Stephanie of Autism and Oughtisms has posted a guest comment on the site Teaching the Teachers, Educating an Autistic Child is an Opportunity, in which, like many other parents and…
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…
"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…
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…
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…
In Could Amanda Knox Have an Autism Spectrum Disorder? TIME adds its influential voice to those who propagate the myth that "many with autism are highly intelligent". Amanda Knox is…
Families with autistic children, parents who love their autistic children dearly, must endure much in order to live a normal life with their children, to be happy with their children…
One of the blogs I follow, and list on the side bar of this blog, is Autism, Epilepsy and Self-Injurious Behavior by Kim Oakley. A couple of days ago Kim…
Neuron, Cover Page, 23 June, 2011 Volume 70, Issue 6 The abstract for the study Disrupted Neural Synchronization in Toddlers with Autism, reported in the current issue of Neuron, indicates…
VIKTOR PIVOVAROV/TIMES & TRANSCRIPT Canada's shameful and dishonorable conduct towards families and children with autism and other disabilities continues with the forced expulsion of a South Korean family because one…
Conor Enjoyed Watching Kung Fu Panda 2 in 3D ... and so did Mom and Dad In the early evening Conor and Dad got some fresh air and enjoyed the…
"in order to continue meeting the needs of people with autism, the Combating Autism Act must be fully reauthorized. We still have a long way to go. Working collaboratively with…
Those who don't believe that autism can be a deadly disorder, who believe that wandering from home and drowning is not a problem that should be associated with autism, will…
Elizabeth Landau, a CNN Health writer/producer, mentions briefly the DSM-5's New Autism Spectrum Disorder, in a report on the organizational changes in the DSM-5 in Psychiatry 'bible' structure overhauled. Ms.…
CDC: Intelligence quotient (IQ) of children aged 8 years with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for whom psychometric test data were available,* by site and sex (IQ) score-Autism and Developmental…
