Study Finds Children with Autism Respond Well to Puppets

• By: Mike Cummings YaleNews
• September 24th, 2021
• Fall 2021 Issue, news, puppets, research, social engagement, visual attention
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A new study by researchers at the Yale Child Study Center demonstrates that puppets can attract and hold the attention of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), raising the potential for developing more engaging therapies that strengthen social engagement and facilitate learning. The...

Inhibition of Eye Blinking Reveals How Toddlers with ASD Attend Differently to What They Watch

• By: Sarah Shultz Warren Jones, PhD Ami Klin, PhD Marcus Autism Center
• January 1st, 2012
• attention, blinking, child development, communication, eye gaze, eye tracking, neuroscience, research, social engagement, toddlers, visual attention
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One of the central goals in autism research is to better meet the needs and experiences of individual children on the autism spectrum, even and especially children who may not be able to easily communicate those experiences. Researchers hope that doing so will provide an inroad into helping those...