Autism: Osteopathy vs. Integrative Medicine
I am medical doctor by training. In my practice patients often ask me what is the difference between osteopathy and integrative medicine. This question makes me believe that patients conflate […]
Tag Archives: autism spectrum disorder
Neurodiversity’s Waning on Wikipedia: Bias and Single-Sidedness
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, is completing a master’s degree […]
Insitutional autism and child abandonment
Institutionalization early in life can have dire consequences if the children are emotionally neglected. Thus far American families have adopted thousands of children from orphanages in Eastern Europe and Russia […]
Trastornos del espectro autista (TEA) en niños ciegos
Recientemente, mi buena amiga Isabelle Rapin trajo a mi atención un artículo publicado en la Revista de Autismo y Trastornos del Desarrollo (JADD). El estudio fue dirigido por el Dr. […]
Jennifer Noonan’s “No Map to This Country”
Last year I had the opportunity to preview six different books for which I wrote prefaces or endorsements. Jennifer Noonan’s book “No Map to This Country” was one of those […]
Switched On
NOTE: During the past few months I have been made aware that the link buttons at the end of my blogs do not provide a proper count for those who […]
Neurotribes: Una historia cayéndose a pedazos
“En primera instancia Bettleheim, ahora Silberman” -Manuel Casanova (2016) Han pasado varios meses desde que apareció la publicación de Steve Silberman titulada Neurotribes y cada vez se hace más aparente […]
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Blind Children
Recently my good friend Isabelle Rapin brought to my attention an article published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The article was conducted by Dr. Rubin Jure from […]
On Silberman, Austria and on Re-Writing the History of Autism
It is striking that in today’s society the killing of handicapped individuals is condoned and that reverberations of euthanasia as so-called “mercy killings” can be used to justify such measures. […]
Igor Shpitsberg
Occasionally I will write a blog about people that have made a difference in regards to autism at the international level. Today I will talk a little about Igor Shpitsberg. […]
