
High-tech eye tracking study finds what may be earliest clear sign of autism; suggests possible window for very early intervention
Science News
7.3.2013
Study: Kids with Autism Have Fewer Kinds of Gut Bacteria
Researchers link reduced diversity of gut “microbiome” to autism, but not to severity of GI problems
Science News
5.1.2013
Speech Devices Can Help Build Language in Schoolchildren with Autism
Despite intensive early therapy, around a third of children with autism speak few words when they enter school. Once experts believed that if children
Science News
3.4.2013
Study shows that many nonverbal autistic children overcome severe language delays
Will my nonverbal autistic child ever speak? Hopeful news for families of children with nonverbal autism.
Science News
1.16.2013
Study Confirms “Optimal Outcomes” Rare but Real among Children with Autism
"Although the diagnosis of autism is not usually lost over time, the findings suggest that there is a very wide range of possible outcomes," says
Science News
11.29.2009
Study Finds Early Intervention Highly Effective
Learn more about an early intervention program for toddlers that was found to improve IQ, language ability and social interaction.
Press Release
1.8.2009