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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.
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... Worrall Elementary School in Broomal, Pa. 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 cues like facial expressions and gestures ... and working well with others. MICHAEL RIZZO: I said Mona Lisa! BETTY ANN ...
... population of mosquitoes, which spread the virus. Older fathers pose a greater risk of passing on gene mutations to their children that could lead to autism and schizophrenia. That was the conclusion of a study published online by the journal "Nature." Scientists sequenced the genomes of 78 Icelandic families in ...
... s being led by companies, like the senator mentions, like at Walgreens. Randy Lewis is a parent. He is a parent of a child with autism. And he's a senior executive at Walgreens. And he set out consciously to change their work force. And what they found is that ...
Tea Party activist William Temple protests in front of he U.S. Supreme Court on the day the health care reform ruling was handed down, upholding the law. Read his opinions here and those of other Americans below. Word has it that Chief Justice John Roberts may have switched views to uphold the health care law,...
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