Fighting For Breakthroughs in the Treatment of Autism

http://fightingfor.nd.edu/autism/ One out of every 100 children in the United States is diagnosed each year with autism, a disorder that affects the brain's normal development of social and communication skills. An interdisciplinary research team led by Notre Dame psychology professor Joshua Diehl is studying the effectiveness of robots in behavior-based communication therapies for children with autism, in an effort to break through barriers and discover effective treatment plans.

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Science & Technology

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• autism
• notre dame
• robot
• research
• psychology
• university

[fivequotes]

Thanks for the awareness on the issue.

[v1f9]

I wonder if a treatment could be derived from embryonic steam cells?

[smithpr123]

What a video! It was awesome to see! I have a 13 year old son with autism and loved to see the commercial on national television during the football game!

[jfellrath]

Watch out Autism, the Irish are on you, now! As an alum with an autistic son, I now have more hope than ever that we're going to lick this thing.

[luisbeck007]

- You also need to invest more on DNA technologies and less in weapons in the USA this can help people with fisical and mental problems.... (because World Record of military expeditures and sells = world record of drug addicts and people in jail). The God of Humanoid Robots :-)