Neurofeedback for Autism
Neurofeedback is a form of biofeedback which employs electroencephalography (EEG) and functional neuroimaging processes to focus upon the central nervous system and the brain. By using monitoring devices attached through sensors on the…
Autism Science Breakthroughs and Personal Qualms
The Australian reports that researchers have identified two biologically different strains of autism, a breakthrough likened to the discovery of different forms of cancer in the 1960s.
Researchers from the University of California…
Sensory Processing Disorder and Autism
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), formerly known as Sensory Integration Dysfunction, is a neurological disorder causing difficulties with taking in, processing and responding to sensory information about the environment and from within an…
NonPareil Provides Tech Training for Adults with Autism
Parents of children with autism often experience life as a matter of making it through each day. But no matter where we are in our journey with our child's autism, we wonder what lies ahead for them as adults. Reports of children aging…
YouTube Video from Autism Father Going Viral
Known for being fierce advocates, parents of children with autism have done an excellent job in recent years at tapping into social media to make their voices heard. And as the prominence and influence of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube…
Vaccines, Autism and the Squelching of the Non-Believers
A couple of interesting news reports on vaccines and autism were recently juxtaposed.
The Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law and Advocacy (EBCALA) has conducted extensive research on the vaccine compensation program as it relates to…
Cheerleading Squad Benefits Individuals with Autism
Disability Scoop brings an uplifting story of a teenager named Sarah Cronk of Bettendorf, Iowa, who started the nation's first school-based cheerleading squad including students both with and without disabilities. Sarah was inspired to do…
Study Finds Ten Percent of State Hospital Patients Have Autism
The number of diagnosed cases of autism is exploding. Children with autism will grow into adults and society is nowhere near ready to support them. In order to prepare for that eventuality, current adults on the autism spectrum need to be…
New Batman Comic Features Autism
My sons with autism have always loved comics. Now teenagers, they still gravitate towards graphic novels. Having a story broken down into small illustrated segments is inherently appealing to individuals with autism.
A comic book writer…
Trains and Autism
Many children with autism have a well-documented interest in trains, enthralled by their motion and predictable patterns. They tend to prefer trains to planes because of their back-and-forth motion, in contrast to the variability of flight…