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. […]
Tag Archives: autism spectrum disorders
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 […]
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 […]
Timothy Syndrome and Autism
Timothy syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder. Fewer than 20 cases have been reported worldwide. Symptoms are manifested early on in life and affected individuals tend to die […]
Schizophrenia and Autism: the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome
Many years ago I found myself reviewing the literature for childhood onset schizophrenia. I was planning on writing an article reporting the autopsy findings of three such cases that came […]
Vaccines and Autism
Several years ago I was approached by government lawyers who wanted me to testify at the Omnibus Autism Proceedings of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. They wanted to use my […]
We already know what is happening to the brain in autism
The following is a link to a lecture that I provided at Autism One 2014. The same is laden with some medical verbiage but it was meant to illustrate my […]
A Little Known Fact: Very Late Onset Autism
Autism is presently recognized as a neurodevelopmental disorder. This means that sometime during gestation brain development is disturbed. Fingerprints indicative of migrational abnormalities and cortical malformations support the premise that […]
Carmen B. Pingree
It is amazing what parents are able to achieve on behalf of their children. The TEACCH program in North Carolina and the career of Dr. Eric Schopler came about as […]
