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		<title>Lego Helps Autistic Children to Develop Social Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesus Diaz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like our favourite bricks can help you do more than building giant spaceships, fly away in planes, or get you married: Researchers have discovered Lego can help autistic children to develop social skills.


 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/lego-autism.jpg" style="display:block;" />Looks like our favourite bricks can help you do more than building <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/lego_colonial_space_ship_is_big_enough_to_terraform_real_planets-2.html">giant spaceships</a>, <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/lego_airbus_a380_is_biggest_lego_aeroplane_in_the_world-2.html">fly away in planes</a>, or <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/lego_silver_rings_will_brick_your_marriage-2.html">get you married</a>: Researchers have discovered Lego can help autistic children to develop social skills.</p>
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		<title>35,310 Lego Star Wars Clone Trooper Army Invades Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are 35,310 Lego Star Wars Clone Troopers mini-figs doing together, apart from planning a planet invasion after breaking out of the giant Lego storage cathedrals? Raising awareness and funds for autism, that&#8217;s what. So if you wondered where all those helmets at the Lego stormtrooper cloning machine go to, check the gallery for some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://gizmodo.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/06/LEGO11-1gizsmall.jpg" style="display:block;display:block;display:block;display:block;display:block;display:block;display:block;display:block;display:block;display:block;display:block;"/>What are 35,310 Lego Star Wars Clone Troopers mini-figs doing together, apart from planning a planet invasion after breaking out of the <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/65foothigh_lego_cathedrals_store_19_billion_pieces_a_year-2.html">giant Lego storage cathedrals</a>? Raising <a href="http://www.autism.org.uk">awareness and funds for autism</a>, that&#8217;s what. So if you wondered where all those helmets at the <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/galactic_empire_cloning_stormtroopers_in_lego_factory-2.html">Lego stormtrooper cloning machine</a> go to, check the gallery for some amazing high resolution shots.</p>
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<p>A <s>Lego employee</s> <i>group of Lego UK employees</i> built the Clone Trooper army in just six and a half hours to raise money for <a href="http://www.nas.org.uk/">The National Autistic Society</a>. The National Autistic Society is a British organisation dedicated to helping &#8220;people with autism and Asperger syndrome live their lives with as much independence as possible.&#8221;</p>
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