Looking Beyond The Haze By Paul Isaacs
The following is an invited blog by Paul Isaacs. I have written about Paul before as someone that I admire. Paul is a speaker, trainer, author and consultant on the […]
Category Archives: autism
Adam Feinstein: My Twin Voyages of Discoveries
I first met Adam Feinstein many years ago when he approached me during an autism conference. I don’t believe he had a question for me; rather, he was in a […]
Raising Cubby
Raising Cubby is the most recent book published by John Elder Robison. In a certain sense the book offers a parallelism between father and son as John keeps remembering episodes […]
Abdominal Pains and Migraine in Autism
Originally posted on Cortical Chauvinism:
About 17 years ago, when I acquired a personal interest in autism, the link to abdominal symptoms was mentioned in the literature but readily dismissed…
Ultrasound and Autism
Note: The main intent of this blog is to call attention to the fact that inadequate use of ultrasound is clearly dangerous and may be tied to the ever increasing […]
Why Use Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Autism?
Originally posted on Cortical Chauvinism:
In previous posts I have mentioned our findings of abnormal minicolumns in the brains of autistic individuals. The minicolumn is an elemental modular unit of…
Paul Issacs: Living Through the Haze
During my Christmas vacation I had the opportunity to catch up on my reading. One of the books that I wanted to read was “Living Through the Haze” by Paul […]
Key Players in Autism: IV. The Brainstem
Originally posted on Cortical Chauvinism:
In the central nervous system the brainstem links the brain to the spinal cord. This anatomical structure is usually divided into different portions, from top…
Mirror mirror on the wall…: Mirror neurons and autism
Mirror mirror on the wall…: Mirror neurons and autism. I promised to reblog some of my favorite writings and this is definitely one of them. It was the second that […]
Of Mice and Men: Complications of Animal Models in Autism Research
Originally posted on Cortical Chauvinism:
A couple of years ago while at an IMFAR meeting I happened to attend a lecture on animal models in autism. The lecturer, a distinguished…
