Finding The Cause or Cure for Autism
The final discussion of the semester was on a topic that I care a lot about: autism. This past summer, I worked for my school districts out of school time child...
Tag: Autism
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a range of conditions classified as pervasive developmental disorders which include autism, Asperger syndrome, pervasive de...
Autism vs. Asperger's Syndrome
One of the articles we read had the main topic of autism and the environmental and genetic factors that can cause it. In the article it talks about the redox/me...
Music Therapy: A Possible Treatment for Autism
Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder that has increased in number of cases, from 3 in 10,000 in 1970 to 66 in 10,000 in 2002. Genetic factors alone cann...
The Growing Spectrum: Why is Autism on the Rise?
Considering the personal relationships I have with members of the educational community, I often hear teachers refer to children that are “on the spectru...
Does Sheldon Cooper Have Autism?
“Knock! Knock! Knock! Penny? Knock! Knock! Knock! Penny? Knock! Knock! Knock! Penny?” All you fans out there who watch our beloved Shelly on the CBS sit-com Big...
Your Brain on Heavy Metals.
This week in Neurochem we talked about a very controversial and growingly prevalent topic – autism. As most people know, autism is a disorder characterized by a...
Synchronized Dance Therapy for Autism
A new hypothesis in the cause of Autism is that of a dysfunctional motor neuron system. Motor neurons were discovered in the early 1990s while studying the brai...
A Rotating Obsession: Autism Diagnosis and Treatment
As of 2002 autism affected 66 out of 10,000 people in the United States. With its growing prevalence, it is becoming even more important to get a proper diagno...
Heavy Metal Autism
Our paper this week talked about environmental effects and how they play into theories for how autism starts in kids. One factor that is thought to cause...