This study conducted Nada Kojovic from the Departement of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
For correspondence, email nada.kojovic@unige.ch
The researches delves into how young children with autism look at social situations differently.
They used eye-tracking technology to follow kids with autism and those without while they watched a short cartoon. What they found was that kids with autism had unique ways of looking at the cartoon, especially during parts where the characters interacted.
This was even more noticeable in kids who faced more challenges in their development. Surprisingly, it wasn’t just about what was happening in the cartoon – it was about how the kids with autism were watching it.
As these kids grew older, these differences in the way they looked at things became more distinct and personal. What they found was that we, as parents, carers and educators should focus on helping children with autism with their social attention early on.
