Blog Posts - Autism

"A group of researchers found that immune cells activated in the mother during severe inflammation produce an immune effector molecule called IL-17 that appears to interfere with brain development." 'via Blog this' pub-5799224524264318...

This week's post is about autism. I have not covered this subject in a long time. Yes, this is a prolife blog and always have been. I have just not been so vocalabout my worldview until now. But I still am just as prolife about those who are already...

"Author explores life on the expanding autism spectrum" PBS NewsHour 1/19/2016ExcerptsSUMMARY:  The rate of diagnosed cases of autism has more than doubled since 2000 and researchers have spent millions looking for causes and cures.  In "Ne...

So I came across a news story on Yahoo about a special needs kid getting his high school diploma.  Proud mama is grinning, and the headline reads Child With Severe Autism Beats Odds To Graduate. Severe autism my ass.  I’ll show ’em seve...

Imagine…You are born sighted into a world of unsighted people who have heightened other senses to navigate their world. Their sense of smell, hearing, and touch are exaggerated. But you, you can see and so as a consequence your other senses work, b...

Julia and Miles can be the best of friends when the stars are aligned. He still calls her "Baby" and likes to hug her. He likes to do the things Kindergartners like to do very often, however, so that makes them very likely playmates. Sunday the...

Seafood consumption during pregnancy is thought to be beneficial for child neuropsychological development, but to our knowledge no large cohort studies with high fatty fish consumption have analyzed the association by seafood subtype. We evaluated 1,...

A school district has been evaluating whether students with autism benefit from a specialized classroom, and after a year, the program is considered a success. […]...

The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between use of β-2-adrenergic receptor (B2AR) agonist drugs during pregnancy and risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). METHODS: A case-control study was conducted by using Den...

Many teens and young people with autism have been receiving special services during their school years. They will age out of these services at age 21. What will they do then? Many poor or minority families don't have access to their state's Medicaid...

Macy's Pink Pig remains a family tradition. I would like to write about family traditions and happy, family holiday times but you know what it's just not that kind of morning.Let me tell you what kind of morning it is.It's a fucking Autism morning.Ev...

A special needs preschool classroom prepares kids for kindergarten who are on the autism spectrum or have language delays. The difference in readiness allows them […]...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2015-12-27]: It seems that people with autism focus on different parts of a picture than people without that disease. [1] We try to see what others see so that we can understand them. But does it matter? How short-sig...

As the parent of an autistic child, I have a solid understanding of just how much work is involved in making sure that a trip is properly designed to allow our son to attend comfortably. Whether on vacation or near home, children’s museums are...

Last night I was sitting outside on the porch, enjoying the fresh air and only slightly cool breeze that is a Texas winter, and had a rare, contented moment of thinking, “I love my family. I am SO lucky.”      For the ordin...

Coming out of a blogging break to step onto my soapbox for one of my favorite reasons….to point out inaccurate information being published, in this case by JAMA Pediatrics in its report titled “Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy and the...

A documentary that Jason Ludwig and I made many moons ago. I was recently contacted by CBC’s The Current about the piece. It looks like it may have new life breathed into it. […]...

A documentary that Jason Ludwig and I made many moons ago. I was recently contacted by CBC’s The Current about the piece. It looks like it may have new life breathed into it. […]...

"The use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - a common class of antidepressants - during the second and/or third trimester was significantly associated with an increased risk of ASD." 'via Blog this' pub-5799224524264318...

Further underscoring the prenatal origins of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine describe for the first time how abnormal gene activity in cell cycle networks that are known to control...

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