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Screen Addiction Disorder?

Screen Addiction Disorder?

by | Jul 9, 2017

Everyone, it seems, is glued to their digital devices. We seek instant gratification about the latest Facebook post, email updates while at dinner, or even read and write dangerous texts while driving. These, and many more self-absorbed behaviors are magnified in autism.

A Tale of Two Studies – About Autism

A Tale of Two Studies – About Autism

by | Jun 25, 2017

Using a type of MRI and complex mathematical analysis, researchers mapped previous suspect neural pathways. Which implies that autism (some forms of it, anyway) is present in the brain at a very early age. Autistic behaviors that could be predicted and, possibly successfully prevented or reduced, included social interaction, expressive language, and repetition, among a number of other important parameters.

Fathers and Autism

Fathers and Autism

by | Jun 18, 2017

For the entire gestation, through the first 15+ months, it’s mostly Mother who is feeding, going to medical visits, and communicating with the new child. So, when development lags and socialization ceases to flow, Dads often experience an extra bit of frustration and disappointment.

The Challenge of Challenging Behaviors

The Challenge of Challenging Behaviors

by | Jun 11, 2017

My diagnosis is that such challenging children have escaped ‘traditional’ autism. It’s not obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette’s, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, sensory/visual/auditory processing disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, etc.
It’s processing disturbances caused by our toxic environment acting on susceptible individuals.

Sleeping Sickness Medicine for Autism?

Sleeping Sickness Medicine for Autism?

by | Jun 6, 2017

The use of suramin is based on a new paradigm that takes into account the diversity of possible causes of autism, both environmental and genetic. That such a new direction in research is being explored is exciting and hopeful.

Is there an Autism ‘Smart Gene’?

Is there an Autism ‘Smart Gene’?

by | May 28, 2017

In this study, autism is linked to intelligence, rather than a decades-long belief that, “We just used to call it retardation.” This finding could offer hope that patients who successfully shed the sensory and social stigmata, have an additional IQ cushion to achieve success.

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