Pediatricians usually employ screening methods as a way of identifying health related conditions and treating them early. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has joined forces with the US Department […]
The following is the introduction to a wonderful article on housing assistance for people with disabilities. It comes from the website, «Just Great Lawyers«. I urge the readers to read […]
Greetings again, Readers of Cortical Chauvinism! It’s Tim Turner. Welcome to Part 2 in my series on vision therapy and autism. Part 1 is here (https://corticalchauvinism.com/2018/02/12/an-introduction-to-vision-therapy-and-autism/). If you don’t know […]
Chronic pain is a common cause of disability within our society. A recent study from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey found that approximately 11% or 25 million adults in […]
Leo Kanner played a paramount role in defining autism as a medical condition and in changing societal views towards people with disabilities. He used his academic position at Johns Hopkins […]
According to Ricki Lewis from Medscape (October 5, 2017): “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Endocrinology has added five tests commonly ordered for children and teens showing signs […]
Many autistic individuals live a sedentary life. Reclusion prevents them from stressful social interactions and shields them from the emotional impact of unforeseen changes to their routines and general environment. […]
A podcast produced by Alycia Halladay, MD is available through the internet: http://asfpodcast.org/?tag=manny-casanova. The same stresses the need for postmortem research and some of the results that my laboratory has […]
I recently received a book in the mail written by a mother and son duo: Ivonne (Lola) Hernandez and Eric Ruiz. Eric received a diagnosis of autism when he was […]
The Zika virus has been making headlines and along with it have been the circulation of gratuitous remarks from some health-related professionals linking this viral infestation to autism. One investigator […]
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