Health knowledge made personal
Please enter a search word or phrase.
The search word cannot have more than 100 characteres.
Autism Eye Corner Of Eye - Articles
Fish Eyes, Mercury and Autism
by
Kim S.
Posted
Wed 27 Oct 2010 12:00am
By Teresa Conrick
[The picture: Quantitative mercury distributions of treated zebrafish. (BR) brain, (EL) eye lens, (LV) liver, (GT) gut, (KT) kidney tubule, (MS) skeletal muscle, (YL) yolk, (SC) spinal cord.]
My daughter, Megan, was born with beautiful, vibrant, blue eyes and red hair. That was seventeen and a h ...
Read on »
Autistic eyes and faces
by
JohnL
Posted
Thu 01 Mar 2007 12:00am
In a pair of experiments reported in the prestigous journal Child Development, Ms. Elisa Back and colleagues from the University of Nottingham (UK) examined whether adolescents with Autism infer mental states less well than their peers. The issue is of interest because some researchers have hypothesized that inadequate skill in interpretin ...
Read on »
Turning a Blind Eye to Autism: A Grandfather's Lament on Willful Ignorance
by
Kim S.
Posted
Wed 22 Dec 2010 12:00am
By Norm Roberts
Weston Roberts is nine years old. It’s been more than seven years since we realized he has autism. As his grandfather I follow the news on the subject with more than passing interest and am continually disappointed with the lack of progress in understanding the nature of the disease, its causes, and effec ...
Read on »
Autism and Conor's Eyes Shut Visit With Grammy and Grampy
by
Harold L D.
Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 12:37pm
The last few days were spent on the road visiting my mother and father in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.
In the past when we arrived at my parents' home Conor would run into the living room and check out the video cassettes that have been kept there for him over the years inspecting each one on the shelf on wh ...
Read on »
Clinic Notes: Eye Tracking and Autism
by
Dr. Gary B.
Posted
Wed 22 Sep 2010 2:44pm
Clinically, I think a lack of eye contact or infrequent and un-sustained eye contact is a good indicator of autism in young children. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine tracked eye movements in toddlers and found that those with autism spent significantly more time looking at geometric patterns than social pi ...
Read on »
Eyes aversion reconsidered: Kids with autism may prefer Lip-Sync.
by
Nestor L.
Posted
Tue 31 Mar 2009 11:40pm
Last week I discussed a study showing that kids with low functioning autism identify noses better when these are presented upside down than when presented upright. In the context of that study, the authors suggested that these kids have an aversion to examining eyes directly and tend to focus on parts of the face away from the eyes.This week a grou ...
Read on »
Autism Eyes
by
Tera ..
Posted
Fri 10 Jul 2009 12:00am
This week has given me a few more facts about how my son sees the world. It has been mind-opening for me to hear his views on things, and realize that he truly sees the world through his autism-eyed glasses.
We were watching tv, while it was still light outside. On the screen, a dark night was being portrayed. Kaeden asked me: Mama, where do ...
Read on »
Toddlers' Focus On Mouths Rather Than On Eyes Is Predictor Of Autism Severity
by
Tricia
Posted
Wed 10 Jun 2009 12:18am
Toddlers'" Focus On Mouths Rather Than On Eyes Is Predictor Of Autism Severity
ScienceDaily (2008-09-26) -- Scientists have found that 2-year-olds with autism looked significantly more at the mouths of others, and less at their eyes, than typically developing toddlers. This abnormality predicts the level of disability, according to a study ...
Read on »
1 Comment
