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Kaspar the friendly robot helps autistic kids
Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl began playing with a robot that teaches about emotions and physical contact _ and now she hugs everyone.
“She’s a lot more affectionate with her friends now and will even initiate the embrace,” said Claire Sawczenko, Eden’s mother.
The girl attends a pre-school for autistic children in Stevenage, north of London, where researchers bring in a human-looking, child-sized robot once a week for a supervised session. The children, whose autism ranges from mild to severe, play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control.
Understanding carers in the UK
Understanding carers
Everything you need to know if you know carers, work with carers or deal with carers in your daily life.
http://www.nhs.uk/carersdirect/understanding-carers/pages/understanding-carers-home.aspx
Who was the carer for this 3 year old child?
Who was the Carer?
Three-year-old ‘was an alcoholic’
(UKPA) – A three-year-old child has been treated for alcoholism by staff at an NHS hospital.
The unnamed child, thought to be Britain’s youngest alcoholic, was among 13 youngsters aged 12 and under who were diagnosed as alcoholics by the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust between 2008 and 2010.
Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act also showed that the trust admitted more than 70 children aged 13-16 for emergency treatment for alcohol abuse.
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