autism

Study: Average Attention Span Now 8 Seconds – Lower than a Goldfish

A study from Microsoft involving more than 2,000 people has found that the average attention span has dipped to a low 8 seconds – down from 12 seconds in 2000. A goldfish has an attention span of 9 seconds.
There are many effects from smartphones and the like on the human body which are never written about. Information technology (IT) is much more powerful in unrecognized ways than is generally acknowledged.

Autistic Child ‘Forces’ U.S. Flight into Emergency Landing

A United Airlines flight traveling to Portland from Houston was recently forced into an emergency landing when an autistic child made the pilot ‘uncomfortable.’ As one might guess, the family is filing a lawsuit in response.
When an airline pilot kicks an autistic child off the plane for doing practically nothing, something is not quite right in the airline industry.