Igor Stravinsky and Autism
I once heard a story about the famous composer Igor Stravinsky describing how as he lay on his deathbed he kept knocking with the ring of his finger at a […]
A personal trial of oral citrulline for ASD by Peter Good
I first met Peter a couple of years ago at an Autism Research Institute Think Tank. At the Think Tank Peter impressed everybody with his knowledge, specially about biochemical pathways. […]
El autismo: condición o trastorno?
En el reciente congreso de IMFAR Simon Baron-Cohen tuvo la oportunidad de dar una conferencia luego de una presentación a cargo de John Elder Robison. La conferencia de John había […]
Magnesium and Autism
Last November I accepted a position as a SMART State Endowed Chair in Translational Neurotherapeutics at the University of South Carolina (USC). Due to a number of circumstances I was […]
El Síndrome de Timothy y el Autismo
El síndrome de Timothy es un trastorno genético autosómico dominante poco frecuente. Menos de 20 casos han sido reportados en todo el mundo. Los síntomas se manifiestan desde el principio […]
Synesthesia and Autism
In reading the book “Born on a Blue Day”, the author Daniel Tammet recounts how his perception of numbers as colors allowed him to remember pi to the 22,514th digit. […]
Análisis Conductual Aplicado y el uso de Aversivos
Hace unos veinte años, cuando se creó la Alianza Nacional para la Investigación del Autismo (NAAR), los encuentros fueron dirigidos por Martha Denckla del Instituto Kennedy Krieger. Martha se había […]
Autism: The so-called difference between a condition and a disorder
In the recent IMFAR meeting Simon Baron-Cohen had the opportunity to deliver a lecture closely following a presentation by John Elder Robison. John’s lecture had been quite emotional something that […]
Mejoría de los síntomas en el autismo: ¿Se puede recuperar completamente del autismo?
Matt Carey del blog Left Brain/Right Brain ha escrito recientemente sobre diferentes estudios que sugieren la posibilidad de la recuperación en determinados pacientes autistas. Su blog se puede acceder desde […]
Applied Behavioral Analysis and the Use of Aversives
Some twenty years ago when the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) was established, the meetings were directed by Martha Denckla of the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Martha had graduated summa […]
