Category: Autism News

Null result: The number of excitatory synapses (red, green) in the hippocampus remains unchanged in mice missing all three neuroligins (right) compared with controls (left). Deleting sticky molecules called neuroligins from astrocytes in mice has no effect on the cells’ shape or on synapse formation, a new preprint claims. The findings are at odds with…

WILDWOOD CREST, N.J. — Wildwood Crest’s newest dining destination has a mission to not only serve up delicious treats, but to also provide a welcoming destination for families of children with autism and other disabilities. Owners Aimee and Karl Famiano drew inspiration from their own family’s experiences when they opened Brandon’s Pancake House and Ice…

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A 13-year-old boy with autism has been living in the emergency department of a Colorado hospital for weeks after being abandoned there by his father, the Denver Post reported Friday. The boy was brought to UCHealth’s Longs Peak Hospital in Longmont, Colorado, June 6 on an “M1” and was abandoned by his father, the Longmont…

People Diagnosed with Autism Late in Life Need Acceptance Source: AlexLMX/Shutterstock Being diagnosed with autism as an adult is becoming more and more common as prevalence rates have increased. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) now estimates that one in every 44 adults has autism. My private practice diagnoses hundreds of autistic adults each year.…

More than 100 families of children with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are suing companies that market acetaminophen, the pain reliever in Tylenol and an array of other medications. Tylenol-maker Johnson & Johnson, as well as major retailers that use acetaminophen in their store-brand products, knew about research linking prenatal use of acetaminophen to…

Dup7 cortical neurons display increased sodium and potassium currents, increased synaptic activity and hyperexcitability early in the differentiation We performed whole-cell patch clamp experiments 5 weeks (day 34) after the start of the differentiation of 16 Dup7-mutant neurons and 13 control neurons derived from a first-degree relative of the same gender. In a voltage clamp…

One hundred and eight children were enrolled in our retrospective studies. Study 1 (Fig. 2a) is composed of 38 children on the autism spectrum (1 girl; 8.5 ± 0.25 years) and 24 TD children (12 girls; 8.2 ± 0.32 years), and Study 2 (Fig. 3a) additionally includes 21 children with DLD (9 girls; 7.9 ± 0.51 years) and 25 children displaying severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing…

Members of the Clerk family at a reception. Courtesy photo The American School for the Deaf in West Hartford has accepted a donation of priceless artifacts from the family of the school’s co-founder. Submitted  The American School for the Deaf (ASD) is honored to share news that they are the recent recipients of a generous…

Juggling the demands of children and elderly parents is tough. Both generations need care and finding the right balance can lead to a lot of strain on the generation caught in between. If you are caught up trying to take care of elderly parents who can no longer cope as well, while raising a young family,…