Chronic pain and autism
Chronic pain is a common cause of disability within our society. A recent study from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey found that approximately 11% or 25 million adults in […]
Tag Archives: autism
Treatment of Pediatric Constipation
The following is an informative leaflet from our hospital (Greenville Health System) Guidelines for Treatment of Pediatric Constipation Pediatric constipation is very common. Most children have functional constipation and do […]
The Invention of Autism In the Midst of Nazism
By Claudia Mazzucco In 1942, the world was a hellish place when Austrian pediatrician Dr. Hans Asperger submitted to Vienna University his postdoctoral thesis (published two years later). Adolf Hitler […]
Immersed: Our Experience with Autism
“Immersed” Takes an Unflinching View of Severe Autism [This review first appeared at https://www.sfautismsociety.org/blog/immersed-take-an-unflinching-view-of-severe-autism in January of 2017.] (Clickable image to link in Amazon) Immersed: Our Experience with Autism Text […]
Six Things to Love About “Autism Uncensored”
Jill Escher is the mother of two children with nonverbal autism, a provider of low-income housing for adults with developmental disabilities, and president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, […]
Autism and other health related epidemics
I am just coming back from an Autism Research Institute Think Tank. I was happy to see many old friends there and to make new ones. The Think Tank has […]
Autism may be more common than previously thought, according to the CDC
The CDC has reported an increased prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in its monitoring network of 11 sites within the United States. The previous prevalence released in 2016 was reported […]
Leo Kanner and Autism: A 75 Year Perspective
Leo Kanner played a paramount role in defining autism as a medical condition and in changing societal views towards people with disabilities. He used his academic position at Johns Hopkins […]
Pain and Autism
Many individuals in the autism spectrum have sensory abnormalities that can either numb or sensitize them. In a population study of 208 autistic children 20-54 month of age referred to […]
Twilah Hiari: Neurodiversity is Dead. Now What?
Twilah Hiari is an autistic blog writer whose opinions, in part, are a throwback to the Anti-Psychiatry movement of the 1960’s but actualized to fit the problematics of the current […]
