Historical Musing: Salt Lake City and Autism
This year’s International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) will be celebrated at Salt Lake City (SLC), Utah. Although unknown to many individuals this city has played a major role in […]
Tag Archives: ASD
The Daily Beast and Pro-Neurodiversity Arguments
A recent article on The Daily Beast has acquired a certain amount of attention on the internet (http://thebea.st/1ziYuY1 ). The article, written by Elizabeth Picciuto, was titled, “They Don’t Want […]
The “Right-to-Try” legislation and autism
It is said in various publications that autism does not affect life expectancy. I do not believe this to be the case. Seizures and accidents (e.g., traffic collisions, drowning) expose […]
Argumentation, Autism, and the Serenity Prayer
According to several dictionaries argumentation is the study of effective reasoning manifested by how a person presents justifications for or against something being discussed. During discussion we make statements that […]
Dravet Syndrome: Lessons in Regressive Autism
Dravet syndrome is the eponym for a particular type of severe epilepsy that begins between the first and fifth year of life. It was named after the French physician Dr. […]
Precision medicine: What will it mean for autism?
Very recently President Obama hosted a reception at the White House to proclaim a medical initiative that would presumably “bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes”. The […]
Speaking and interruptions during primary care office visits
I have been exchanging emails with a fellow blogger from the Planet Autism. We share similar complaints in regards to the medical system. I plan to write some of the […]
Brain development and autism
Recently we had the opportunity to publish a blog at the Autism Science Foundation (ASF) web site (see http://bit.ly/1zJHtey). The same summarizes the main intent of one of our latest […]
Bernard Rimland: Founder of the Neurodiversity Movement?
“Instead of focusing on your differences, think about the things all people have in common… like the tendency to focus on their differences.” Anonymous “I would never want to belong […]
Iron and autism
Iron is a mineral necessary for most forms of life. In humans it is a constituent of the heme protein found in red blood cells. Heme proteins are used in […]
