Category: Autism News

I have a lot of things going on in my self-contained classroom throughout the school day.  Thankfully, I have iPads in my classroom that allow me to quickly set up centers and reinforce my students.  iPads and technology can get noisy quickly, so I needed to find a solution to decrease the noise in my…

Do the seeds of neurodiversity come from the family tree? It’s a question we’ve been asking in one form or another since the early 1900s, when psychiatrists first began writing about the collection of symptoms we now refer to as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Over a century later, our understanding of autism has grown by…

In the U.S., almost 20 percent of children have developmental delays, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, learning disabilities or speech and language disorders. These disorders are usually diagnosed in childhood and have specific and time-intensive treatments based on severity. The prevalence of some of these disorders is rising, including autism. The Centers for Disease…

Many years ago, at the conclusion of a talk I gave on bone health in teens with anorexia nervosa, I was approached by a colleague, Ann Neumeyer, MD, medical director of the Lurie Center for Autism at Massachusetts General Hospital, who asked about bone health in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). When I explained…

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Andrew N. Wilner, MD: Welcome to Medscape. I’m your host, Dr Andrew Wilner, reporting virtually from the 2023 American Academy of Neurology Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Dana Allison about her presentation, “A Survey of Virtual Reality Interventions for Autistic Spectrum…

As a practicing Limited Licensed Psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst in the State of Michigan, who own and operate the McCrory Center for Behavioral Health, I am all too familiar with this condition and have spent the last six years helping others understand Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), I believe it is important to continue…

Unequal opportunities: Attaining “super principal investigator” status can be difficult for researchers who start with fewer resources. Stígur Már Karlsson / Getty Images Black and women researchers are less likely than their white male counterparts to have three or more grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) at one time, according to a…

Unconditional love: Love or affection without any limitations or conditions. You hear this term frequently, often associated with motherhood. This was certainly the case for me. Little did I know how the unconditional love I have for my children would take shape over the years. The moment I felt the first flutters and when I…

Last month we celebrated Autism Awareness Month as an organization by launching an official partnership with Champion Autism Network (CAN). We invited Becky Large, Executive Director of Champion Autism Network & CEO of Autism Travel Club, to be a guest author on the Miles blog to share more about CAN’s mission and what destinations can do…

Summary: Researchers discovered an oxytocin deficiency in patients with a rare vasopressin deficiency, a pituitary gland disease. This deficiency could potentially explain symptoms such as anxiety and social interaction difficulties that persist despite treatment. The findings suggest that disorders impacting vasopressin production may concurrently affect oxytocin production due to their close anatomical proximity. This breakthrough…