Marcus Autism News Today

On the Friday, Dec. 22 edition of Georgia Today: Lawmakers plan to take a look at rising rents; upgrades to a popular state-managed hunting ground will wrap up in the new year; and we'll take a look back at some of the stories you might have missed during 2023 on this edition of Georgia Today.

Many families were impacted by The Reserve at LaVista Walk apartment fire on Nov. 10, but one family says it's affecting their daughter's ability to receive treatment for her severe, debilitating medical symptoms.

Researchers have developed an eye-tracking device to measure and compare how children look at the world.

Clinical studies show that measuring children's looking behaviour predicts a diagnosis of autism in children aged 16 to 30 months with high accuracy.

As of now Autism can be diagnosed in children as young as 2 years old, but it is often not diagnosed until later.

Results of clinical studies published simultaneously today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and in JAMA Network Open demonstrate that measuring children’s looking behavior predicts expert clinical diagnosis of autism in children between ages 16 to 30 months tested with a high degree of accuracy. According to researchers from Marcus Autism Center, a subsidiary of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, this new tool can help clinicians diagnose autism earlier while also pro...

Results of clinical studies published simultaneously today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and in JAMA Network Open demonstrate that measuring children's looking behavior predicts expert clinical diagnosis of autism in children between ages 16 to 30 months tested with a high degree of accuracy.

Basketball great Dominique Wilkins, who has two children on the autism spectrum, knows first-hand the importance making accommodations for children wi

The announcements are the brainchild of Jonathan Trichter, who founded the Autism Transit Project and is responsible for getting the voices of children with autism on MARTA. 

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