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New from the TMS lab and autism research

Last night I attended Brain Health / Body Wealth at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Alvaro Pascual Leone told a rapt audience about new discoveries in brain plasticity and what it may mean to us, especially as we age.Then D…
Study finds that having ancestors that had mercury poisoning increases risk of Autism

Ancestry of Pink Disease (Infantile Acrodynia) Identified as a Risk Factor for Autism Spectrum Disorders Source - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15287394.2011.590097?journalCode=uteh20 Abstract Pink disease…
Time Management Tips for Parents of Special Needs Children

Hi, I am new to this site. I have a child with high functioning autism and many other diagnoses as well. Autism, undefined chromosome anomaly of 17q 12 partial duplication, ADHD,Chiai Malformation Type 1, amblyopia,…
Lyme, Lupus, and Asperger's

After being asked by a friend about another friend's concern over poor nutrition during pregnancy possibly leading to autistic tendencies, this was my answer.
Developmental Delays

For several years, I worried about my son’s hearing. We had noticed at around 1 year old, that he wasn’t responding to sounds. At the time, there were a lot of issues to deal with. We were switching doctors.…
"Bones"

They call him “Bones”. This boy of mine. A name I didn’t really foresee, being that one of my many frivolous concerns was the shortening of his name turning to his nickname, which I didn’t wan…
New Genetic Testing For Early Autism Diagnosis

Below is a Press Release I recently received. I thought my readers might be interested in reading about this.
Autism in the "Leather Man's" Bones

Photo by F.W. Moore, 1888 In the late 1800s, a homeless man known as the Leather Man (because he wore a 60-lb leather suit at all times) was famous for walking a 365-mile circuit through some 41 towns in New York's We…
Could Autism be a protein problem?

San Diego was an autism spotlight weeks ago, with the University of California-San Diego publishing two studies regarding the disability. Their most recent was featured in the Journal of Biological Chemistry Septemb…
Birth Order and Age of Parents linked to Autism

A lot has been made of the psychology of birth order. First children are natural leaders who seek achievement and praise (possibly as a way to cling to the affection their parents divided when other kids showed up). S…