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New App helps children with autism »

Researchers from Edinburgh University have fused technology with their research to develop a new iPad App that could help children with autism. FindMe was developed jointly by researchers from the university’s Education and Informatics depa...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Katie Richardson | Read more »

Autistic brains "organised differently" »

Autistic brains are organised differently than other brains, explaining why people with autism often have extraordinary abilities when dealing with visual information, a new study has revealed.  The study, run by scientists at the University...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Lily Panamsky | Read more »

Fresh study into Fragile X syndrome provides insights into developmental disorders »

Fragile X syndrome

Research into Fragile X syndrome, the leading known cause of autism, has discovered that abnormalities which occur during brain development may explain why people with the condition experience extreme hypersensitivity. The study was carried out by s...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Ishbel Eunson | Read more »

Edinburgh researchers make string of autism breakthroughs »

Autism Ribbon

University of Edinburgh (UoE) researchers have published important new findings on autism and related disorders in the prestigious Nature and Molecular Cell journals. The first, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBS...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Chris Grainger | Read more »

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