If you’re looking for a touching story about babies, you’re in the right place. And this one starts like every newborn’s tale begins: with drooling. Baby Aspen – tiny, drowsy, with big eyelashes – and new mom Mara Roman were asked to donate, collected in tubes like those used for COVID-19 saliva testing. “Just do...
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Study finds inconsistencies in a broadly used autism test
by Megan Schumann, Rutgers University Rutgers researchers have found that a test widely used to diagnose whether children have autism is less reliable than previously assumed. The study is published in the journal Neural Computation. The standardized test, known as the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), assesses communication skills, social interactionand play for children who...