Zinc and the Immune System: The Secrets of Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a disease that affects about 1 in 68 children in the United States, according to an ADDM Network Survey from 2012. ASD include...
Tag: Autism
The Great Debate: Vaccines and Autism
Our topic of the week is Autism, which means I get to get on my favorite soapbox: vaccines and Autism. There is no link between childhood vaccines and the devel...
Who Done It? When Vaccines Plead Not Guilty to Being the Source of Autism
Autism is on the rise in the United States. The prevalence has increased from 1 in 110 in 2006 to 1 in 68 in 2010. This increase has led to more awareness surr...
Autism and Autism Research On the Rise
In the past decade the prevalence of autism has approximately doubled in diagnoses for children. In 2006, 1 in 110 children were diagnosed in the United States,...
Breaking down Autism
Introduction to Autism Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of various developmental disabilities defined by impaired social interaction and communication,...
Autism: What it is and Why it Happens
The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological disorder that is often characterized by impairments in communication, inappropriate social behavior, and re...
The Role of Synaptic Pruning in Autism
What is Autism? Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication, and restricted and re...
Is the world becoming Autistic?
Autism in the United States has slowly become a more common occurrence. Right now approximately 1 in 68 American children are found be on the autism spectrum, t...
Synaptic Pruning, Not The work of Hedge Trimmers
I can honestly say that I have very little pruning experience myself, less a few trees in the back yard. When I see a perfectly trimmed tree, bush, or shrub I o...
If not vaccines: what is causing so much more autism?
It has been well and widely substantiated that vaccines do not cause autism. DO NOT. In any way, shape, or form. Yet, there has been a drastic increase in the p...