Autism Speaks’ Rapid Decline
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, completed a master’s degree in […]
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Congress on Cortical Evolution in 2018
I was honored to be named as a guest speaker in the upcoming congress on Cortical Evolution 2018. The same will be celebrated in the Canary Islands, birthplace of my […]
Neurodiversity and Comorbidities
Neurodiversity proponents have a peculiar way of cherry picking characteristics of autism and hand-waving them into positive and somewhat appealing attributes. Repetitive movements, for example, are labelled as “personality traits” […]
Isabelle Rapin (1927-2017): the Grande Dame of Autism Research
It was with great sorrow that I learned of the passing away of Isabelle Rapin. She died this past month of pneumonia at the age of 89. For the past […]
The Brain in Autism: Part I
This was originally provided as a handout to accompany my presentation “Abnormalities of cortical circuitry in the brains of autistic individuals” at the Autism One conference in May, 2006. Introduction […]
Moving Forward in Our Understanding of Autism
Stephen M. Edelson, Ph.D. Autism Research Institute Fifty years ago, when Dr. Bernard Rimland founded the Autism Research Institute (ARI), he challenged virtually every accepted belief about autism. At a […]
Auditory Integration Therapy and Autism
Many treatments and interventions in autism have focused on methods to reduce maladaptive behaviors and symptoms of related comorbidities such as seizures. By way of contrast there has been little […]
“Autism Rehabilitation” in China
A couple of weeks ago I went to Beijing to provide a keynote lecture at an autism congress. I had made previous commitments for the time frame of the congress […]
Low frequency rTMS in Children with Autism
A few months ago I started reviewing the medical literature for reports that had used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with parameters similar to our studies for treating children with neurodevelopmental […]
The Complacency Monster that Ate Autism
The following blog was written by Jill Escher, president of the Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area. Jill is an autism research philanthropist (Escher Fund for Autism), a provider of […]
