What Does Your Brain Have to Do With Obesity?
Before last week, I rarely thought about obesity. Not because it wasn’t in my life – my Dad and most of my uncles are obese – it had just become so present that...
Month: December 2016
Bet’cha Can’t Eat Just One: The Reality of Food Addiction
We’ve all seen the Lays commercials where they “Bet You Can’t Eat Just One” of their amazing chips. And it’s true. It is really difficult to eat just one chip. ...
Insulin’s Role in the CNS
Most people are aware that insulin plays a very important regulatory role within our body. As glucose levels rise within the body, insulin is responsible for br...
Risk Factors for Autism
Autism is a very common condition. This disorder is characterized by abnormal social behavior and communication. Autism is often caused by genetic factors, howe...
Our Immune Systems and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Often when we think about our immune system we think of it helping us survive and fight off disease, but rarely, unless it affects us directly, do we think of o...
Autism at a Glance: Two Factors Increasing Risk of Autism
According to our article,” Environmental Factors in Autism”, their definition states Autism as neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impairments in comm...
Genetic Mutations and Pica in Autism
Autism is a very complex disorder that has a wide spectrum of severity. Some of the broader symptoms used to diagnose autism, per The National Institute of Ment...
Autism: A Classroom Perspective
If a kid doesn’t participate in class, they get a bad grade. If they act out or are disrespectful, they get sent to the principal’s office. There is typically ...
Searching for Answers About Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is something I have grappled with trying to understand for much of my life. I think I grew up with the idea that autism was a con...
My Experience as a Special Education Aid – Dealing With Autism in Kids
Back in my home town in Montana I have had the pleasure of working as an aid alongside some of the staff in my old school’s special education department. ...