Reading for all: illustration albums for children with autism who collaborate in their creation

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Illustration albums for children with autism. It is one of the projects of the Sallybooks publishing company, based in Antequera (Málaga). They have already published their first book aimed at children with this condition: ‘El Astronauta’ (‘The Astronaut’). They count on the advice of psychologists and pedagogues who are specialized in offering assistance to these […]

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Assistive technology at home with a robot to support psychologists’ work with autistic children

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This is Social Robot IO, created by an engineer from Seville called Bernardo Ronquillo, who is interested in psychology and artificial intelligence. The robot is designed as a therapeutic tool, which through programming certain exercises, the user and family can work on the development of social and language skills, areas in which people with autism […]

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Researchers study brain activity to predict the development of hyperactivity or autism in babies

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Researchers from the Experimental Psychology Department of the University of Granada study the development of attention in babies with the objective of predicting disorders such as hyperactivity or autism. They do it using different tools and exercises at the CIMCYC, the Brain, Mind and Behaviour Research Centre, pioneer in Spain.

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