autistic

In an interesting report published today, it was found that a fever can temporarily relieve autistic kids of their condition by restoring nerve cell ... Read More »

In what appears to be the largest long-term study of autism causes yet, a five-year study will commence soon that will observe genetic and ... Read More »

The case of a Pennsylvania doctor who treated an autistic boy with a controversial chemical treatment has reached its pinnacle, as the physician has ... Read More »

In reading quite a bit on autism lately, the data collector in me sensed something I see quite often in medicine: are diseases and conditions really ... Read More »

Being a health advocate and the sister of an autistic person, I can't help but promote the benefits of physical activity for autistic children (and ... Read More »

Chelation is an FDA-approved medical treatment for removing heavy metals from the body when metal poisoning (like from mercury) happens. But, it's not ... Read More »

This past Monday marked the launch of the first online autism registry in the U.S., the Interactive Autism Network (IAN). The idea behind the IAN ... Read More »

Many parents of autistic children were included in a recent 19-country survey of 1,200 families who wanted to take a closer look at how genes might be ... Read More »

Good news for some parents and children dealing with autism: one form of the disorder, Rett syndrome, may be reversible. Unlike most forms of ... Read More »

I've been hearing about this quite a bit recently -- one in 150 kids in America has some form of Autism, diagnosed or not. If those numbers are true ... Read More »