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Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2008

High-Tech Efforts to Detect Autism Earlier

The Wall Street Journal

Researchers at Canada’s McMaster University have developed computerized tests using eye-movement sensors to predict the risk of autism in children as young as 9 months old – almost two years earlier than specialists generally start spotting signs of the disorder.

Yale University's Toddler Developmental Disabilities Clinic is using similar eye-tracking technology to study patterns in gaze behavior in children ages 3 months to 3 years. And the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab is developing software and an in-home recording device to analyze the habits of newborns, looking for subtle signs of early autism.

Autism specialists say such new technologies can provide useful clues, but that a proper diagnosis requires human observation to consider various possible symptoms.

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