Fever and autism
Several years ago a number of parents told Andrew (Andy) Zimmerman that their autistic children did better when they had a fever. These anecdotal reports on improvement were common and […]
Tag Archives: ASD
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
WrongPlanet Pageview Count hits a Profound All-Time Low due to lack of adequate autism representation
The following blog is reposted with permission of its author Yuval Levental. It was originally published in the Autism Daily Newscast (http://bit.ly/1F8Z3uP) as well as in the WrongPlanet.net. Yuval has […]
Symptom Improvement in Autism: Is Full Recovery Possible?
Matt Carey from the Left Brain Right Brain Blog has recently brought attention to the possibility of recovery in autism. His blog site may be accessed from my front page […]
