Software for Automatic Gaze and Face/Object Tracking and its Use for Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders

2014 ◽  
pp. 147-162
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-79
Author(s):  
Kristina Kharatyan

Nowadays autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are on the list of most frequent childish disorders. It is characterized by communicational, behavioural, and emotional difficulties, unique manifestations of cognitive processes, lack of communicational initiative. ASD is a developmental disorder that occurs in early childhood, persists into adulthood, and affects three areas of development: communication, social partnership, and behavior. So, when the means of communication are incomplete or absent, the normal course of the child's development is being disrupted, social adaptation becomes impossible. For the effective organization of speech therapy intervention of children, it is necessary to start child`s rehabilitation work as   possible of the child's development: The author's long time professional experience (15 years) in working with these children indicates that one of the keys to the best effectiveness of communication and speech development is early intervention, which can be organized only after the early detection and diagnosis of children with ASD. One of the prerequisites for early diagnosis is to ensure the continuity of the awareness process among parents, which is the main goal of our article.


2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1394-1405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kami Koldewyn ◽  
Sarah Weigelt ◽  
Nancy Kanwisher ◽  
Yuhong Jiang

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Voineagu ◽  
Hee Jeong Yoo

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) encompass a range of neurodevelopmental conditions that are clinically and etiologically very heterogeneous. ASD is currently diagnosed entirely on behavioral criteria, but intensive research efforts are focused on identifying biological markers for disease risk and early diagnosis. Here, we discuss recent progress toward identifying biological markers for ASD and highlight specific challenges as well as ethical aspects of translating ASD biomarker research into the clinic.


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