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ABA Centers of Florida recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the unveiling of its Florida flagship autism care center in Boca Raton. During the ceremony, guests received exclusive tours of the premises, allowing attendees to explore the cutting-edge facility and learn about its sensory-friendly designs, which cater to all levels of the autism spectrum. The play…

Temple Grandin spent her early life, as she says, “goofing off” until a science teacher made her brain light up. She was born with autism during the 1940s, when people didn’t understand it well. But Grandin has done a lot since those days of goofing off. She became a professor of animal science at Colorado…

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Two scientific research studies published today reveal that the Marcus Autism Center, a subsidiary of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, has developed the first “biomarker-based, eye-tracking diagnostic technology” now available to help diagnose autism. The tool, called EarliPoint Evaluation, is authorized for use in children between 16 and 30 months of age to aid in the diagnosis and…

Eye-tracking-based measurement of social visual engagement — how kids look at and learn from their social environment — was predictive of autism diagnosis by clinical experts in young children, researchers said. In a multisite prospective study, the eye-tracking tool that measures social visual engagement had a sensitivity of 78% and a specificity of 85.4% in…

There’s a new parenting term going viral on TikTok, warning parents of the dangerous child behavior (if not monitored) known as child elopement. The videos are bringing awareness to parents about child elopement, elopement behaviors, and the risks involved with a child who partakes in elopement — as well as letting parents know what they…

Moving pictures: A heat map (left) reveals where children direct their gaze while watching filmed social interactions (right). This kind of comparison informs a new device that uses eye tracking to facilitate autism diagnosis. An electronic tool could help clinicians diagnose autism in children younger than age 3, according to two new studies conducted across…

A newly available device could help doctors determine within minutes whether or not children as young as 16 months have autism with a high degree of accuracy, researchers say. Two studies published this week examining the EarliPoint Evaluation are offering evidence that the tool, which received Food and Drug Administration clearance last year, could greatly…

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‘Mom! Did you know that my brother doesn’t talk?’ I’ll be honest when he said it to me I burst out laughing. It caught me off guard. The innocence of it. He had just come up from downstairs. A dimple on his left cheek. A red and blue Spiderman costume a size too small. The…