Month: October 2023

When my son was two years old his daycare provider told me that he would never speak, make a friend, or ride a bike. She later went on to say he would never hit a baseball. She told me at my car after I had buckled my son into his car seat and closed the…

People ask me all the time how they can help. People on this page. I speak about that out of control feeling that happens when my son starts struggling. When his big feelings about waiting or sitting overwhelm him. Or when the noise is too much, and the lights are too bright, or he smells…

Fade out: Presynapses (purple) on sensory neurons dwindle over the first 24 hours of fruit fly metamorphosis. Over- or under-expression of UBE3A, a gene linked to autism and autism-related syndromes, alters synapse pruning at the signal-releasing ends of neurons, according to a study in fruit flies. The findings add to mounting evidence that UBE3A plays…

HONOLULU — For most of his 15 years, Ryan Edghill-Pearson was trapped in a prison of silence like many people with autism — he couldn’t speak. “My son used to have such rages, it’s the frustration of not being able to communicate,” Janet Edghill said, and to make it worse his lack of speech led…

Summary: Scientists have discovered a direct link between the protein p53 and autism-like behavior in mice. The researchers studied the effects of manipulating p53 levels in the mouse hippocampus. Reduced levels resulted in repetitive behavior, diminished sociability, and impaired learning, especially in male mice. This pivotal work uncovers the intricate role of p53 in neurodevelopmental…

Boy With Autism Wins Golf Tournament Despite Having Only Played Three Rounds in His Whole Life A boy named Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau recently shook the golf world, especially in his home country of New Zealand. The 12-year-old, who is on the autism spectrum, won a national tournament despite only having every played just three rounds of…