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Unusual play may be harbinger of autism

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Nov 8th 2008 4:00PM

Children diagnosed with autism, researchers have found, tend to play with toys differently as babies, rotating or spinning them, staring at them intently, or looking at them out of the corner of their eye. The study comes from the University of ...
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Doctors may be able to detect autism in infants

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted May 15th 2007 7:00AM

It is believed that 1 in every 150 American children have autism. That, to me, is a staggering statistic. I didn't know anyone with autism growing up. I wonder if incidence is rising or we just have better diagnostic tools now. According to a recent ...
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Parent vs. Parent: Why we chose not to medicate our son

by Jen Creer, Posted Apr 18th 2007 6:30PM

Susan Wagner has already written beautifully about her son Henry and their family's decision to medicate Henry, first for ADHD, and then later for anxiety. And I cannot disagree with anything she has to say. I think the operative sentence in her post ...
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