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Month: December 2016
A kid. His cards. And a cause.
Diagnosed with autism when he was five years old, Giizhik learned to draw before he learned to speak. He poured his energy into turning the cartoons that fascinated him into a world of his own artwork. – See more at: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/news2016-Holiday-Cards.htm#sthash.tjq3cpUt.dpuf
Why do children with autism often have language delays?
Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, often have significant delays with expanding their vocabularies and other language skills compared to typically developing children. Yet, “we know very little about [language] processing in [children …
H. Hill Goldsmith, PhD
Title: Adolescent impulsivity and novelty seeking as differential predictors of relational and overt aggression Legend: Mother- and self-reported impulsivity during adolescence predict concurrent overt aggression reported by cotwins. This pattern remained the same when predicting …