Children diagnosed with autism produce different laughs than their nonautistic peers, a new study has found. According to a recent paper entitled “Laughter Differs in Children with Autism: An Acoustic Analysis of Laughter Produced by Children with and without the Disorder,” children with autism exhibit only one type of laughter for nonautistic children. “We revealed that children with autism produce very engaging laughs that we call ‘voiced’ laughs,’ said William Hudenko, lead researcher and professor of psychology at Ithaca College.
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