Year: 2023

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& AUSTIN (KXAN) – A team of researchers say they have observed a link between autism diagnosis in boys and their mothers drinking at least one diet soda daily or consuming an equivalent amount of the sweetener aspartame during pregnancy or while breastfeeding, according to a new study. In the study, the researchers at the…

Starting this month, I wanted to help fellow homeschool parents navigate the Leveled Daily Curriculum by showing how I run through lessons with my boys. I will be going through every subject to give some examples of how to teach each subject. This month, I will be featuring my favorite subject, math! Here are my…

Pictures are funny. You can look at a seemingly ordinary one and think nothing of it. A mom. Two kids. An older boy. A younger girl. A baby doll. They appear to be at a place with model trains. What you don’t see is the hard work. The years of practice. The relentless journey of…

My daughter, Olivia, is 14 years old. She is autistic, she has Sensory Processing Disorder, and anxiety. These photos were taken in 2009, during my daughter’s first year of life. Look at her amazing joint attention. She is always looking directly at me with a smile as bright as the sun. Such happy, beautiful pictures…

Credit: Unsplash+ The soaring incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a growing concern, with environmental factors and genetic predispositions being suspected contributors. A groundbreaking study by researchers at Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine and Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School reveals a potential biochemical link between the inability to…

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…