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Autism Ahead - 1 views

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Pioneer in treatment of autism dies - My News 4 - KRNV, Reno, NV - 0 views

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  • Tero Toivanen on 04 Aug 10
     
    Ivar Lovaas pioneer in treatmet of autism died.

Everyday Life with Autism - 5 views

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The Advantages of Tourette's : The Frontal Cortex - 0 views

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    Tim Howard: "I like the way I am. If I woke up tomorrow without Tourette's, I wouldn't know what to do with myself."
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SpringerLink - Journal Article - 1 views

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    Melatonin significantly improved sleep latency (by an average of 47 min) and total sleep (by an average of 52 min) compared to placebo, but not number of night wakenings. The side effect profile was low and not significantly different between the two arms.
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Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Evidence of Common Genes Linking Autism Spectrum Disord... - 0 views

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  • genetic mutations in the SHANK2 gene, partially responsible for linking nerve cells,  and variants in the number of gene copies that were common to patients with autism and patients with mental retardation.
  • the same mutation can be present in an autistic patient with normal intelligence and in a mentally impaired patient
  • Our findings further link common genes between ASD and intellectual disability.
  • Tero Toivanen on 07 Jun 10
     
    Link between Autism and intellectual disability?
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Autism finding could lead to simple urine test for the condition - 0 views

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  • The researchers behind the study, from Imperial College London and the University of South Australia, suggest that their findings could ultimately lead to a simple urine test to determine whether or not a young child has autism.
  • People with autism are also known to suffer from gastrointestinal disorders and they have a different makeup of bacteria in their guts from non-autistic people.
  • Today's research shows that it is possible to distinguish between autistic and non-autistic children by looking at the by-products of gut bacteria and the body's metabolic processes in the children's urine. The exact biological significance of gastrointestinal disorders in the development of autism is unknown.
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  • The distinctive urinary metabolic fingerprint for autism identified in today's study could form the basis of a non-invasive test that might help diagnose autism earlier. This would enable autistic children to receive assistance, such as advanced behavioural therapy, earlier in their development than is currently possible.
  • The researchers suggest that their new understanding of the makeup of bacteria in autistic children's guts could also help scientists to develop treatments to tackle autistic people's gastrointestinal problems.
  • Professor Jeremy Nicholson, the corresponding author of the study, who is the Head of the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College London, said: "Autism is a condition that affects a person's social skills, so at first it might seem strange that there's a relationship between autism and what's happening in someone's gut. However, your metabolism and the makeup of your gut bacteria reflect all sorts of things, including your lifestyle and your genes. Autism affects many different parts of a person's system and our study shows that you can see how it disrupts their system by looking at their metabolism and their gut bacteria.
  • We hope our findings might be the first step towards creating a simple urine test to diagnose autism at a really young age
  • A urine test might enable professionals to quickly identify children with autism and help them early on," he added.
  • The researchers reached their conclusions by using H NMR Spectroscopy to analyse the urine of three groups of children aged between 3 and 9: 39 children who had previously been diagnosed with autism, 28 non-autistic siblings of children with autism, and 34 children who did not have autism who did not have an autistic sibling. They found that each of the three groups had a distinct chemical fingerprint. Non-autistic children with autistic siblings had a different chemical fingerprint than those without any autistic siblings, and autistic children had a different chemical fingerprint than the other two groups.
  • Tero Toivanen on 03 Jun 10
     
    This is interesting finding. Hope it will give results!
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Researchers find mirror neuron system functions normally in individuals with autism - 0 views

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    A team of neuroscientists has found that the mirror neuron system, which is thought to play a central role in social communications, responds normally in individuals with autism. Their findings, reported in the journal Neuron, counter theories suggesting that a mirror system dysfunction causes the social difficulties exhibited by individuals with autism.
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Non-Verbal Autistics: Why No Words? - 1 views

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  • To be honest, I had assumed that those people who do not speak - but DO communicate - have physical issues with forming words.  After all, I reasoned, if a person wants to communicate but doesn't speak, it must be because speech is just too difficult. But it turns out that I may be wrong.  In fact, according to a top researcher in autism and communication (Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg, PhD of Boston University), "...the short answer is that we really don't know why some children with ASD don't learn to speak at all."
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      Tero Toivanen on 10 May 10
       
      This is the big question!
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Proloquo2Go iPad Software Gives Voice to the Autistic - ABC News - 1 views

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  • Tero Toivanen on 30 Apr 10
     
    This is just fantastic for people with autism spectrum diagnosis!

EZ Tools 4 Autism - 4 views

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