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New Autism Study Changes The Game For Treatment In Toddlers

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Like a lot of parents, Shannon Hewett knew the signs of autism. She looked out for them when her son TJ was born. “When he was a baby, he made eye contact with me—and even today, if he is engaging with me socially, he will make eye contact,” she said. But it turns out TJ is autistic, even with all that eye contact. He was diagnosed when he was 2 years old, after Shannon noticed he wasn’t talking the way other kids did. TJ also had problems with social cues; Shannon said it was often like he didn’t even hear her when she called his name. But eye contact never seemed to make him uncomfortable. And that conflicted with the commonly-held belief that kids with autism naturally find it to be stressful. Now, researchers at Emory School of Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Marcus Autism Center have borne out her experience. “It’s not that they’re averse to eye contact,” said Emory Psychology graduate student Jennifer Moriuchi, a member of the research team. Instead, she said,

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