(Article) For many with autism, reading facial expressions is a struggle

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For many with autism, reading facial expressions is a struggle

Monday, September 27, 2010

By Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Jeff Hudale sat in a darkened room at a University of Pittsburgh

laboratory as one face after another appeared on a computer screen in

front of him.

" Disgusted, " he said. " Angry. " Then, a long pause. " Neutral. "

For someone with autism, Mr. Hudale was doing a pretty good job of

identifying the emotional expressions on the photos, said Mark Strauss,

an autism researcher at Pitt.

" On the obvious expressions, he did pretty well, " Dr. Strauss said.

" Where he was falling apart was when they were more subtle. "

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