May 2012 - Long On Language

AANE conference: Functional Implications of Adaptive Behavior Deficits

Functional Implications of Adaptive Behavior Deficits in Higher Functioning ASD’s: Eye Tracking Paradigms to Screen for Infants at Risk for ASD by Celine Saulnier Ph.D ( notes by Kai Long, MS SLP CCC from AANE conference on Current Autism Research) Researchers are looking for a way to screen infants at risks for ASD so they …

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Autism: Lower preference to attend?

Current research: Implication for the Asperger Community, a conference hosted by AANE in March presented quite a few speakers. The research that struck me as the most relevant to what I see in my practice was given by Nancy Kanwisher, Ph.D. Her presentation was called Attention in Autism: Different Preferences, Not Different Abilities. Her research was intriguing …

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