Autism research has been marked by an obsession with genetic focused research as the expense of research examining potential environmental causes or triggers of autism. The frozen "it's gotta be…
If your child with autism is moving into the school system you may want a trained TA to continue the progress achieved in the pre-school years. If your autistic child…
A 29 year old Toronto man with Autism has been found safe and sound. 680 Toronto News All News Radio reports that Gyafi Payne is described as having the "mental…
This video is the first trailer for Medicare's Orphans by Medicare for Autism Now! which will examine Canada's shameful exclusion of autism treatment from Medicare coverage and the consequences for…
In the DSM-5 the new Autism Spectrum Disorder will, for the most part focus on those with Aspergers' and high functioing autism. The vast majority of those with Autistic Disorder…
"research in ASD has tended to use overwhelmingly White, middle to upper middle class samples, and has often excluded children with multiple disabilities and/or severe to profound intellectual disabilities". [underlining…
In the space of two days Conor and I went on several walks together. Nothing makes me feel better than going for a good walk, preferably along a trail or…
Dr. Allen Frances is engaged in an all out revolt against the DSM-5 revision process and those conducting the revision. Underlying his revolt is an admission, at times express but…
My son does not receive what many would consider an inclusive education. Those who subscribe to the philosophy that all children benefit from learning in a mainstream classroom would be…
What is severe autism? Kim Oakley asks the question rhetorically before answering it in Silent Alarm. I strongly recommend anyone who wants to know what severe autism is read this…
WordNet Dictionary Noun1.shell game - a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under Synonyms: thimblerig The DSM-5 treatm...
My buddy, Conor, 15One thing about which I have no regrets is the time I have spent with my sons and, in the context of autism and this blog, my…
"All children had normal IQ" Abstract - Methods, Cheung C. et al, MRI study of minor physical anomaly in childhood autism implicates aberrant neurodevelopment in infancy I have written several…
Studies of twins have established that it is not 100 per cent genetic, since even among identical twins, when one has autism, the likelihood of both twins having autism is…
July 17 2011 Neurodevelopmental Disorders DSM Work GroupAmerican Psychiatric Association Dear NDD Work Group Members I am the father of a 15 year old son diagnosed at age 2 with…
No autism commentary this morning. Great weather and we headed out for a walk on the trail to the Superstore to pick up a few groceries. More than the weather…
I have written previously that persons who presently have autistic disorder or PDD-NOS and who are also intellectually disabled will be removed from the DSM-5's New Autism Spectrum Disorder. Whereas…
Autism is a disorder. We need to find a cure, or cures, for autism disorders. These simple points seem to escape those who perversely find joy in the fact that…
"These new findings are in line with other recent observations supporting both environmental and genetic contributions to ASD, with the environmental factors likely prenatal and the genetic factors highly complex…
Our understanding of autism has been impaired for over a decade by the myth that autism is primarily genetic, a myth that has now been debunked as set out in…
