Autism News

Scottish singer Susan Boyle revealed on Sunday that she has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism.

Is Katie Couric taking Jenny McCarthy's place as the latest celebrity vaccine denier? If her show this week on the vaccine that prevents most types of cervical cancer is any indicator, the answer is "yes."

Journal of Neurolinguistics , Vol. 24, No. 1. , pp. 41-53, doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.07.005 The expressive prosodic abilities of two groups of school-age children with autism spectrum conditions , Asperger's syndrome and high-functioning autism , were compared with those of typically-developing controls.

This recent profile in Vanity Fair is very, very strange, in that it obsesses over Marissa Mayer being very, very strange.

My friends say I should "just use common sense." But few pieces of advice are more frustrating to a mild autistic There is more of a connection between these two things than you might think.

WASHINGTON , December 5, 2013 - Yesterday, Katie Couric aired a show titled the "Big Conversation" which devoted almost 30 minutes to the possibility that human papilloma virus vaccinations may be causing deaths to recipients of the vaccine.

The claims that autism is caused by vaccines have been completely disproven, right? We have all heard that claim, maybe most famously by actress and model Jenny McCarthy.

Offstage, Maya Naleid can be a bit of a wallflower, staring at her feet, lingering in the corner of the room.

What's the difference between having a quirky child and having a child on the autism spectrum? Rhen Helling and his ex-wife found out four years ago.

Last year, producers at Katie Couric's daytime talk show "Katie" reached out to journalist and co-director of MIT's graduate program in science writing Seth Mnookin while researching a show to "better inform the public that still questions links between vaccination and autism and need to better understand the scientific truth."

Ben Swann Truth in Media takes a look at Vaccine Court established by Congress in 1985 and what that court has meant for families of vaccine injured children.

ACCORDING to Dr. Alexis Reyes, a developmental pediatrician and resource speaker during the 13th Annual Autism Conference held in Manila in October 2013, four criteria under the DSM V must be met before an individual may be diagnosed as having autism spectrum disorder.

Fragile X syndrome is a multi-organ disease that leads to mental retardation, macro-orchidism in males and premature ovarian insufficiency in female carriers.

A FAMILY legacy business is building a new future for young people with autism. A Llangollen mum and her best friend are launching a business, Brythonium, creating family legacies while providing much needed employment opportunities for young people with autism and learning difficulties.

The Friends of the Dalton Senior Center announce that internationally acclaimed pianist and singer Tony DeBlois will perform a fundraising concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Senior Center, 40 Field Street Ext.

The "love hormone" oxytocin alters the brain activity of children with autism and makes them more social, according to US researchers.

There was something different about the Applebee's restaurant in Parole Sunday morning.

This putative list of 28 papers was originally published on Joe Mercola's site as a part of his interview with Andrew Wakefield in April, 2010.

In observance of National Inclusive Schools Week, December 2-6, the students and staff members at Vienna Elementary School will participate in a different activity each day designed to encourage inclusion for all students.

Heather Holt is gearing up for a new experience with some of the kids with autism that she serves as director of Camp Lakey Gap in Black Mountain.