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  • Research:Scientists More Likely to Have Autistic Children

    By News-Medical.Net March 20, 2009

    According to an expert in the UK, highly analytical couples such as scientists, engineers, physicists and mathematicians, are more likely to produce children with autism . Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, of the University of Cambridge, says the impaired ability of people with autism to...

  • Research:People With Autism Less Likely to Rely on Gut Instinct

    By News-Medical.Net March 22, 2009

    People with autism -related disorders are less likely to make irrational decisions, and are less influenced by gut instincts, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. The study adds to the growing body of research implicating altered emotional processing in autism . Decision-making is...

  • Research:Why People with Autism Are Unlikely To Look You in the Eyes

    By National Institutes of Health March 30, 2009

    Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) ( http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-pervasive-developmental-disorders/index.shtml ) tend to stare at people’s mouths rather than their eyes. Now, an NIH-funded study in 2-year-olds with the social deficit...

  • Advice:Asperger's Syndrome - How to Deal With Meltdowns

    By Interactive Autism Network April 16, 2009

    From the Interactive Autism Network For a person with Asperger’s syndrome, just living in the day-to-day world can be incredibly taxing. They depend on predictability in a world that is often random. They are constantly surrounded by other people whose social and emotional reality they don’t...

  • Advice:Can a Gluten Free Diet Help Treat Autism?

    By Dr. Karima Hirani May 07, 2009

    I have been practising the biomedical approach to treating autism since 2001, and still one of the most sucessful treatments recommended is the gfcf diet . Gluten is found in wheat, oats, rye, barely, kamut and spelt. Casein is found in most dairy products including cow's milk, ice cream...

  • Opinion:A Correlation Between Autism and Murder?

    By Kevin Leitch March 23, 2009

    Two stories recently made a splash in the autism community. In the first : An 18-year-old man described as “severely autistic ” is in custody on suspicion he murdered a 59-year-old Coos County woman… and in the second : A judge has ruled that Asperger’s...

  • Research:Undetected Autism in Women Manifests as Anorexia Nervosa

    By News-Medical.Net March 25, 2009

    According to a leading expert, severe cases of anorexia may be the result of undetected autism in women. Professor Christopher Gillberg, of the University of Strathclyde, says that autism, characterised by defects in communication and social interaction, also makes many anorexic patients...

  • News:NIH To Devote $60 Million to Autism Research

    By National Institutes of Health March 27, 2009

    The National Institutes of Health will commit roughly $60 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to support autism research and meet objectives set forth earlier this year by a federal advisory committee. The Request for Applications is the largest funding opportunity for...

  • Research:Neurofeedback May Help People With Autism

    By News-Medical.Net March 29, 2009

    Research on autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) shows that neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback) can remediate anomalies in brain activation, leading to symptom reduction and functional improvement. This evidence raises the hopes for a behavioral, psychophysiological intervention moderating the...

  • Opinion:Depending on Where You Live, Autism Services May Be Poor

    By Kevin Leitch April 07, 2009

    Nick Hornby is in the Telegraph today talking about the so-called ‘postcode lottery’. He talks of how it existed when his son was diagnosed, it definitely existed when my child was diagnosed and from my experiences talking to new autism parents it still exists today. For those...

  • Research:Researchers Locate Gene with Possible Autism Link

    By News-Medical.Net April 10, 2009

    Writing in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association , UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute researchers urge physicians to test for mutations of the fragile X gene in patients of all ages. That's because, after decades of research, it is clear that mutations in this gene cause a range of...

  • Research:The Right Diet Can Be a Big Help for People With Autism

    By Julie Matthews April 16, 2009

    Diet is a powerful tool. The choices we make about what to eat and what to feed our children have profound impact on health and present a great opportunity to support healing and recovery from autism . Some parents hesitate to try autism diets (or physicians are slow to suggest them)...

  • Research:Risk of Autism Tied to Brain Connection Genes

    By National Institutes of Health April 28, 2009

    In three studies, including the most comprehensive study of autism genetics to date, investigators funded in part by the National Institutes of Health have identified common and rare genetic factors that affect the risk of autism spectrum disorders. The results point to the importance of genes...

  • Advice:My Child Has Autism. What Do I Do Now?

    By Interactive Autism Network May 12, 2009

    As you read and learn, you will begin to get a sense of where your own child fits on the autism spectrum, not just overall, but with regard to each aspect of the disability. How is your child doing with social understanding, language, repetitive behaviors, motor skills, sensory issues? Celebrate...

