autism

Autism blogging is intensely political, with well-known champions, stark realities, high personal stakes and the great risk of collateral awareness.

Many sources cite a statistic of 1 in 150 to 1 in 160 as being the prevalence of autism most often by people who are seeking government funding, donations or otherwise wishing to convey urgency and importance. There is little or no agreement as to what this information means, even less about what should be done in terms of public policy.

This tension has resulted in some of the most interesting and important writing in the blogosphere, with impacts that have reverberated within science and Mental Health Policy debates within the United States, Canada and The United Kingdom.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “autism”

• in Family
  A Clinical Use for Google Glass: Diagnosing Autism?
  Could Google Glass have a use in diagnosing autism?
  by scothoser / on May 31, 2013
• in Social Media
  Useful Tools for Navigating the Waters of Autism
  How do you know what is and is not accurate when trying to parent a child with autism?
  by scothoser / on May 28, 2013
• in Family
  Could Google Glass Work for Someone with Autism?
  New technologies are exciting, but often they have problems being accessible to everyone. Would Google Glass be useful to the autism community?
  by scothoser / on May 18, 2013

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “autism”

 

• Another Special Needs Tragedy

  
  Living and Learning With Our New Normal — Authority: 114
  For anyone reading this that may not know it yet, another “special needs” tragedy involving a young man with severe autism has been reported. Dorothy Spourdalakis and Jolanta Agatha Skrodzka of Illinois have been arrested for stabbing to death Spourdalakis’ fourteen year old severely autistic son. Such a ...
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• Racial And Ethnic Disparities Found In Gastroenterology, Psychiatry Or Psychology Care For Children With Autism

  
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  A study from investigators at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) found that African-American or Hispanic children diagnosed with autism were significantly less likely than white children to have received subspecialty care or procedures related to conditions that often accompany autism spectrum disorders...
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• No matter how often I read about treatments like this, I still can’t believe parents actually subject their children to them

  
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  It’s been a while since I’ve written about MMS. You remember MMS, don’t you? It’s an abbreviation for “miracle mineral solution,” a solution first promoted by a man who is inaptly named Jim Humble. Basically, as I’ve described in multiple blog posts, MMS is bleach, specifically chlorine dioxide (ClO2). I ...
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• Paleo For The Whole Family!

  
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  Written by: Andi Cohen My husband was the first to switch to Paleo- after experiencing a heart attack and heart catheterization….and realizing he’d put on close to 40 pounds. I think his moment was in the ER when his blood pressure was skyrocketing and some 12 year old doctor came Read more...
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• At The Playground

  
  Living and Learning With Our New Normal — Authority: 114
  On Sunday My husband and the kids came home from church, ate lunch then jumped back into the car to drop off Jeremiah and Rebekah at a graduation party and Rachel off at the camp where she will be working for the remainder of the summer. When Malcolm arrived home from his journey he, Bethany, and I ate a quick ...
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• AUTISM: Preparing for Adulthood

  
  Advocacy in Action — Authority: 111
  Preparing children with ASD for adulthood was one of the topics addressed by Dr Peter Gerhardt at the 2nd International Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorders held this past week in Galway. Dr. Gerhardt is a Partner in the Amal Group and Founding Chair of the Scientific Council for the Organization for Autism ...
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• Videogames, a new treatment for autism?

  
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  The autistic syndrome causes several problems in children, for example those affected are unable to recognize the faces of people, understand the emotions and, according to experts, this would be just the cause of the refusal of contact with other people. In a recent article of USA Today, was presented an interesting ...
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• Molecular Vulnerabilities Linked In Autism And Fetal Alcohol Disorder

  
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  In a surprising new finding, a Northwestern Medicine® study has found a common molecular vulnerability in autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Both disorders have symptoms of social impairment and originate during brain development in utero. This the first research to explore a common mechanism for these ...
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• Alzheimers, Schizophrenia, and Autism can now be studied with neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells

