Category: Autism News

American X Wrestling “HONOR: Autism Acceptance” results 4/29/23 American X Wrestling, once again, delivered an impactful event this past Saturday night at the Historic Hamburg Field House in beautiful Hamburg, PA. The fans came out in droves to support our true heroes –  those who survive and thrive with autism. In six-man tag team action,…

Cases of children with profound autism, the most severe form of the condition, are increasing, according to a new study. The Centers for Disease Control study shows that a quarter of children with autism are diagnosed with profound autism and are most likely to be poor, female, and non-white. Here, Walter Zahorodny, director of the New Jersey Autism Study at the…

As April wraps up, so does Autism Awareness Month, but that doesn’t end the need for care for people in Connecticut living with autism. Springtide Child Development takes a holistic approach to treatment, and that includes looking out for comorbidities, other health conditions that someone with autism might be dealing with and need attention for.…

Genes account for up to about 85 percent of autism’s heritability, but only about 10 percent of autistic people have an identifiable genetic cause for their diagnosis — typically a rare, single-letter change to their DNA or a deletion or duplication of a big chunk of the genome. The genetic factors behind most autism cases…

You might be hearing some new voices on your BART station announcements this month, as a group of Bay Area youngsters with autism are the stars of a new series of BART public-address bits. Some new BART station announcements are being broadcast across the transit system this month, with announcers who employ their own signature…

Baylisascaris spp. are ascarid worms that parasitize the small intestines of multiple species. The primary definitive host for B. procyonis roundworms is the raccoon (Procyon lotor), although other carnivores, including dogs, can serve as definitive hosts (1). Infected raccoons shed >1 million B. procyonis eggs daily; excreted eggs take 2–4 weeks to embryonate and become…

This 40-year-old man has a 16-year-old daughter along with his 39-year-old ex-wife. To be honest, the reason he filed to divorce his ex-wife is that she is truly one mean woman. His ex-wife always delighted in making fun of people. She would always point out what she perceived to be flaws in other people and…

While Autism Awareness Month may have started with good intentions, every April my autism support groups are flooded with upset reactions to Autism Awareness posts. While these posts mean well, because society’s conditioned people to beware of autism, they usually come out infantilizing, condescending, or even dehumanizing, advocating for the end of autism…which they don’t…

Your browser does not support the video tag. Pause Feeling it out: Three human microglia survey their surroundings in a new experimental setup for studying the cells. Courtesy of Fred Gage / Salk Institute Clusters of human cells grafted onto the brains of mice have enabled scientists to probe for the first time how microglia…

By William Anixter, MD, with Courtney Kelly. Autism spectrum disorder (hereafter referred to as “autism”) is a complex, multidimensional condition far from fully understood. Though its etiology is still under investigation, its diagnostic criteria are constantly evolving, and its presentation varies significantly from individual to individual, challenges or differences interacting with others have remained one…