A new way to diagnose autism - Ami Klin
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Early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder can improve the lives of
everyone affected, but the complex network of causes make it incredibly
difficult to predict. At TEDxPeachtree, Ami Klin describes a new early
detection method that uses eye-tracking technologies to gauge babies'
social engagement skills and reliably measure their risk of developing
autism.
(Filmed at TEDxPeachTree.)
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Ami Klin is an award-winning autism spectrum disorder researcher, most notably involved with advances in early diagnosis of autism. In this interview, he describes his research on high-risk siblings and eye-tracking.
Ami Klin gives a lecture at Yale about autism’s impact on foundational social adaptive skills.
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Here are some more autism resources.
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