Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System
“Difficulties with interoception help to explain why I have a hard time identifying my exact symptoms when I am sick, why sometimes I seem to eat snack after snack without […]
Tag Archives: autism symptoms
How the FBI Trapped the Libor Scandal’s Mastermind
The following is an excerpt from the book Spider Network written by David Enrich. The same can be obtained from Amazon on pre-order for $15.59 hardbound. The book cover summarizes […]
Legislative Advocacy
March is the month in which South Carolina celebrates Legislative Action at the State Capitol. The activities are meant to recognize the role played by advocates in helping allocate resources […]
Genetic Counseling in Autism
Genetics play an important role in autism. Twin studies suggest that the heritability of autism falls in the range of 36 to 95%. Similarly striking is the fact that the […]
Paul Isaacs: Living Through the Haze
Paul Isaacs’ book, “Living Through the Haze”, has been published (second edition). The book has new content, a new introduction and an afterword that I wrote. Paul was diagnosed as […]
Thoughts on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Autism
During the past few years a lot of interest has been generated regarding the possible use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) as a therapeutic modality for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). […]
Internal sensory stress and discomfort/pain in autism
The following is an editorial written by my good friend Steve Edelson (http://bit.ly/2kFrI5e). It recently appeared published in Autism Research Review International (Volume 30, Number 4), a quarterly publication of […]
Autism and Catatonia
Catatonia is a state of unresponsiveness that affects a person’s ability to move and react to external stimuli. It is often associated with mutism, echolalia (repeating the words of others), […]
Inflammation and Autism
Everybody has suffered from some type of inflammatory condition. Inflammation is a common symptom reflecting that something harmful is happening to your body. Contrary to popular belief inflammation is not […]
David Miedzianik
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 […]
