Autism News

Researchers have put forward a method for predicting autism in infants by examining how their brain reacts as they attempt to speak and process language.

Sunday April 28th sees Autism Speaks Canada’s Toronto Kick-Off Event launched. The Kick-Off will have over 200 people in attendance, made up mostly of families and children affected by autism.

Researchers have proposed a new means of assessing whether a newborn will develop autism. This is by carrying out an analysis of the placenta.

Researchers have developed a method for rendering the brain of a mouse transparent. This non-destructive process is designed to allow scientists to better visualize brain conditions such as autism.

Sydney - On 2 April the Sydney Opera House was lit up in blue to mark the sixth annual United Nations World Autism Awareness Day.

The use of electrodes implanted deep in the brain helps to counter the effects with autism and may help autistic people lead an improved life.

I'm not going to pretend to be an expert in psychiatry. But the proposed DSM-V - the bible of psychiatric diagnosis - seems fundamentally flawed to me. Can someone convince me this upcoming edition is not turning psychiatric diagnosis into a crock?

Cut Bank - “Normal is Just a Dryer Setting” is the personal platform for Miss Montana’s Alexis Wineman, an 18-year-old woman who became the first autistic contestant to compete in the Miss America Pageant.

With talks about Adam Lanza having something like autism or Asperger's, parents of children with such conditions & medical experts have rejected the notion that the condition is to blame for Sandy Hook.

The term “Asperger's disorder" has been dropped from the official manual used by the American Psychiatric Association, which has recently been published. This could have implications for the diagnosis of cases of autism.