Autism

French researchers from the Center of Cognitive Neuroscience in Lyon have identified a hormone believed to encourage bonding between babies and their mothers that may help improve social interaction in adults with autism.
As published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers discovered that those given the hormone Oxytocin showed improved [...]

Vetta’s life started hard; he never knew his mother or father As a mere infant he was abandoned on the streets of Cambodia. Taken to a government-run orphanage, he grew up in a less than supportive environment. He became aggressive when something frustrated or angered him, erratic. He would [...]

At this point, many experts still disagree about a clear definition - the actual difference between autism and Asperger’s syndrome, which seems to be a matter of degree, mostly dealing with communication issues. Autism is widely known as a “spectrum” illness, as it has a rather broad range of symptoms and associated conditions, which usually [...]

While many children have slight delays in some development areas, there are signs that parents can look for as their child reaches certain age milestones, as a means of properly diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A few of the areas which should be carefully watched are motor skills, speech, spatial memory and certain kinds [...]

Unfortunately, an actual cure for autism, a disabling neurological disorder, has yet to be discovered. Affected children can grow up suffering from speech impairment, difficulties in social interaction, abnormal learning and an inability to enjoy many of life’s experiences which we all take for granted. It has been shown that early diagnosis and intervention can [...]

Communication skills for autistic children differ from the norm, including their thinking process. Children with autism find words too busy, so it’s easier to retain information through pictures. Through remembering specific pictures, autistic children can learn to understand other people and express themselves to a certain extent.
Autistic children generally learn verbal language by converting any [...]

There aren’t any parents who want to consider that their children might be suffering from autism, a life-shattering developmental disorder that’s anticipated to effect more than one in 150 children in the United States alone. The affliction is thought to affect children from birth or the very first few months of life, and typically results [...]

Although many experts disagree about a precise definition, the difference between autism and Asperger’s syndrome seems to be a matter of severity and is tied to communication issues. Autism is known as a “spectrum” illness, as it has a wide variety of symptoms and associated conditions, the most common elements involve poor or impaired social [...]

While quite a few children have delays in one developmental area or another, there are several specific signs that parents can attempt to identify as their child nears certain predetermined age milestones, as a fairly accurate means of correctly diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Some areas to watch closely include motor skills, speech, spatial [...]

Sadly, a definitive cure for autism, a disabling neurological disorder, has yet to be found. Affected children can grow up suffering from speech impairment, difficulties in social interaction, abnormal learning and an inability to enjoy many of life’s experiences which we all take for granted. Many studies have indicated that early diagnosis and skilled intervention [...]