The following is the introduction to an article written by Rachel Rettner for the journal Live Science (9/16/19). Those wishing to read the full article can click on the link […]
A few decades ago, after graduating from medical school, I learned that autism was considered to be a rare disorder. Textbooks would report a prevalence of 1 in 10,000 individuals. […]
It was recently brought to my attention that some of the work and opinions that I had previously expressed about prenatal ultrasound were heavily cited in an article on Children’s […]
A friend of mine, Stella Waterhouse, is conducting a survey trying to gauge the need for sensory friendly vacation sites. The survey should only take a few seconds and can […]
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to meet Alan Alda, the actor of MASH fame. I met him and Arlene, his wife, while having lunch at the home […]
Complementary medicine is used frequently in autism, …probably more so than conventional therapy! Research suggests that between 30 and 95% of children with autism receive some type of complementary therapy. […]
Cada noventa y ocho segundos una persona, en algún lugar de nuestro país, es agredida sexualmente. Una de cada cinco mujeres y uno de cada 71 hombres serán violados en […]
Jenny McCarthy once famously addressed the audience of the Oprah Winfrey Show by stating that her qualifications to speak about autism and vaccinations stemmed from “The University of Google”. Indeed, […]
I was asked by some of the administrators of the Frontiers Journal to write a short article explaining how the cerebral cortex works. I was hoping that this would be […]
Introduction by Yuval Levental: I am a person on the autism spectrum who critically analyzes autism advocacy. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University and […]
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