By Karl Taro Greenfeld Noah, my younger brother, does not talk. Nor can he dress himself, prepare a meal for himself or wipe himself. He is a 42-year-old man, balding, gaunt, angry and, literally, crazy. And having spent 15 years at the Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., a state facility, Noah has picked [...]
by Chris Mooney From the June 2009 issue, published online May 6, 2009 Vaccines do not cause autism. That was the ruling in each of three critical test cases handed down on February 12 by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. After a decade of speculation, argument, and analysis—often filled with vitriol [...]
(CNN) – The size of a specific part of the brain may help experts pinpoint when autism could first develop, University of North Carolina researchers report.Using MRI brain scans, researchers found that the area of the brain called the amygdala was, on average, 13 percent larger in young children with autism, compared with control group [...]
ScienceDaily (May 5, 2009) “Timely identification and diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can impact a child’s development and is the key to opening the door to the services and therapies available to children with autism,” says Paul Shattuck, Ph.D., assistant professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University [...]
By Trine Tsouderos |Tribune reporter April 29, 2009 Researchers have found genetic variations that are significantly more common in people with autism — a discovery that may improve diagnosis and offers the promise of developing treatments for the frustratingly mysterious disorder. The findings, published in the journal Nature, compared the genomes of thousands of autistic [...]
By Ryan Coller May 3, 2009 A mother gently places her beautiful 1-year-old boy on the examining table, unwrapping his soft, blue blanket. To my opening question, his mother says “No,” she has no concerns. A thorough exam confirms the boy’s good health. His heart and lungs are clear; his growth and development right on [...]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 8, 2009) During the first week of class, the teens’ eyes were downcast, their responses were mumbled and eye contact was almost nonexistent. By Week 12, though, these same kids were talkative, responsive and engaged. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407174813.htm
US NEWS and World Report By Nancy Shute Joe Steffy is off to Overland Park, Kan., this week to do a PowerPoint presentation on his business, Poppin’ Joe’s Kettle Korn. He’s a 23-year-old small-business man with a goal of $100,000 in sales by 2012. Joe also has autism and Down syndrome and is nonverbal. When [...]
By Aiyana Baida |South Florida Sun-Sentinel While playing interactive bowling on a Nintendo Wii video game, 4-year-old Sebastian, closely follows the voice of his speech therapist: “Stand on the X. Press A.” He bites his lip, swings his right arm back, then forward as his right leg lifts off the ground — but he keeps [...]
ScienceDaily Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have proposed a sweeping new theory of autism that suggests that the brains of people with autism are structurally normal but dysregulated, meaning symptoms of the disorder might be reversible. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401145312.htm
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