Autistic Children Make Limited Eye Contact (HealthDay)

By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter 20 minutes ago WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- While poor eye contact has long been a suspected sign of possible autism, researchers at Yale University have used "eye-mapping technology" to prove that children with autism don't make eye contact like normally developing children do. Published in the August issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, the new research found that children with autism spent more time looking at an adult's mouth instead of gazing into the eyes. "Just as the eyes are the window to the soul, the eyes are also a window into social development," said study senior author Ami Klin, director of the autism program at Yale University School of Medicine. Klin said that by using eye-mapping technology, it's possible that a vulnerability for autism could be identified... [read full story]