Autism: antibiotics and the microbiome
Antibiotics have been used for hundreds of years to treat infection. Indeed, some two thousand years ago Egyptians applied moldy bread to treat infected wounds. However, the active ingredient in […]
Archivos Mensuales: febrero 2018
Establishing a Vaccine Dialogue
Concerns about vaccines are making headlines in our society but promoting little in terms of constructive dialogue on the subject. It seems that opposite sides are entrenched in contrarian positions […]
CDC: Most USA teens do not receive enough sleep
Lack of sleep is a common problem in autism. The CDC has completed a study which bears relevance to our readers. Nearly 73% of US high-school students and almost 58% […]
An Introduction to Vision Therapy and Autism
Greetings, Readers of Cortical Chauvinism! My name is Timothy Turner (Tim is fine). I am a 36 year old autistic man from Texas who is currently editing the manuscript of […]
Prenatal Ultrasound and Autism Spectrum Disorder
The prevalence of autism has increased during the past few decades. Although some individuals are genetically susceptible to autism, the steep rise in prevalence seems best accounted by the superimposition […]
Open Letter to Kurt Andersen, author of Fantasyland, regarding Neurodiversity
Introduction by Yuval Levental: I am a person on the autism spectrum who advocates for treatment or a cure, because the evidence for autism as being positive is meaningless in […]
Cortical Chauvinism 