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"Most Empathetic Voice": Neurodivergent People Find New Support In AI Tools For Social Navigation
For Cape Town-based filmmaker Kate D'hotman, connecting with movie audiences comes naturally. Far more daunting is speaking with others. "I've never understood how people [decipher] social cues," the 40-year-old director of horror films says.
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Wearable Technology Can Change Autistic People’s Lives – if They’re Involved in Designing It
A recent study found only 10 per cent of current wearable technologies for autistic people addressed their needs. Emotional regulation technology in smartwatches that detect physiological stress signals and prompts users to start coping techniques can be more beneficial to people who suffer from autism.
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Neuroscientists Unravel Link Between Individual Differences in Brain Anatomy and ASD Symptoms
A team of scientists from the Boston College have shed light on the differences in the behaviour of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and its link with neuroanatomy, using artificial intelligence. Studies have earlier suggested that there might be no single set of neuroanatomical correlation that is common in all autistic people.
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Autism Pride Day 2021: The Importance Of Pride For People With Autism
Autism Pride Day 2021: Today is Autism Pride Day. One of the key aspects of the day is that autistic people participate in Autism Pride Day events on the day and families share their great success stories.
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Autism Pride Day 2021: Date, History And Significance
Autism Pride Day: June 18 is celebrated as Autism Pride Day. The aim of the day is to celebrate autistic people and recognise the importance of pride for bringing about positive changes in their lives
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Autistic Pride Day 2020: Respecting Rights Of People With Autism
Autistic Pride Day 2020: People with autism are often subject to human rights violations, discrimination and stigma. World Day For Autism Awareness and Autistic Pride Day are marked to stop such discrimination.
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In A First, Chennai Theatre Screens Special Show For Autistic Children
As viewers walked into one of the many screens at the bustling Satyam Cinemas in Chennai, the lights were turned up, sound turned slightly down, and people moved around as the watched "The Jungle Book" on the big screen.
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Google Glass-Based Solutions Can Empower Autistic People in India: Brain Power
According to the Brain Power CEO, AR-powered wearable computers can help those with ASD gain confidence, clarity, understanding, social integration, and self-sufficiency.
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They Never Heard Autistic Classmate Speak. Then He Gave Graduation Speech
People who know Sef Scott know he doesn't normally speak. The 17-year-old from Plano, Texas, has autism, and other than quoting lines from favorite movies, he is mostly nonverbal. So the members of the Plano Senior High School Class of 2018 - along with Sef's relatives and even his father - were stunned June 9 when he took the mic and addressed his...
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World Autism Awareness Day: Understanding The Autism Spectrum Disorder
April 2 is marked as World Autism Awareness Day to raise awareness about people with autism throughout the world. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Autism affects communication, impacting speaking, gesturing and listening. The person may have limited interests or repeated behaviour. In India, 1 in 89 children suffer from Autism Spectrum Disorder, s...
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"Most Empathetic Voice": Neurodivergent People Find New Support In AI Tools For Social Navigation
For Cape Town-based filmmaker Kate D'hotman, connecting with movie audiences comes naturally. Far more daunting is speaking with others. "I've never understood how people [decipher] social cues," the 40-year-old director of horror films says.
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Wearable Technology Can Change Autistic People’s Lives – if They’re Involved in Designing It
A recent study found only 10 per cent of current wearable technologies for autistic people addressed their needs. Emotional regulation technology in smartwatches that detect physiological stress signals and prompts users to start coping techniques can be more beneficial to people who suffer from autism.
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Neuroscientists Unravel Link Between Individual Differences in Brain Anatomy and ASD Symptoms
A team of scientists from the Boston College have shed light on the differences in the behaviour of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and its link with neuroanatomy, using artificial intelligence. Studies have earlier suggested that there might be no single set of neuroanatomical correlation that is common in all autistic people.
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Autism Pride Day 2021: The Importance Of Pride For People With Autism
Autism Pride Day 2021: Today is Autism Pride Day. One of the key aspects of the day is that autistic people participate in Autism Pride Day events on the day and families share their great success stories.
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Autism Pride Day 2021: Date, History And Significance
Autism Pride Day: June 18 is celebrated as Autism Pride Day. The aim of the day is to celebrate autistic people and recognise the importance of pride for bringing about positive changes in their lives
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Autistic Pride Day 2020: Respecting Rights Of People With Autism
Autistic Pride Day 2020: People with autism are often subject to human rights violations, discrimination and stigma. World Day For Autism Awareness and Autistic Pride Day are marked to stop such discrimination.
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In A First, Chennai Theatre Screens Special Show For Autistic Children
As viewers walked into one of the many screens at the bustling Satyam Cinemas in Chennai, the lights were turned up, sound turned slightly down, and people moved around as the watched "The Jungle Book" on the big screen.
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Google Glass-Based Solutions Can Empower Autistic People in India: Brain Power
According to the Brain Power CEO, AR-powered wearable computers can help those with ASD gain confidence, clarity, understanding, social integration, and self-sufficiency.
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They Never Heard Autistic Classmate Speak. Then He Gave Graduation Speech
People who know Sef Scott know he doesn't normally speak. The 17-year-old from Plano, Texas, has autism, and other than quoting lines from favorite movies, he is mostly nonverbal. So the members of the Plano Senior High School Class of 2018 - along with Sef's relatives and even his father - were stunned June 9 when he took the mic and addressed his...
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World Autism Awareness Day: Understanding The Autism Spectrum Disorder
April 2 is marked as World Autism Awareness Day to raise awareness about people with autism throughout the world. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Autism affects communication, impacting speaking, gesturing and listening. The person may have limited interests or repeated behaviour. In India, 1 in 89 children suffer from Autism Spectrum Disorder, s...
