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Robot Playmates May Help Children With Autism

July 24, 2008

Preliminary studies by researchers at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, studying interactions of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) with bubble-blowing robots, confirm what has been widely reported anecdotally: that ASD children, in many cases, interact more easily with mechanical devices than with humans. Full Story

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