December 25, 2025

Students who look away when talking to adults may simply be gathering their thoughts. A study that examined eye contact among typically-developing children, children with autism, and children with Williams syndrome found that all groups performed worse on math problems when asked to maintain eye contact. Care should be taken in encouraging children to look and listen - looking for too long is as dysfunctional as not looking for long enough.

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Researchers measured cortisol levels, a stress hormone, in the saliva of children with autism before and soon after they played on the playground at school. They found that children with autism find peer play more stressful than their typically-developing classmates.

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