How Important Is the Environment in Autism Development?
Autism Risk Factors Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which problems with communication, interest, social ability, and behavior are exhibited. There ar...
Month: October 2017
How Did We Get to Holland? a Journey to Autism
Sesame Street writer Emily Perl Kingsley is often asked to describe what it is like to raise child with disability. She describes it as planning a trip to Ital...
Zn2+ Deficiency Can Potentially Cause Autism
Zn2+ involves in many biochemical reactions in our body by modifying or being a part the enzyme protein. In addition, Zn2+ modulates the complex ProSAP/Shank in...
Nature Versus Nurture: Environmental Factors in Autism
The cause of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been a question asked for years. Many have speculated yet the definite cause has yet to be articulated. Genes ha...
Autism or Superhero?
Today, we live in a society purely built on profit. Life flies by at a million miles an hour all because businesses need to be more efficient, profits need to b...
Autism: Factors Understood, Cause Not Yet Ascertained
Starting a family is a wonderful adventure for many couples. Everything is expected to go smoothly, and more often than not it does, with the exception of a few...
Prenatal Risk Factors and Autism
The embryonic and fetal stages of development are perhaps the most important time periods in your entire life, at least in terms of healthy development. Exposur...
Pregnancy and Autism: Can I Prevent My Child From Developing Autism?
Why the panic? Autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are becoming more prevalent as the years continue to pass, with about 1 in 68 children diagnosed with ...
The Role of the Environment in the Development of Autism
Autism is a neurodevelopment disorder that is generally diagnosed at a young age. Over the past couple decades the rates of autism have been significantly incre...
Zinc Deficiency and Autism
What is Autism? Autism, or autism spectrum disorder(ASD), refers to a range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, ...