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Autism: A Medical Primer Autistic disorder, a pervasive developmental disorder resulting in social, language, or sensorimotor deficits, occurs in approximately seven of 10,000 persons. Early detection and intervention significantly improve outcome.   |
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April 2010
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Speak the language of autism Autism affects 1 in 110 children and 1 in 70 boys in the United States. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Asperger's Syndrome Asperger's syndrome is actually named after an Austrian physician, Hans Asperger, who first described the strange disorder in 1944. Like classical autism, A.S. belongs to a class of disorders known as autism spectrum disorders. |
Salon.com
August 2, 2000
Arthur Allen |
A recipe for disaster While nobody knows the origin of autism, many researchers worry that linking it to childhood vaccines could be a very dangerous theory. |
Wired
December 2001
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Think Different? Autism researcher Simon Baron-Cohen on "mindblind" engineers, hidden pictures, and a future designed for people with Asperger's... |
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Can You Recover From Autism? Skeptics question the phenomenon, but a small, provocative study suggests that at least 10 percent of children with autism overcome the disorder by age 9. |
ifeminists
December 31, 2007
Tony Zizza |
Massachusetts Takes Wrong Turn On Mental Health Screening New regulations in Massachusetts require doctors to screen for possible mental health problems in children. |
Reason
July 2008
Ronald Bailey |
Needling Vaccines A federal vaccine court rules that the preponderance of the evidence suggested that a 9-year-old girl's autism was caused by her childhood vaccinations. |
BusinessWeek
January 14, 2010
Ellen Gibson |
The Hunt for an Autism Drug Armed with fresh medical insights, drug companies are redoubling their efforts to address the disease's complex causes. |
Popular Mechanics
February 5, 2010
Adam Hadhazy |
Anti-Vaccination Groups Dealt Blow as Lancet Study is Retracted In what will likely be a big blow to the anti-vaccination movement, The Lancet medical journal has retracted the 1998 study by Dr. Andrew Wakefield that originally sparked the uproar over whether vaccines are linked to autism. |
Fast Company
April 1, 2011
Rachel Z. Arndt |
Timothy Gifford and Anjana Bhat on Using Robots to Help Autistic Children Robots address some of the deficits we know are present in children with autism, especially coordination and social problems. |
Salon.com
August 2, 2000
Lesli Mitchell |
Secrets and lies Is the astonishing rise in autism a medical mystery or a pharmaceutical shame? |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
Fatherhood Guide: Setting An Example The following presents some tips on how to set an example for your child. While much of this piece pertains to young children under the age of 8 or so, the issue itself is germane to kids of all ages. |
Wired
February 25, 2008
David Wolman |
The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know The language of autism. |
Salon.com
April 13, 2000
Arthur Allen |
Inoculated into oblivion When families hit the Capitol last week, they demanded answers about the source of their children's autism. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2006
Philip E. Ross |
When Engineers' Genes Collide Could modern patterns of marriage be concentrating the genes that predispose people to autism? |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2012
Nicole Kresge |
Protein Precision in the Brain with CSF Two causes of autism arise from opposite cellular mechanisms. Too much or too little protein production at the synapse between neurons can cause autism and intellectual disability. |
Chemistry World
September 13, 2012
Ian Le Guillou |
Hope for autism treatments Two reports in Science over the past week point the way to potential treatments for some forms of autism. |
Chemistry World
June 18, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
New evidence links air pollution with autism A study suggests that the presence in the air of pollutants from diesel exhaust, as well as mercury, lead, manganese and dichloromethane were associated with the elevated risk. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Melinda Wenner |
A Few Transcranial Zaps and You're a Happy Genius A new technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation may let neuroscientists listen to the conversations between cells in your brain. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006 |
Engineers and Autism A new theory links systemizing, engineers, and autism, a developmental disorder that has become more common in recent decades. |
Popular Mechanics
February 11, 2010
Adam Hadhazy |
The Truth About 9 Anti-Vaccine Studies Led by celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy, the anti-vaccine movement continues to vehemently oppose mainstream science's overwhelming consensus that vaccines do not cause developmental disorders. |
Salon.com
April 13, 1999
Arthur Allen |
Heal thyself.com Heal thyself.com: As wired patients go online for medical help, the question is: Can a little knowledge be a dangerous thing? |
Wired
December 2001
Steve Silberman |
The Geek Syndrome Autism -- and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome -- is surging among the children of Silicon Valley. Are math-and-tech genes to blame? |
American Family Physician
June 15, 2006
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Medical Care of Adults with Mental Retardation Primary medical care of persons with mental retardation should involve continuity of care, maintenance of comprehensive treatment documentation, routine periodic health screening, and an understanding of the unique medical and behavioral disorders common to this population. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 9, 2009
Sara Stroud |
A New Way Forward Tech-based solutions, such as tools for teaching kids how to recognize facial expressions, are giving educators a means of helping autistic students acquire basic life skills. |
Nutra Solutions
July 1, 2005 |
Autism Linked to Fatty Acids Deficiency? A pilot study in Scotland proposes a link between a deficiency of fatty acids and autism. |
AskMen.com
August 22, 2012 |
Male Fertility Age Older men have a greater chance of having offspring who develop autism or schizophrenia, the study found. The older you are, the more random mutations in your genetic material. Yikes. |
Entrepreneur
May 2010
Gwen Moran |
A New Chapter A rescued bookstore provides a training ground for people with autism. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Having Kids Later We've often heard about women having a biological clock, but men too have that tick-tocking, and waiting can endanger your future kids. |
Entrepreneur
February 2008
JJ Ramberg |
Cause and Effect Art For A Cause LLC, employs people with mental and physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and autism. |
Salon.com
October 26, 1999
Jon Bowen |
Disease parties Some parents in Britain are deliberately exposing their children to kids with contagious illnesses. |
