developmental disorders

Customers at Puzzles Bakery & Café in Schenectady, N.Y. More than half the staff at the café has a developmental disability.

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For People With Developmental Disabilities, Food Work Means More Self Reliance

1:50pm January 14, 2017

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Finding a job and building a life of their own can be a monumental challenge for people with developmental disabilities. But food work can be a good fit for many of them.

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'Unbroken Brain' Explains Why 'Tough' Treatment Doesn't Help Drug Addicts

5:24pm July 07, 2016

"We have this idea that if we are just cruel enough and mean enough ... to people with addiction, that they will suddenly wake up and stop, and that is not the case," journalist Maia Szalavitz says.

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Common marmosets can copy the sounds and intonations of their parents.

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Chatty Marmosets Have Something To Say About Vocal Learning

5:06pm August 17, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

Scientists have found that marmosets have the capability to learn calls from their parents. Studying the small monkeys may provide insights into developmental disorders in humans, like autism.

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