  
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  Difficult to study diseases such as Alzheimers, schizophrenia, and autism can now be probed more safely and effectively thanks to an innovative new method for obtaining mature brain cells called neurons from reprogrammed skin cells. According to Gong Chen, the Verne M. Willaman Chair in Life Sciences and professor of ...
  2 days ago

• Relaxed theatre performances will let autistic children enjoy hit shows

  
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  Theatre lights will stay on and families will be warned of sudden noises in scheme to make special performances mainstream A new programme of specially adapted "relaxed" performances will soon allow families with autistic children to see hit shows at theatres in the West End and throughout Britain. On Saturday, the ...
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• Relaxed theatre performances will let autistic children enjoy hit shows

  
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  Theatre lights will stay on and families will be warned of sudden noises in scheme to make special performances mainstream A new programme of specially adapted "relaxed" performances will soon allow families with autistic children to see hit shows at theatres in the West End and throughout Britain. On Saturday, the ...
  2 days ago

• Congratulations are in order for Jake Crosby!

  
  Respectful Insolence — Authority: 535
  I’ve been trying to lay off the blogging on the weekend for a long time now, and, for the most part, I’ve been successful, as I’m sure regular readers will have noticed. However, sometimes I just can’t help but take a few minutes to note particularly entertaining or important developments. This particular ...
  3 days ago

• Glyphosate and Roundup’s Implications on Modern Diseases

  
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  An interview with Stephanie Seneff, PhD: Co-author of "Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases." image source Catherine J. Frompovich In April 2013, independent scientist Anthony Samsel and MIT ...
  4 days ago

• Glyphosate and Roundup’s Implications on Modern Diseases

  
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  An interview with Stephanie Seneff, PhD: Co-author of "Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases." image source Catherine J. Frompovich Activist Post In April 2013, independent scientist Anthony Samsel ...
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• Can exercise improve behavior? Help encouraging a child who has autism

  
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  Practical advice from Daniel Coury, MD, medical director of Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network “Can exercise improve our son’s autism-related problem behaviors? What can we do to increase his activity?” This week’s “Got Questions?” answer is from by Daniel Coury, MD, medical director of ...
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• 50% of U.S. adults will develop at least One Mental Illness

  
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  CDC: ‘Nearly 50% of U.S. Adults Will Develop at Least One Mental Illness’ The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention says that at any given moment about a quarter of American adults are mentally ill and that over the course of their lifetimes about half of all Americans will develop at least one mental ...
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• Alzheimers, Schizophrenia, and Autism Can be Studied with Neurons Reprogrammed from Skin Cells

  
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  Direct disease modeling could lead to customized treatments for individual patients based on their own genetic and cellular information. +Alzheimers Reading Room Difficult-to-study diseases such as Alzheimers, schizophrenia, and autism now can be probed more safely and effectively thanks to an innovative ...
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• Service dog can ‘read’ disabled boy

  
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  When CoCo is wearing her vest, she’s working, and she knows it. She won’t eat her dinner until she’s on break. She even bypassed a snack of french fries that were invitingly lying on the floor on a recent trip to Dairy Queen with her family. CoCo, a 95-pound St. Bernard puppy, returned to Grand Island June 2 ...
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• The birds and the bees and adolescents with autism

  
  Advocacy in Action — Authority: 111
  Dr. Peter Gerhardt was a speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorders which I attended at the National University of Ireland Galway earlier this week. Dr. Gerhardt  is a specialist in adolescents and adults with ASD.  He has over 30 years of experience using Applied Behavioral Analysis ...
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• The First Comprehensive And Prospective Characterization Of A Genetic Subtype Of Autism

  
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  In the first prospective study of its kind, Seaver Autism Center researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provide new evidence of the severity of intellectual, motor, and speech impairments in a subtype of autism called Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS). The data are published online in the journal ...
  4 days ago

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