Autistic futures trader who triggered crash spared prison
CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. judge Tuesday sentenced a socially awkward math whiz-turned-futures trader who earned tens of millions of dollars over several years and helped trigger a U.S. stock […]
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Coronavirus
What is the Coronavirus? Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Detailed investigations found that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) was transmitted from civet cats to […]
Sound sensitivity and autism: hyperacusis, phonophobia and tinnitus
Autistic individuals often complain of suffering from hearing hypersensitivity (hyperacusis); meaning, an intolerance to sounds in their everyday living environment. Although neurotypicals learn to tune out the hum of a […]
Complicaciones de nacimiento y el autismo
Muchas complicaciones de parto parecen ser factores de riesgo que propician el desarrollo ulterior del autismo. Un estudio epidemiológico de la Universidad de Harvard, revisando 40 artículos de la literatura, […]
Planning Sensory Friendly Activities for Autistic Children
Some 12-15 years ago, Louisville, Kentucky became the first “Autism-Friendly City” within the United States. Back then, San Diego was known for being “bicycle-friendly”, San Francisco was “vegan-friendly”, but what […]
Five Years of Autism Activism: Unifying Opposed Viewpoints
by Yuval Levental I started getting involved in autism activism five years ago by writing about autism and neurodiversity, the belief that autism is simply a difference, on Cortical […]
Cortical Chauvinism 