Yuval Levental: Plastic Surgery and Autism – The Final Treatment?
The following blog is written by Yuval Levental, a reader and contributor to our blog site. At present Yuval, who is on the autism spectrum, completed a master’s degree in […]
Category Archives: autism
The Zika Virus, Autism Speaks and Weathervanes
The Zika virus has been making headlines and along with it have been the circulation of gratuitous remarks from some health-related professionals linking this viral infestation to autism. One investigator […]
La Rapida Caida de Autism Speaks
El siguiente artículo fue escrito por Yuval Levental, un lector asiduo de nuestro blog que ha sido diagnosticado dentro del espectro autista. En la actualidad Yuval completó una maestría en […]
The Historical Underpinnings of Neurodiversity: Part II
The following paragraphs were written for an editorial published by the Siberian Journal of Special Education in the early part of 2016. I asked the editor of the journal, Elena […]
Autism Speaks’ Rapid Decline
The following blog is written by Yuval Levental, a reader and contributor to our blog site. At present Yuval, who is on the autism spectrum, completed a master’s degree in […]
INSAR SUMMER INSTITUTE 2017
The International Society for Autism Research is hosting a free series of six online seminars, focusing on issues related to culture and diversity in autism research. The seminars will run […]
The Historical Underpinnings of Neurodiversity: Part I
The following paragraphs were written for an editorial published by the Siberian Journal of Special Education in the early part of 2016. I asked the editor of the journal, Elena […]
Virtual Reality in Autism
Impairments in social communication skills and deficient social and emotional competence are thought to be core deficits of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In recent years, several assistive technologies, […]
Neurodiversity and Comorbidities
Neurodiversity proponents have a peculiar way of cherry picking characteristics of autism and hand-waving them into positive and somewhat appealing attributes. Repetitive movements, for example, are labelled as “personality traits” […]
Isabelle Rapin (1927-2017): the Grande Dame of Autism Research
It was with great sorrow that I learned of the passing away of Isabelle Rapin. She died this past month of pneumonia at the age of 89. For the past […]
