The Complacency Monster that Ate Autism
The following blog was written by Jill Escher, president of the Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area. Jill is an autism research philanthropist (Escher Fund for Autism), a provider of […]
Tag Archives: autism signs
Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System
“Difficulties with interoception help to explain why I have a hard time identifying my exact symptoms when I am sick, why sometimes I seem to eat snack after snack without […]
How the FBI Trapped the Libor Scandal’s Mastermind
The following is an excerpt from the book Spider Network written by David Enrich. The same can be obtained from Amazon on pre-order for $15.59 hardbound. The book cover summarizes […]
Legislative Advocacy
March is the month in which South Carolina celebrates Legislative Action at the State Capitol. The activities are meant to recognize the role played by advocates in helping allocate resources […]
Genetic Counseling in Autism
Genetics play an important role in autism. Twin studies suggest that the heritability of autism falls in the range of 36 to 95%. Similarly striking is the fact that the […]
Paul Isaacs: Living Through the Haze
Paul Isaacs’ book, “Living Through the Haze”, has been published (second edition). The book has new content, a new introduction and an afterword that I wrote. Paul was diagnosed as […]
Internal sensory stress and discomfort/pain in autism
The following is an editorial written by my good friend Steve Edelson (http://bit.ly/2kFrI5e). It recently appeared published in Autism Research Review International (Volume 30, Number 4), a quarterly publication of […]
Autism and Catatonia
Catatonia is a state of unresponsiveness that affects a person’s ability to move and react to external stimuli. It is often associated with mutism, echolalia (repeating the words of others), […]
