The strong heritability of autism spectrum disorder has prompted the field to take a “genetics first” approach, emphasizing a hunt for DNA-based clues in affected individuals and their family members. […]
What is causing the staggering increase in autism prevalence? So far research has yielded few answers. In this recent letter to leaders at the NIH, research philanthropist Jill Escher, who […]
Jill Escher is an autism research philanthropist, president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, autism housing provider, and mother of two children with nonverbal forms of autism. Several of […]
“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 […]
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, […]
After Simon Baron-Cohen suggests autism lose its status as a disorder and instead be considered a variant like left-handedness or homosexuality, this stupefied mom marvels at the collapse of meaning […]
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 […]
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