Websites and articles focused on autism spectrum disorders.
autism spectrum disorders
Autism Dietary Intervention
Behavioral and cognitive symptoms of children with autism can many times be managed or eliminated through dietary change—an important first step to recovering your child.
Autism Support
Support for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders as well as adults on the spectrum.
Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
FDA-approved naltrexone, in a low dose, can boost the immune system — helping those with HIV/AIDS, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and central nervous system disorders.
Impaired Brain Plasticity Linked To Angelman Syndrome Learning Deficits
Researchers believe that the disruption of a single gene in the brain can cause the severe cognitive deficits associated with Angelman syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder often misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy or autism…
Enlarged brain region found in toddlers with autism: study
Toddlers with autism seem more likely to have a larger amygdala, the area of the brain linked with facial recognition and emotion, a brain scanning study suggests.
New Study: Autism Linked to Environment
Research links soaring incidence of the mysterious neurological disorder to fetal and infant exposure to pesticides, viruses, household chemicals.
Autism Teen Creates “Outsider” Art
Arthur Simo is a teenager, self-taught artist and he has autism. Creating art gives him a way of showing his feelings about the way he perceives the world around him.
Indiana: High rates of autism, toxic pollution
Indiana’s autism rate is now 1 in 113, above the national rate. Is it a coincidence that 266 million pounds of toxic chemicals were released into the state’s air, land and water in 2006 alone?
Pregnancy, Candida and Autism
Dear Donna, Is there a link between autism and fungal infections in a mother during pregnancy?