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Autism Vox

Archive for the ‘Intelligence’ Category

September 23rd, 2007

This Week’s Top Posts

Last week saw a constant stream of news items about autism. Here are some highlights:

Aide Files Charges Against 6-year-oldNathan Darnell is to appear in juvenile court on September 25.
Would you want him Tased or hit by a car?Orange County sheriff’s deputies use a Taser stun gun to subdue 15-year-old Taylor Karras who had fled from […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 3 comments

September 19th, 2007

Brain Networks and Intelligence

On this topic, please also see ASD as a Developmental Disorder: A Suggested Neurological Underpinning by Ian Parker at A Shade of Grey.
In a post yesterday (not the one about Jenny McCarthy), I wrote about whether IQ testing is necessary as a measure of intelligence. A recent study looks at the neurobiology of intelligence which, […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 8 comments