Category Archives: autism
Music by Sia should be Included in the National Film Registry
Petition – Music by Sia should be Included in the National Film Registry by Yuval Levental Introduction: The film Music was released around one year ago. Severe autism is a […]
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Autism Spectrum Disorders
One of my publications just became available to the public on PubMed. The publication deals with the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in autism spectrum disorders, more specifically, why I […]
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC): The Big Picture
Today’s IACC public comment by National Council on Severe Autism (NCSA) president and my good friend Jill Escher is entitled: The Big Picture *********** My name is Jill Escher, I’m […]
Elyn Saks: My Journey Through Madness
Many years ago, circa 2010, I had the opportunity of listening to a lecture by Elyn Saks, a professor of law and psychiatry from the University of Southern California. The […]
Autism: Feeling lonely in a hyperconnected world
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. –Helen Keller Hyperconnectivity is a modern word that is rapidly making inroads into our colloquial […]
Tourette syndrome and autism
Many behavioral manifestations of autism overlap with the diagnostic symptoms of conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Tourette syndrome (TS). Some of the shared […]
Autism: fear and maladaptive behaviors
What would happen if fear became your predominant mood? For many autistic individuals fear is an ever-present state of mind. Patients with autism live in fear that “nothing is what […]
Language and autism
Language is the mind’s most mysterious ability and one of its most powerful tools. It is what allows us to contemplate the vastness of the night sky, ponder on Plato’s […]
Spirituality and autism
Neurotheology, a term first coined by Aldous Huxley, is the study of the relationship between the brain and religious experience. Using neuropsychological screenings and different neuroimaging techniques this burgeoning field […]
Cortical Chauvinism 