In Autism Vox - Posted 3 hours ago

The brain seeks patterns even when none exist, according to an October 3rd Scientific American podcast:When we feel like we don t have command of ou...

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In Autism Vox - Posted 6 hours ago

The PETA Got Autism? billboard has been taken down by the advertising company that was hosting it. PETA s blog nonetheless noted that the billboa...

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In Autism Vox - Posted 21 hours ago

A new study from Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics asksWhat Can We Learn about Autism from Autistic Persons?Is that a question that needs to be aske...

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In Autism Vox - Posted 1 day ago

The October 6th Arizona Republic describes a program developed by the Phoenix-based Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center to help autistic chi...

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In Autism Vox - Posted 1 day ago

Yesterday I asked on the ScienceBlogs Book Club about how we can frame vaccines to combat what seems to be widespread public ignorance, or at least un...

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In Autism Vox - Posted 2 days ago

Thinking again about what happens for autistic kids after school ends: At Midwestern State University in Kansas, six students are living in the ini...

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In Autism Vox - Posted 2 days ago

Weekends used to be really tough for our family. Charlie thrives on the structure and busyness of school, and try as we might to fill Saturday and Sun...

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In Autism Vox - Posted 2 days ago

Charlie s an only child and we ve plenty going on: In Michigan, the Johnson family have four daughters, all of whom are autistic. An article (dat...

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In Autism Vox - Posted 2 days ago

Stem cells. Gene therapy. Immune protection. This is the first line of an article about .what do you think? The latest treatments for autism...

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In Autism Vox - Posted 3 days ago

A study of autism among 378 Cambridge University students has found that autism is up to seven times more common among mathematicians than among stude...

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