Social Connectedness and Autism
According to a popular parlor game (Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon), people in the planet, regardless of their profession or geographical location, are separated from each other by an average […]
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Autism Science Foundation Podcast: Brain tissue: What has it done for autism lately?
A podcast produced by Alycia Halladay, MD is available through the internet: http://asfpodcast.org/?tag=manny-casanova. The same stresses the need for postmortem research and some of the results that my laboratory has […]
Webinar: Sleep issues associated with autism
Join Beth Malow, M.D. for updates on strategies for diagnosing and addressing sleep issues associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Dr. Malow is board certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep […]
A Time Window for Treating Autism?
Source: A Time Window for Treating Autism?
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 […]
Congress on Cortical Evolution in 2018
I was honored to be named as a guest speaker in the upcoming congress on Cortical Evolution 2018. The same will be celebrated in the Canary Islands, birthplace of my […]
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, […]
