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Study by Children's Hospital and Carnegie Mellon explains crucial deficit in children with autism

Young children with autism appear to be delayed in their ability to categorize objects and, in particular, to distinguish between living and nonliving things, according to a breakthrough study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.

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