In our world there is Big need for research on autism. The U of U is currently doing a study on autism. They needed volunteers to be the control group. I volunteered our family. Only Seth and I qualified. I qualified because I don't have any blood relations with autism. Seth qualified for a second study on how to get small children to sit still through an MRI. Last week setting IQ test with their psychologist. That was a lot of fun and I didn't know that he knew a lot of what he said. It was hard not to step in and answer certain questions or help him with certain puzzles. By the end he was done. It was a two and a half hour study. Tuesday he was scheduled for his MRI. I explained to him that they were taking pictures of his brain and that they would try to get him to hold still. He was kind of excited. This picture was them showing him on a fake MRI what he would be doing. He had sit still for 35 minutes. He did all of it except for wiggled through one of their test and had to do an extra 7 Minute test. He did very well. They let him watch a Netflix for part of it, just explain things for part of it, and had him watch a digital aquarium for part of it. He likes Netflix but he held still better through the aquarium. MRIs are very loud but he did just fine. The tech said said that most four-year-olds don't hold that still very well.
They are paying $150 to him and $150 to me for our participation.
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