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There were no celebrity autism mother TV appearances last week and things were somewhat “normal” (a rather loaded word here, as regards autism and disability: what is “normal”……), though sobering.
Worry, WorryA 11-year-old boy is bullied as he gets off the schoolbus—and the attackers videotape it.
Autism and Genetics and the EnvironmentOn the age-old question of […]
Change the magnification—the perspective (just as, when autism became part of our lives, it seemed that the world was turned upside down) —and you can see something really different. Like this:
Snow under a microscope.
As Joey’s Mom puts it, We are all unique like every snowflake, and all the more when they are up close and […]
Using magnetoencephalography (MEG) brain imaging technology to measure brain electrical activity, Tony Wilson, Ph.D., has found that connections between brain cells are “deficient” between single regions of the brain in autistic children. It has been previously believed that such connections different between the regio ns of the brain in autistic persons. As reported in the […]
“Swim ocean.” Said Charlie very intently after breakfast.
Saturday was like this here at the beach. Today—-and ever since Sunday morning—it has been rain, gray sky, cool, windy: Stormy weather. Not exactly beach weather, if your thing is sitting on the sand and working on your tan, building sandcastles and tapping a foot in the wave. […]
There was no hot water in the shower at the YMCA so Charlie waited till we got home. He has been liking to shower long and leisuredly and has been taking an interest in the soap and in soaping himself (you never know when a “life skill” might emerge………). On a day of 90-degree-plus heat […]
Near-Vegetative Man Partially Recovers from Brain Injury, Recites Pledge of Allegiance: Scientific American reports
We never can know what is really going on in the brain of a non-verbal person with minimal or no motor skills.
When Worry Hijacks The Brain - TIME on obsessive-compulsive disorder
If you have a relative with OCD, you are 12% likely to […]
How to Predict the Weather Without a Forecast - wikiHow: Many has been the time that Charlie has been humming more and nervous and only post hoc propter hoc have I realized that the barometer has droppped; that something is up with the weather. So maybe it would be good to do a little […]
Some somewhat summery links I found and saved via del.icio.us:
Is the 5-second rule the invention of Genghis Khan?
Do you get sudden urges to make music? Maybe you have musicophilia…….
“Developmentally delayed” vs. MR: The over-use of euphemisms, by a pediatrician
Table of Condiments that Periodically Go Bad: watch what you leave out in the summer heat! (Relish […]
It has been thoroughly hot and humid here on the East Coast: I usually get a panoramic view of the New York skyline as I near my exit ramp on the Pulaski Skyway on my way to work, but today a murky gray haze obscured any view of Manhattan. Yesterday was no better—-and yesterday an […]
Yesterday I noted that MSG has been mentioned as a possible cause of autism; today, Dr. John Cannell, a psychiatrist, claims that the rise in the incidence of autism is due to pregnant women not getting enough Vitamin D, as noted in today’s Globe and Mail. According to the Vitamin D Council:
Falling vitamin D levels […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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