How early detection could change autism diagnosis and intervention, with Geraldine Dawson, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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The Role of Sensory Sensitivities in Early Autism
There's a lot of work on looking at these brain-based what are called biomarkers to see whether we can detect these even before we might be able to diagnose the full syndrome. When you're looking for brain-based biomarkers and very young children, how do you do that in a lab? You can hardly do that with adults sometimes. But there are lots of different ways of studying the brain in infants. And most of studies to date have followed infants who have an older sibling with autism that's already diagnosed.
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