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    News Wrap: Senate Passes Spending Bill to Keep Government Operating

    Mar 20, 2013 04:00 AM EST

    ... South Korea of a cyber-attack that shut down its Web sites for two days.A new government estimate puts the number of schoolchildren with autism at one in 50.  Officials from the Centers for Disease Control said this number relies on parents who report their child's disorder.  The ...

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    Seawater Saltiness Seen from Space

    Mar 01, 2013 05:55 PM EST

    ... been taking up tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere would be much higher, he said. QUICK BITES Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, though different, share several "genetic glitches that can nudge the brain along a path to mental illness ...

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    Will U.S. Forge Public-Private Partnership to Draw Brain Activity Map?

    Feb 20, 2013 05:00 AM EST

    So, that means there's something like 1,000 trillion connections inside your brain and mine right now. And understanding that and how it works when it works well, and what goes wrong in a disease like Alzheimer's or autism or epilepsy or depression or schizophrenia, those are critical ...

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    Obama's Leaked Immigration Plan, Golfing Trip Cause Stir

    Feb 18, 2013 02:13 PM EST

    ... or below. EmbedVideo(5750, 482, 304); Sarah Clune looks at the links between pregnant women taking folic acid and lowering a child's risk of autism. Paul Solman explores the president's minimum wage proposal. Our report with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Friday's "celestial close call" is here ...

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    Talking Robots Play Part in Therapeutic Treatment for People With Special Needs

    Jan 09, 2013 11:30 PM EST

    Researchers at University of Notre Dame and University of Southern California have found that robots can be less intimidating than humans to some patients. Ray Suarez reports on how researchers are using machines as nontraditional therapists to treat conditions such as autism in children and strokes in seniors.

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    Obama Taps Biden to Oversee Effort on Addressing Gun Laws, Violence

    Dec 19, 2012 02:17 PM EST

    ... that has gone viral since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. NewsHour duo Jenny Marder and Jason Kane take an in-depth look at autism and Asperger's, and why diagnosing shooter Adam Lanza is a problem. Ellen Rolfes writes on a new study on global religion. As part ...

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    Why Diagnosing Adam Lanza Is a Problem

    Dec 18, 2012 01:39 PM EST

    ... Broomall, Pa., Asperger's specialist Randi Rentz teaches a range of children -- some "innocent and passive," and some "hostile." There's a saying in the autism community, she said: "If you've met one person [on the autism spectrum], you've only met one person on the autism spectrum." Rentz ...

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    Meteor Shower Told in Tweets

    Dec 14, 2012 06:45 PM EST

    ... volunteers. And they're reacting to Darwin's original photographs. Scientists think the answers could guide research in areas such as facial recognition software and autism. King crabs are crawling into warmer Antarctic waters and wreaking havoc on a rare and ancient ecosystem, according to this wonderful and vivid story ...

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    Ask Larry: Can a Thirty-Something in Good Health Collect Social Security?

    Oct 08, 2012 03:43 PM EST

    ... 18 later this year, and I would like to know what he is eligible for through Social Security since he was diagnosed with high-functioning autism at age 2, but was born with the ailment. Can he receive a benefit payment for life? Larry Kotlikoff: He should be eligible for ...

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    From the Halls of Worrall Elementary School, News by Students with Asperger's

    Sep 10, 2012 04:00 AM EST

    DONATO TOCCI, Action 7 News: I'm Donato Tocci, reporting live. BETTY ANN BOWSER: News has an agenda at Worrall Elementary School in Broomall, Pennsylvania. The reporters aren't simply young and driven. They also have Asperger's syndrome. Children with this form of autism often have trouble with social ...