Double Helix Water: Quackery at its Worse
I recently had the opportunity to visit a booth for double helix water at a congress where it was being promoted as a possible therapeutic intervention for autism. The exhibitors […]
Tag Archives: autism spectrum
Craniosacral therapy or how to take advantage of desperate parents?
Craniosacral therapy is the use of hand manipulation in order to massage the dural sack and reposition the joints of cranial bones. It is based on concepts of osteopathy readapted […]
The body plan in autism: stiffness and anxiety
While writing this blog I find myself attending an international autism congress in Burgos, Spain. Thus far all of the lectures have been excellent. I have enjoyed the hospitality, the […]
Andrew Wakefield: mass delusions and conspiracy theories
I really appreciate Terri and Ed Arranga for inviting me to AutismOne 2014. I know they are thoroughly convinced of the role of vaccines in autism; a point of view […]
Barack Obama’s letter to IMFAR 2014
The White House Washington May 7, 2014 I send greeting to all those attending the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR). Millions around the world live on the autism spectrum, […]
The best presentation at IMFAR2014: Marsha Mailick
It is difficult to read about autism in the newspaper nowadays without the article including the photograph of a young autistic child. The focus of the photograph is so much […]
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy for autism consensus conference
With five congresses to attend in May and 4 more in June my head has started to spin. However, I am hoping to enjoy the experience as all of the […]
Storytelling, learning, and autism
Storytelling is part of the therapeutic interventions that have been tried in autism. The idea for using storytelling is to facilitate language skills and increase attention in autistic children. These […]
A frame of mind: the problem with neurotypicals
In previous articles, as well as in previous blogs (see http://bit.ly/1iT0BJq), I have written about differences in the blueprint of connectivity of the brain (so-called connectome) that ingrain autistics with […]
Zombies, Theory of Mind, and Autism
If you lack sleep or if you are bored you may find yourself half conscious while reading this blog. Freud would say that many of our personal problems lurk in […]
