Category: Autism

Curemark, LLC announced that Founder and CEO Dr. Joan Fallon has presented Curemark’s most recent findings on autism at the Gordon Conference on Neurobiology and Brain Disorders which took place August 24-29 at Magdalene College in Oxford. This 5-day conference brings together some of the greatest research minds from around the world in the field […]

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of children diagnosed with autism is rising, creating concern and greater interest in the disorder. Addressing this need for information, the Florida Institute of Technology School of Psychology will host the second annual Autism Conference, “The Many Faces of Autism,” on Oct. 3 and […]

The king of boogie woogie, Jools Holland, will be performing improvised duets of the great classic songs of 20th century blues and soul - duetting with a man who has been totally blind from birth and who has severe autism. Derek Paravacini is just one of the 12 people with autism […]

“The Global Learning Series” announced that the education-focused television program distributed to individual public television stations in the U.S. and globally to Voice of America U.S. Government television programming, is launching their emotionally gripping public awareness initiative about Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD’s). This campaign is designed to encourage parents and children […]

Girls with mild autism are less likely to be identified and diagnosed than boys, according to new research presented at a meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Almost 600 children took part in the study - 493 boys and 100 girls. The majority […]

People concerned about the toll that mental health disorders are taking on their families and communities will have a unique opportunity to hear from world-class experts on what is known to-date about the causes, symptoms and progression of such illnesses as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia and autism, and learn about current and potential treatments.

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Variation in the gene for one of the receptors for the hormone vasopressin appears to be associated with how human males bond with their partners, according to an international team of researchers. The researchers found that the “334″ allele of a common AVPR1A variation, the human version of avpr1a studied in voles, […]

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have embarked on one of the first double-blind, clinical studies to determine whether gluten and dairy products play a role in autistic behavior as parents have anecdotally claimed. The pilot study is one of seven current studies on autism in the Department […]

The San Jose Mercury News on Wednesday profiled the Fremont, Calif.-based Dream Center, which is “believed to be the nation’s only Chinese-centric autistic-focused center.” The center was founded in 1996 by a few Chinese-American families to “help fellow Asians who were raised to feel ashamed of disabilities,” according to the Mercury News.

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It all started because of failure, a missing person who couldn’t be located in time. It was and still is a story that happens monthly, if not weekly all across our nation. For families and caregivers exploring options of how to protect a loved one who wanders away from […]