New Guidelines for the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders
An update on the 2007 report of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) was recently published in the journal Pediatrics. Those wishing for more information can download the pdf of […]
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Stephen Mark Shore
«I do tell people that in some ways the doctors were right about sending me to an institution. It just turned out to be an institution of higher education.» Stephen […]
Translating TMS: From Autism Science to Autism Therapy
The following is a blog that I wrote at the request of John Elder Robison. John wanted to know how I became interested in Transcranial Magnetic Simulation (TMS) and what […]
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Blind Children
Recently my good friend Isabelle Rapin brought to my attention an article published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The article was conducted by Dr. Rubin Jure from […]
Igor Shpitsberg
Occasionally I will write a blog about people that have made a difference in regards to autism at the international level. Today I will talk a little about Igor Shpitsberg. […]
Neurotribes: How the Cookie Crumbles?
“First Bettelheim, now Silberman” -Manuel Casanova (2016) It has been several months since the publication of Neurotribes and more data is constantly emerging about the contrived nature of the publication. […]
Olga Bogdashina: Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome
The second edition of Olga Bogdashina’s classic book has just been released. The same is entitled «Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome- Different Perceptual Worlds». It can be […]
Repetitive and stereotyped behaviors in autism
Repetitive and stereotyped behaviors (RSB) are considered a core symptom of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This defining symptom has been known since the original series of 11 children described by […]
Finding meaning in autism
Sometime ago I remember attending a lecture by John Robison at IMFAR regarding his life experiences as an autistic individual. John expressed that despite his success, autism had provide a […]
Steve Silberman y su tribu de simpatizantes nazis
Hace poco empecé a leer el libro «En una clave distinta: La historia del autismo», de John Donvan y Caren Zucker. Dada la coincidencia fortuita que Steve Silberman publicó recientemente […]
Cortical Chauvinism 