Paul Isaacs: Living Through the Haze
Paul Isaacs’ book, “Living Through the Haze”, has been published (second edition). The book has new content, a new introduction and an afterword that I wrote. Paul was diagnosed as […]
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Thoughts on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Autism
During the past few years a lot of interest has been generated regarding the possible use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) as a therapeutic modality for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). […]
¿Es realmente válida la Estimulación Magnética Transcraneal en el tratamiento del autismo?
Hay diversas empresas ofreciendo el tratamiento de Estimulación Magnética Transcraneal (EMT) como forma de recuperación o como vía de obtención de increíbles mejoras en el autismo. Curiosamente muchas de estas […]
Is the Autism Spectrum Also a Genetic Spectrum?
Originally posted on Science Over a Cuppa:
Genetics research into autism has made considerable strides in recent years. While it may seem to most lay people that a lot of…
Internal sensory stress and discomfort/pain in autism
The following is an editorial written by my good friend Steve Edelson (http://bit.ly/2kFrI5e). It recently appeared published in Autism Research Review International (Volume 30, Number 4), a quarterly publication of […]
Hans Bogte (1951-2017)
It is sad news to hear that a good friend of the autism community passed away recently. Hans Bogte (June 1951- January 2017) was a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who […]
Autism and Catatonia
Catatonia is a state of unresponsiveness that affects a person’s ability to move and react to external stimuli. It is often associated with mutism, echolalia (repeating the words of others), […]
Medical Organizations Respond to Trump’s Immigration Order
The following has been reblogged from Pediatric News (http://bit.ly/2jUfx2e). The article was written by Denis Fulton and appeared online February 1, 2017. Organizations representing physicians and medical students have expressed […]
Infograph on autism and dyslexia
The following is an infograph summarizing some of our research as related to autism and dyslexia. The same was provided to me by a graduate student and mother of a […]
Cortical Chauvinism 