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Netflix’s Latest Television Drama Offers Viewers An ‘Atypical’ Love Story
Read Article: Netflix’s Latest Television Drama Offers Viewers An ‘Atypical’ Love StoryIs Netflix’s newest sitcom trying to portray a funny show about autism, or are they trying to squeeze autism into a funny show? Only viewers will be the…
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Music Therapy for Children with Autism May Not Lead to As Many Benefits as First Thought
Read Article: Music Therapy for Children with Autism May Not Lead to As Many Benefits as First ThoughtA large clinical trial has resulted in findings that music therapy may not be as beneficial to children with autism as many people believed. Researchers conducted a study…
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Scientists Have Used Light to Turn Off Some Autism Symptoms in Mice
Read Article: Scientists Have Used Light to Turn Off Some Autism Symptoms in MicePositive results from this study have hinted that treatments could balance irregular brain activity Turning on a set of neurons that dampen brain activity improves social behavior in…
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The YMCA, among other organizations, Is Now Offering Swimming Lessons for Children with Autism and Other Special Needs
Read Article: The YMCA, among other organizations, Is Now Offering Swimming Lessons for Children with Autism and Other Special NeedsEvery child needs to learn how to swim, and now the YMCA and many other institutions are offering special swimming lessons to children with special needs and learning…
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Children with Autism Could be Helped with New Oxytocin Nasal Spray
Read Article: Children with Autism Could be Helped with New Oxytocin Nasal SprayA new study into a nasal spray has been showing some positive results in children with autism, showing an improvement in social skills. A small clinical trial utilizing…
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Troubling Trend of Autism Misdiagnoses
Read Article: Troubling Trend of Autism MisdiagnosesDespite the heightened awareness of autism in recent years, some families are still finding it difficult to get their children recognized as autistic and appropriately diagnosed by doctors.…
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Virginia Sen. Mark Warner Speaks Out Against Senate Republican Healthcare Bill
Read Article: Virginia Sen. Mark Warner Speaks Out Against Senate Republican Healthcare BillWith the current healthcare system failing, Sen. Warner has spoken out, asking his colleagues to work together to strengthen and fix the situation before it’s too late. While…
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Can Brain Scans Predict the Future of Autism?
Read Article: Can Brain Scans Predict the Future of Autism?New research suggests that performing brain scans on high-risk infants might be able to predict the Scans comparing activity in different sections of the brain were performed on…
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Sensory Therapy and Special Diets: What Do They Really Do?
Read Article: Sensory Therapy and Special Diets: What Do They Really Do?Sensory therapy isn’t a foolproof way to address autism in children; in fact, there is no conclusive evidence that it has any effect at all. Tests involving various…
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Early 19th Century Drug May Be Able to Alleviate Some of Autism’s Symptoms
Read Article: Early 19th Century Drug May Be Able to Alleviate Some of Autism’s SymptomsThere may be good news for individuals with autism looking to treat some of their symptoms, new Recent studies of suramin, a drug originally used in the early…
