New app designed to help detect autism as early as 12 months old

A story on WKBW-TV reports on a new app developed by Wenyao Xu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, that can help detect autism in children as young as 12 months old.

“A lot of parents are afraid of knowing their children needs those kinds of services,” he said. “The earlier the diagnosis, the earlier therapy and intervention [begin], the more benefit they will have.”

Read the story here.