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Motion Capture technology has become commonplace in Hollywood. Now the system of digitising actors to create characters in films like Avatar is being used to measure human behaviour in real life. In an unusual partnership between actors and engineers, researchers at the University of Southern California are developing systems that could help children with autism and couples who are going through marriage therapy. David Farrell-Shaw is sitting in his bright, clean new office, behind a clutter-free desk, explaining how he came to his current job. “Before my son was diagnosed I didn’t have any understanding of autism. I thought it was kids rocking back and forward on the floor. But once you become a parent you have to learn very quickly. I didn’t think I’d end up doing this job, but I wanted to get involved.” Farrell-Shaw is general manager of Specialisterne Scotland, a company which specializes in IT support. Just outside, a 21-year-old Danish man is enthralling camera crews with his demonstrations of a Lego robot. It may seem an unlikely combination of circumstances, but the two events are intimately connected and say much about the way the company operates. Because Specialisterne is the first company in the world that actively recruits employees with autism. Young children with autism can be identified by listening to the noises they make, say US scientists. Research suggests the babbling of infants with autism differs from that of children without it. The differences were spotted with 86% accuracy using automated vocal analysis technology.
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Autism Linked to Multisensory Integration A new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has provided concrete evidence that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) process sensory information such as sound, touch and vision differently than typically developing children.
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30/08/2010

Autism in adults diagnosed by quick, new brain scan Scientists funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have developed a pioneering new method of diagnosing autism in adults. For the first time, a quick brain scan that takes just 15 minutes can identify adults with autism with over 90% accuracy. The method could lead to the screening for autism spectrum disorders in children in the future.
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Assessment and Diagnosis
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30/08/2010

How motion capture technology can measure human behaviour
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Behaviour
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30/08/2010

IT + autism = real jobs
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Adult Supports and Information
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10/08/2010

Parents Of Grown Offspring With Autism More Likely To Split Up The parents of grown children with autism are more likely to divorce than couples with typically developing children, according to new data from a large longitudinal study of families of adolescents and adults with autism.
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Family Supports and Information
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04/08/2010

Relatives of Individuals With Autism Tend to Display Abnormal Eye Movements Abnormal eye movements and other sensorimotor and neurobehavioral impairments appear common in unaffected family members of individuals with autism, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
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Biological Factors
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04/08/2010

Voice technology 'could help detect autism'
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04/08/2010

World's Largest DNA Scan Reveals Rare Variants That Disrupt Gene Activity in Autistic Children The world's largest DNA scan for familial autism has uncovered new genetic changes in autistic children that are often not present in their parents. Identified in less than 1 percent of the population, these rare variants occur nearly 20 percent more in autistic children.
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27/07/2010

Gallery helps autistic artists turn the corner Craig Amy architects have completed new gallery space for Autism Ventures Scotland in Edinburgh's New Town.
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Access and Inclusion
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27/06/2010

How to communicate with autistic children How to use sympathetic body language to help autistic children engage with the outside world
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Social and Communication Factors
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22/06/2010
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