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Early Brain Response To Words Predictive For Autism
vinces99 writes "The pattern of brain responses to words in 2-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder predicted the youngsters' linguistic, cognitive and adaptive skills at ages 4 and 6, according to a new study from the University of Washington's Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences. The findings are among the first to demonstrate that a brain marker can predict future abilities in children with autism."
>>âoeThis is true four years after the initial test, and regardless of the type of autism treatment the children received,â she said.
> In other words, the autism treatments don't work.
This is incorrect thinking. Autism is NOT something to be "cured."
It is a DIFFERENT way of THINKING. See the movie "Temple Grandin" if you want to understand how Asperger's / Austistic children see the world.
Didn't we just see something like this on /. recently?
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/05/silicon-valley-coders-and-autism-and-asperbergers-maybe-its-a-new-kind-of-design-thinking/
Maybe the editors thought it was an article about dyslexia.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Is your final word an anagram/typo?
Your head of state is a corrupt weasel, I hope you're happy.