]> http://www.healthedia.com/latest Autism Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923612?rsstype=latest&cid=77 The November 13th Newsweek has an article, More Than Just Quirky, about girls and women with Asperger s Syndrome: Are girls and women sometimes not diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum because they do not have the same symptoms as boys and men... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:22:45 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923612?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923588?rsstype=latest&cid=77 4 hours 49 minutes 20 seconds.That was Jonathan Brunot s time in this year s New York City Marathon. Today s New York Times details how his race went:Jonathan aced [the NY Marathon] Nov. 2 on his first attempt in 4 hours 49 minutes 20 seconds, ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:30:17 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923588?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923583?rsstype=latest&cid=77 Young, gifted, and autistic : That s how the November 16th Independent profile describes New Zealand-born singer-songwriter Pip Brown of Ladyhawke:recently, she revealed to a British newspaper that she has Asperger s syndrome (a form of auti... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:36:42 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923583?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923576?rsstype=latest&cid=77 Saying a lot happened in the past two weeks kind of seems like an understatement.The Search for Certainty (or, why we re going to the dentist at 3.15pm) An emergency dentist visit for Charlie prompts me to think about why parents so often try... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:07:48 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923576?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923549?rsstype=latest&cid=77 According to the November 15th Slate, Barack Obama needs to choose a cabinet of really smart genius types that is, with those who are brilliant albeit prickly, semi-autistic, and egomaniacal thinkers :The issue starts at the Treasury Depar... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:08:22 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923549?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923540?rsstype=latest&cid=77 New theory says autism and schizophrenia same disease, says today s Chronicle-Herald about the new theory about autism and genetics. According to this latest theory (per last Tuesday s New York Times), an evolutionary tug of war between genes ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:54:20 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923540?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923534?rsstype=latest&cid=77 The woman I spoke to at the birthday party yesterday told me that her brother had been institutionalized at the Cambridge State Hospital. Originally called the Minnesota Colony for Epilectics, it became a state hospital for the developmentally disabl... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:43:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923534?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923520?rsstype=latest&cid=77 9-year-old Zachary Vitto who s autistic and wears leg braces for cerebral palsy hikes with his fellow scouts on a rocky path from Borrego to Red Rock Canyon and more than perseveres, as told in the OC Register.Never ever give up, right?Tags: as... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:00:27 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923520?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923449?rsstype=latest&cid=77 Neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote about animal scientist professor Temple Grandin as an anthropologist on Mars and she has referred to herself as an anthropologist from Mars -last night, we went to Mars.Ok, it was Mars 2112 on 51st and Broadw... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:03:46 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923449?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923441?rsstype=latest&cid=77 Two recent stories in the New York Daily News highlight the struggles of families to provide for their autistic children.In Staten Island, a police detective got caught up in the subprime mortgage crisis when she bought a fixer-upper with the intenti... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:00:18 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923441?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923382?rsstype=latest&cid=77 Grace at Genetics and Health posts about research on regions of DNA that may increase the risk to hereditary autism (from Craegmoor Healthcare). The findings were reported on at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics meetin... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:09:09 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923382?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923383?rsstype=latest&cid=77 Last June, 10-year-old Jon Jon Jackson died while taking a nap after being in the pool of the apartment complex where he lived for about 45 minutes. The cause of his death was determined to be asphyxiation due to drowning. His mother, Cassandra... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:39:13 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923383?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923324?rsstype=latest&cid=77 A new theory has emerged about the genetic basis of mental disorders, and it has to do with our parental genes fighting for dominance. The theory outlines that genes from the father s sperm are in an evolutionary tug-of-war with genes from the mot... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:16:49 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923324?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923558?rsstype=latest&cid=77 A new theory has emerged about the genetic basis of mental disorders, and it has to do with our parental genes fighting for dominance. The theory outlines that genes from the father s sperm are in an evolutionary tug-of-war with genes from the mot... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:16:49 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923558?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923309?rsstype=latest&cid=77 After a couple of years, Charlie is learning the different values of coins and how to count money. A couple of teachers have tried to teach him this over the years and with all manner of methods, from matching to having him buy things for a ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:09:41 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923309?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923251?rsstype=latest&cid=77 It s not too often in genetics that we hear about finding evidence that a gene lowers the risk of disease. This latest news must have been greeted with cautionary hope at the American Society of Human Genetics meeting in Philadelphia. According to ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:37:43 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923251?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923559?rsstype=latest&cid=77 It s not too often in genetics that we hear about finding evidence that a gene lowers the risk of disease. This latest news must have been greeted with cautionary hope at the American Society of Human Genetics meeting in Philadelphia. According to ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:37:43 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923559?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923255?rsstype=latest&cid=77 Earlier this month, 27-year-old Joshua Polak darted into traffic while leaving his job training center in Omaha and was in a minor traffic accident, MSCBC news reports.Developmental Services of Nebraska s Roger Stortenbecker said Polak s safety i... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:55:28 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923255?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923245?rsstype=latest&cid=77 As if I needed another reason for not taking Charlie to McDonald s: The November 12th Scientific American gives the not-so-skinny on what s inside the beef that the likes of the Golden Arches, Burger King, and Wendy use to make their burgers:Corn... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:24:41 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923245?rsstype=latest&cid=77 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923174?rsstype=latest&cid=77 So, now that a certain event last week has come and gone, a question courtesy of Tina Brown in The Daily Beast (and thanks to Working Dad by Paul Nyhan):Is Sarah Palin a potential leader for working moms?And, more particularly and pertaining mo... 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