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Efforts to identify and help adults with ASD have lagged far behind efforts to help children. And yet, Brugha notes that just having an ASD diagnosis to explain their troubles can be enormously beneficial to his adult patients, who often struggle with relationships at home and at work because of difficulty reading social cues. "Once you help them to understand that they are not the only person on the planet who is like this, and help their families understand, it can be a breakthrough. People also have a better chance of staying in their work, if their employer understands...
Since the Chief is obviously too distressed to explain the merger to the hospital staff, FlyBy thought we'd step in and help with the streamlining. So, without further ado (and after the jump), here are FlyBy's Budget Cut Recommendations for Seattle Grace:First to go-- Izzie's wig. As Christina so aptly pointed out, she looks like a Stepford Wife--plus, we think the post-chemo peach fuzz makes her look hardcore. Prediction: Wig will be gone next week, Izzie's hair will grow just enough to look rocker-chic, and teenage...
...safest teen drivers tend to use. These include setting firm rules and boundaries for driving - such as no speeding, no talking on a cell phone or texting while on the road and no driving while intoxicated. Parents of safe drivers also tend to make it a point to explain to their children that the reason for their rules is to ensure the child's safety. ?They have to see the rules as a safety issue, so they choose to do the right thing," he says. (Read "Distracted Driving: Should Talking, Texting Be Banned...
...males. In order for females to have had so much power, Lovejoy argues, Ar. ramidus must have developed a social system in which males were cooperative. Males probably helped females, and their own offspring, by foraging for and sharing food, for example - a change in behavior that could help explain why bipedality arose. Carrying food is difficult in the woods, after all, if you can't free up your forelimbs by walking erect. (Read "Ida: Humankind's Earliest Ancestor! [Not Really...
...practical level, Malmgrem's research could help explain a range of other apparently unique human behaviors, like running errands, making phone calls, checking books out of the library and doing homework. In the meantime, the study offers at least a few possible excuses for why it's taken you so long to respond to that e-mail from your mother - like "The universal mathematical model made me do it," or maybe "You wouldn't complain if I were Einstein...