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Grant supports team's creation of robot to help diagnose autism

"A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from Yale's Child Study Center and Department of Computer Science have received a new grant from the Doris Duke Foundation to advance autism research.

They are creating a humanoid robot which will be used as an interactive diagnostic device for young children at risk for autism."

interesting idea, though i'm at a loss to know quite what to say about the idea of a child being "at risk for autism" ... is it something you can catch these days?