autism

The first autism disease genes

harminka — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:15:35 -0500

The autistic disorder was first described, more than sixty years ago, by Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA), who created the new label ´early infantile autism´.

Lee Scott MP opens new offices of UK Autism Foundation

Autism News — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:50:17 -0500

Lee Scott MP recently visited South Woodford in East London in the United Kingdom to open the offices of a new autism charity for a new generation, the UK Autism Foundation.

Ultrasonic vocalization patterns in mice useful for modeling autism

harminka — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:17 -0500

Scientists have found novel patterns of ultrasonic vocalizations in a genetic mouse model of autism, adding a unique element to the available mouse behaviors that capture components of the human disease, and representing a new step towards identifying causes and better treatments.

UT Health Science Center researchers study diet and autism

harminka — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:35:29 -0500

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have embarked on one of the first double-blind, clinical studies to determine whether gluten and dairy products play a role in autistic behavior as parents have anecdotally claimed.

Faulty brain connections conceal intentions of others in autism

harminka — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:58:34 -0500

Picking up on innuendo and social cues is a central component of engaging in conversation, but people with autism often struggle to determine another person's intentions in a social interaction.

UK Autistic Teenager found after Hospital Blunder

Autism News — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:15:36 -0500

(London, UK) A 16 year old British teenager,James Wilson who has autism, has been found by police having walked from Epping via Chelmsford to Colchester in Essex, after a massive hospital blunder. Mrs Lash Wilson, mother of James has called on the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Secretary of State for Health Alan Johnson to launch an inquiry as how a vulnerable teenager with autism was allowed out of Goodmayes Hospital in Essex to go to the cornershop unsupervised.

Further evidence for genetic contribution to autism

harminka — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:41:57 -0500

Some parents of children with autism evaluate facial expressions differently than the rest of us – and in a way that is strikingly similar to autistic patients themselves, according to new research by psychiatrist Dr. Joe Piven of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and neuroscientist Ralph Adolphs, Ph.D., of the California Institute of Technology.

Research finds further evidence for genetic contribution to autism

harminka — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:03:49 -0500

Some parents of children with autism evaluate facial expressions differently than the rest of us--and in a way that is strikingly similar to autistic patients themselves, according to new research by neuroscientist Ralph Adolphs of the California Institute of Technology and psychiatrist Joe Piven at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Middle Eastern families yield intriguing clues to autism

harminka — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:42:08 -0500

Research involving large Middle Eastern families, sophisticated genetic analysis and groundbreaking neuroscience has implicated a half-dozen new genes in autism.

The first autism disease genes

harminka — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:47:49 -0500

The autistic disorder, a neurodevelopmental disease first described in 1943, represents a challenge for treatment and a puzzle for research. Alongside Asperger syndrome, a milder form of the disorder, autism is classified in the continuum of various Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), all of which are characterized by deficits in language, social interaction, and a strangely restricted and repetitive behaviour (stereotypy).

Researchers link early stem cell mutation to autism

harminka — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:40:30 -0500

In a breakthrough scientific study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research have shown that neural stem cell development may be linked to Autism.

Why You Are Hearing More about Autism

admin_huliq — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:01:02 -0500

It has been a high profile year for autism. A severely autistic Minnesota boy was banned from church. An autistic kindergartner in Florida was voted out of class. A mother and her autistic son were thrown off an American Airlines flight at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. And another mother and autistic toddler were kicked off an airplane in Huston reportedly because the boy was repeating ‘bye, bye plane’ during the safety speech.