At the International Meeting for Autism Research in Philadelphia last week, researchers from the University of California, San Diego reported on finding differences in brains of even very young children with autism. In a small study of 43 subjects, some as young as 14 months, children with autism were found to use different brain regions than their typically-developing peers. It is hoped that this research will one day be able to help clinicians accurately diagnose children with autism at a much younger age.
Read the Wall Street Journal's entire article at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704113504575264623494086854.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsForth
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