Autism

...autism that Ne'eman and other self-advocates protest. But perhaps more effective and certainly funnier are the parodies, some created by people with autism, that skewer the Autism Speaks video, including "I Am Socks" and "I Am Autism Speaks."

In this article: Autism Speaks, Alfonso Cuaron, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Academy Award, and Cancer

Has autism become a term of abuse? A French politician has used the term "autism" to criticise the Tory Party's policy on Europe. Misunderstood or not, his choice of words highlights how the word is used in a negative way. How did that...

In this article: David Cameron, Europe, George Osborne, King's College London, Asperger syndrome, National Autistic Society, and Gordon Brown

...presentations on several promising areas of autism research and panel discussions among the presenters. Chromosome 16p11.2 and Autism Autism Consortium research last year resulted in a study published in the New England Journal of...

In this article: Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, MIT, Maryland, Medical advice, and Atlas Venture

...approved by the FDA for treating lead poisoning, and used off-label in these studies for treating heavy metal toxicity in children with autism. In the investigations, DMSA was given to 65 children with autism (ages 3 -8 years) to...

In this article: Dimercaptosuccinic acid, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Glutathione, Medical advice, Lead poisoning, Autism Research Institute, and FDA

The blood levels of mercury are similar in children who are developing normally and children with autism, researchers reported recently, and do not appear to be contributing to developmental problems. The study, reported in the journal...

In this article: Mercury, MIND Institute, and University of California-Davis

...with Hague and Cameron will be overshadowed by annoyance, even outrage, at his pejorative use of the word "autism". Wikipedia tells us that autism is "characterised by widespread abnormalities of social interactions and communication, as...

In this article: British Conservative party, George Osborne, EU, Europe, France, Asperger's Syndrome, and Gerard Depardieu

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Tories stung by French taunt of Europe 'autism' The Conservatives were stung today as the party was accused of a "very bizarre sense of autism" by the French minister for Europe.

In this article: Europe, Tories, William Hague, David Cameron, Britain, Treaty of Lisbon, The Guardian, and Nicolas Sarkozy

The first is this article in Wired Magazine about Thorkil Sonne, an IT worker in Denmark who decided a few years ago that people with autism and related conditions like Asperger's would be great for jobs requiring total concentration...

In this article: Wired, Pop-Tarts, Chocolate chip, Fruit, Occupational therapy, Obesity, Sugar, and University of Arizona

...GROUPIE: 'Marcelo" about much more than autism Two recent government studies indicate that about one in 100 children have autism disorders. Autism is classified as a spectrum disorder, with some people exhibiting mild symptoms and others...

...access to physicians. Most scientists agree that this is creating the illusion of skyrocketing autism rates. While it is possible that autism rates are growing, it remains far more likely that we are just much better at detecting it now than...

In this article: Mercury, Thimerosal, Mumps, Measles, Transmission, Rubella, Centers for Disease Control, United States, and Jenny McCarthy