Social Robots and Autism
Paro is a very cute baby seal robot that responds to the emotions of its handlers by interpreting tactile and auditory stimuli (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJq5PQZHU-I). Its name is derived from Personal Robot. […]
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Jonathan Mitchell hablando sobre el movimiento de la neurodiversidad y el nuevo libro de Steve Silberman: “NeuroTribes”
El siguiente es un artículo dando la opinión de uno de nuestros lectores, Jonathan Mitchell. En este blog Jonathan comenta sobre el libro recientemente publicado por Steve Silberman intitulado “NeuroTribes: […]
Two of Canada’s Autism Organizations Merge
National Autism Organizations Unite (London, ON – October 5, 2015) – Canada’s large and growing autism population has lacked a strong united national voice for many years. Now, Autism Society […]
Peter Good: a Single Case Clinical Trial with Citrulline
I first met Peter a couple of years ago at an Autism Research Institute Think Tank. At the Think Tank Peter impressed everybody with his knowledge, specially about biochemical pathways. […]
Is my form of autism a type of hypokalemic (low potassium) sensory overstimulation?
The following blog is written by Yuval, a reader and contributor to our blog site. At present Yuval, who is on the autism spectrum, is completing a master’s degree in […]
Autism or Autisms: What should be our Default Position?
I recently gave a lecture for the Autism Research Institute. The same dealt with whether autism should be considered a single condition or a conglomerate of multiple disorders. My position […]
Exámenes médicos para la detección obligatoria del autismo
Recientemente el Grupo de Trabajo Preventivo de Estados Unidos presentó en un escrito su opinión sobre la necesidad para el cribado del autismo en niños atendidos por médicos primarios (ej., […]
Spirituality in Children
It is interesting that in talking to autistic individuals their concept of religion is usually enmeshed within previous sensory experiences of the scratchy clothes they had to wear in church […]
Temple Grandin Talks About Autism and Sensory Issues
I finished reading the latest book by Temple Grandin and though of doing a book review on the same. I bought the book from Amazon for $9.23. The paperbound edition […]
Jonathan Mitchell on NeuroTribes
The following is an opinion piece by one of our readers, Jonathan Mitchell. In this blog Jonathan reviews Steve Silberman’s recently published book “NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the […]
