The Brain in Autism: Part I
This was originally provided as a handout to accompany my presentation “Abnormalities of cortical circuitry in the brains of autistic individuals” at the Autism One conference in May, 2006. Introduction […]
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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 […]
Organization of the Cerebral Cortex: Photographs of the Congress in Louisville, KY 2013
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to host a congress in Louisville regarding the organization of the cerebral cortex. My co-chair was my good friend Ioan Opris […]
The Neurodiversity Argument: Good Intentions Resting on a Shaky Scientific Foundation
Neurodiversity is a movement that offers a perspective about autism that differs from that espoused by the medical profession. The ideology seems rooted in the anti-psychiatry movement ( see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-psychiatry […]
The Early History of Autism Research: John K. Darby, MD
The early history of research in autism is marked by a paucity of neuropathological studies. In agreement with Descartes dualist theory mental disorders were attributed to the mind and thus […]
Autism: Banking on the future of our children
Everybody agrees that in order to find the cause(s) of autism, we have to focus our investigation on the brain. Only by looking directly at the brain can we achieve […]
Cortical Chauvinism 