Autism-World

Autism is called ‘zi bi zheng’ and considered of a tpye of mental disability in China. There’s no diagnosis of autism in China until the 80s of 20 century, which is 40 years late comparing to international society. Even by far, there’s only about 100 doctors in China who can diagnose autism expertly.
In a survey […]

According to the new research of the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, Maternal Antibodies might link to autism. Prenatal Exposure To Maternal Antibodies could cause autistic behaviors like the repetitive behavior, which is a important character of autism.
“Dr. Van de Water’s result implicated maternal immune system factors with at least one form of autism,” said neuroscientist […]

According to research presented at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology annual meeting, by introducing a gene mutation in mice, investigators have created what they believe to be the first accurate Genetic Animal Mode of autism not associated with a broader neuropsychiatric syndrome,like Fragile X, Rett Syndrome and mental retardation.
“Prior to this study we knew next […]

According to a new study published this week in the Australasian Journal of Clinical Environmental Medicine, Wi-Fi might be linked to the growing number of cases of childhood autism. Dr. George Carlo, who led the study, said, “The electromagnetic radiation apparently causes the metals to be trapped in cells, slowing clearance and accelerating the onset […]

Hello, my name is Dayna and I am a senior at Syosset High School in New York. I am enrolled in our school’s indepedent research program in which we are able to develop our own unique investigation and carry it out. I have an interest in the realm of autism spectrum disorders, and I have […]

Hello everyone,My name is Brian and I am Kyle’s Dad. Kyle is my 12 year old son who has became non-verbal and has Autism. I am also finishing up a Master’s of Public Administration degree from Appalachian State University. The capstone project that I have chosen is to evaluate the effectiveness of Respite Care Procedures […]

In the first study of its kind, researchers have discovered that in autistic individuals, connections between brain cells may be deficient within single regions, and not just between regions, as was previously believed.Tony Wilson, Ph.D., lead researcher and assistant professor of neurology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, said he hopes this study will […]

New research by Birkbeck researcher Dr Atsushi Senju, in the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development has shown for the first time that children with Autism Spectrum Disorder are not susceptible to contagious yawning. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a developmental disability that severely affects social interaction and communication including empathy. Contagious yawning is when yawning […]

In order to continue federal progress on research on autism, EPA and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) announced renewed funding for The University of California/Davis’s Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCEH). This center will investigate how genes and exposure to environmental chemicals during fetal development may play a role in the development […]

What: Pregnant women and new mothers who already have one child with autism joined UC Davis researchers and officials from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as they announced funding of $7.5 million for UC Davis autism research. Part of the funding will go to a new autism […]

Autistic children are doubly stigmatized. On the one hand, they are often dismissed as ‘low functioning’ or mentally retarded, especially if they have poor speaking skills as many do. Yet when autistics do show exceptional abilities — uncanny visual discrimination and memory for detail, for example — their flashes of brilliance are marginalized as aberrations, […]

A study published in the August issue of the journal Brain demonstrates, for the first time, an association between increased white matter volume and functional impairment in children with autism. Findings from researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Md., reveal that in children with autism, increased white matter volume in the motor region […]

In work that may one day lead to earlier detection of children at risk of developing autism, a team of scientists has devised a genetic model for the enigmatic disorder. The two-tiered theory integrates families with one or more autistic children.An estimated one in every 150 children born in the U.S. develops autism, according to […]

“Over 80 percent of schools in America are applying pesticides on a regular basis, whether they have a pest problem or not,” he said. “This is tragic not only because of the well-documented link between pesticides and health problems in children, such as asthma and neurological disorders, but also because pesticides generally do not work […]

According to the Congressional Quarterly, the White House stated on Tuesday that President Bush would veto the HHS-Labor-Education Appropriations Bill because of the cost and “objectionable provisions” such as a measure to ban the use of childhood flu vaccines that contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative.Autism advocacy groups are outraged because President Bush stated in a […]

The doctor who caused a worldwide drop in childhood immunisation nearly ten years ago by suggesting there was a link between the measles, mumps rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism is facing a disciplinary hearing with his two fellow researchers. Dr Andrew Wakefield, Professors Simon Murch and John Walker Smith, are accused of serious professional misconduct […]

In a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland found that autism can be diagnosed at close to one year of age, which is the earliest the disorder has ever been diagnosed. The study, which evaluated social and communication development in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) […]

In a study published today in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland found that autism can be diagnosed at close to one year of age, which is the earliest the disorder has ever been diagnosed. The study, which evaluated social and communication development in autism spectrum disorders […]

Autism is a spectrum disorder, which means that it affects children in a variety of ways. By identifying the biological and behavioral patterns that define the autism spectrum, improved diagnostic practices and targeted treatments will emerge. This panel discussion - “Uncovering the Mysteries of Autism” - highlights what the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute’s Autism Phenome […]

Two proteins that are implicated in autism have been found to control the strength and balance of nerve-cell connections, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.The proteins, which serve to physically link nerve cells together, were discovered more than a decade ago by UT Southwestern scientists, but their function has been unclear.In the new […]

Researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT have, for the first time, reversed symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice.The work will be reported in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of June 25-29.The mice were genetically manipulated to model Fragile […]

Autism campaigner Ivan Corea briefly met the Prime Minister-in-waiting, Gordon Brown and urged him to listen to the voices of parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome and provide them with better public services.Autism is a neuro-developmental disorder - there are estimates of 587,900 people with autism in the UK. According to researchers, […]

As a result of mapping the structure of the protein complex implicated in autism spectrum disorders, a research team led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has discovered how particular genetic mutations affect this complex and contribute to the developmental abnormalities found in children […]

Two of the most often-used classroom approaches for teaching young children with autism have never been evaluated, until now. With a $3 million federal grant, FPG Child Development Institute (FPG) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will soon begin answering questions about the programs’ efficacy.
Another $5 million federal grant will establish […]

Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine have identified a new regulatory target for the Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), laying the groundwork for possible new treatments for Fragile X syndrome(FXS), the leading inherited form of mental retardation.
The findings, published in the early online edition […]

TORONTO ???????? Tina Szenasi’s quest to cure her two autistic sons began with soy milk.
Ms. Szenasi switched to the milk substitute after reading testimonials from other parents who said their autistic children’s symptoms had improved - even disappeared - when dairy and wheat were eliminated from their diet.
Her doctor dismissed it as farfetched. But the […]

Hearings are scheduled to begin next week in the U.S. Federal Claims Court where over 4,800 parents have filed for compensation for their children who developed autism after exposure to infant vaccines. A majority of those claims revolve around the use of thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative.
Parents claim that the science is on their side and […]

Dr. Hugh Fudenberg, MD, the world’s leading immunogeneticist and 13th most quoted biologist of our time (over 850 papers in peer reviewed journals), has published that if an individual has had five consecutive flu shots their chance of getting Alzheimer’s disease is ten times higher than if they had one, two or no shots.[i] This […]

Some people believe that there is mercury in vaccines that is damaging their children’s brains. This has been disproven, but you know once someone starts saying something like this, it takes on a life of its own. Now there are thousands of parents needlessly exposing their kids to childhood diseases because they believe the myth […]

LOS ANGELES — Men over 40 are nearly six times as likely to father an autistic child as those under the age of 30, according to a new study that provides support for the role of genetics in the development of the disabling mental disorder.
At least two previous small studies have hinted at such a […]