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Autism Vox

August 8th, 2008

I’d Rather Be…..

So we come home from an hour swimming at the pool and Charlie says, “Carrots, lunchbox.” And after I give the “yeah, sure,” he opens a cabinet and takes out a Ziploc. As we have no carrots, I suggest grapes, and go to empty the laundry from the dryer.
When I come back to the kitchen, […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 11 comments

May 14th, 2008

Genes Linked to Social Impairments

A new study in the May 15th Biological Psychiatry has found genetic links to the “impaired social behaviors” of autistic children. Researchers from Yale University studied six genes “known to be involved in maternal and affiliative behaviors”; they suggest that two neurohormones which are linked to affiliative behaviors in animals, prolactin and oxytocin, are linked […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 11 comments