Early forms of autism can be traced in the gaze of a baby (Alex Davis)

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Researchers found that an early form of autism might be found in a baby's gaze. With the type of disease autism can grow to be it is important to try and catch it at earlier stages. This would help with with the proper therapy, and steps taken to make sure the child can recover from the problems that occur from the brain disorder. Researchers preformed an experiment where they found that babies without autism make direct eye contact, and babies with autism avoid the eye contact. This was very important because now they can have a start of really happens with babies who have autism. As the study carried on the babies who had autism had a different level of brain activity during the eye contact test. Of course with how young the children are and where they are at in their development, more tests need to be done in order to ensure the truths. http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-autism-eyes-20120126,0,7724152.story (Alex Davis)

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