  • Opinion:Adults on the Autism Spectrum - College and Beyond

    By Sarita Freedman PhD June 02, 2009

    In 1995 the world was witness to an explosion in the number of individuals diagnosed with Autism, especially High Functioning Autism (HFA) and Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). The Center for Disease Control quotes current incidence rates in the United States as 1 in 150, in sharp contrast to previous...

  • Research:People With Autism Better at Problem Solving

    By News-Medical.Net June 17, 2009

    From News-Medical Net Autistics are up to 40 percent faster at problem-solving than non-autistics, according to a new Université de Montréal and Harvard University study published in the journal Human Brain Mapping . As part of the investigation, participants were asked to...

  • Research:What You Should Know About Autism, Vitamins and Supplements

    By Interactive Autism Network July 08, 2009

    From the Interactive Autism Network Vitamins and other nutritional supplements are substances that are either essential for normal body functions or are thought to enhance the body's functioning. Vitamins and minerals are required in small amounts by all humans for normal growth and...

  • Research:Dairy-Free Diets May Put Boys with Autism at Risk

    By News-Medical.Net March 31, 2009

    Results of an early study suggest that dairy -free diets and unconventional food preferences could put boys with autism and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at higher than normal risk for thinner, less dense bones when compared to a group of boys the same age who do not have autism. The...

  • Research:In Defense of the "Autism Diet"

    By TACA May 08, 2009

    By Holly Bortfeld | TACA The GFCFSF diet , known as the “Autism Diet” has been around for many years and has helped many people with ASD improve their lives, health and functioning. The following are my reasons to defend the diet. The diet has proof to back it up - Research by Dr.

  • Opinion:Is Generation Rescue Really an Autism Research Group?

    By Kevin Leitch May 03, 2009

    By Sullivan | LeftBrainRightBrain Generation Rescue has been trying to rebrand itself as a “research” based organization over the past year. This is a tough sell given their track record of promiting junk as science . Even if they didn’t keep touting their phone survey it would be...

  • Research:Autism Discovery Might Explain Higher Incidence in Boys

    By News-Medical.Net June 04, 2009

    UCLA scientists have discovered a variant of a gene called CACNA1G that may increase a child's risk of developing autism , particularly in boys. The journal Molecular Psychiatry publishes the findings in its May 19 advance online edition. Classic autism strikes boys four times more often than...

  • Advice:How Does Diet Affect Autism?

    By Mika Bradford May 06, 2009

    In a world where so many people are constantly looking for answers and solutions to medical conditions it is amazing how quickly the simplest contributing factors are dismissed like the very things we expose our bodies to internally and externally. So many people question how food or other...

  • News:UC Davis Researchers Discovering Link Between Neurons and Autism

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff June 18, 2009

    (Editor's Note: One of the nation's leading autism research centers, the UC Davis Mind Institute recently released the following statement regarding advances in neurological research .) A protein called neuroligin that is implicated in some forms of autism is critical to the construction of a...

  • Video:On World Autism Awareness Day, Advocates Push for Funding

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff April 03, 2009

    On World Autism Awareness Day, the advocacy group Autism Speaks, founded by former NBC Universal President Bob Wright and his wife Suzanne, is pushing for legislation that would increase funding for research, treatment and services. Can autism be cured or manage? See the Opposing...

  • Video:Jenny McCarthy Takes on Vaccines for World Autism Day

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff April 04, 2009

    Jenny McCarthy has earned many devoted followers and harsh critics as an outspoken activist in the autism community. McCarthy believes that childhood vaccines are a major reason behind the rise in autism cases over the past several years, and she recently discussed these issues for World...

  • Video:Parents Celebrate Son's Autism Cure, But Some are Skeptical

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff April 19, 2009

    Eleven years ago, a child was given the heartbreaking diagnosis of autism . Doctors said he would never speak again. Now at 13, Jake Excorn is indistinguishable from his peers. Jake was a healthy baby who hit all of his developmental milestones. Then, between the ages of 17 months and 2 years...

  • Video:Experts Discuss Importance of Autism Awareness Month

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff April 21, 2009

    Disability experts Vanetta LaRosa, founder of Helping Hands Behavioral Outreach, and Robert Budd, CEO of Family Residences & Essential Enterprises, recently joined Fox's Situation Room to discuss the importance of Autism Awareness Month. "Autism Awareness Month is a time for individuals who...