Visualizing Neurodiversity: Breathing for Treatment
This is another blog on neurodiversity by one of our readers. I am hoping that this first person account, as well as others to follow, will promote more understanding among […]
Tag Archives: autism symptoms
MMR and thimerosal confer no risk for autism
The following is an abstract to an article recently published (Jan 3, 2015) in the journal Vaccine. The same claims no association between MMR vaccination and thimerosal–containing vaccine to autism […]
Adolescence as a risk factor for depression in autism
It has been said that you can’t understand a mind except in the context of the world it lives in. Often an inability to shift your frame of reference may […]
Neurodiversity :Conflict Resolution
I am presently taking care of the medical needs of a close family member in another state. In this regard, I am sorry that I have not been able to […]
The Neurodiversity Movement: Reconciling Different Perspectives
I have been surprised at the attention received by my last blog. I was bedridden with post-flu vertigo while writing the same. The inordinate time that I had to write […]
The Neurodiversity Movement: Lack of Trust
In the midst of a not-so rationalist society the learned elite of autistic individuals, the few, have launched a reformation movement that has been conveyed primarily through autobiographical accounts and […]
End of the year summary
This will be my last blog for the year. I may start again after the first week of January. For those interested I would like summarize the results of our […]
Video: Basic brain mechanisms underlying autism
A few months ago I was able to participate in an Autism Think Tank that took place in Toronto, Canada. Summaries of the presentations can be found on a previous […]
Memory traces and autism
The ability to multitask is of great importance in present day society. Our environment bombards each of us with important cues and signals from both the external and internal world. […]
Protecting yourself against health fraud or quackery
In previous blogs I have written about several treatments avidly publicized within the autism community (see http://bit.ly/1v84aGM and also http://bit.ly/1rKgjfS ). These treatments promote fraudulent interventions with little in terms […]
