Autism News

THESE Blackrod Church School pupils are an example to young people everywhere after raising money to support children with Asperger's syndrome.

Pregnant women who live near farmland where pesticides are used show an astonishing 60% increase in the likelihood of giving birth to children with autism or other developmental issues.

Close to 700 families in Lake County affected by autism are registered with the University of Central Florida's Center for Autism and Related Disabilities.

She chopped, kicked and dodged every obstacle put in front of her in the small studio at My Favorite Cardio Place.

Not only can Martin Finn perform pop songs pitch-perfect, but he mimics many artists as he takes part in concerts across Britain, bringing audiences to tears Aged 23, he can string no more than three words together at a time and does not understand them, reports the Sunday People.

Scientists at UC Riverside are pointing at an enzyme called MMP-9 as playing a critical role in the development of autism.

The young Etobicoke, Ont., woman likes watching Disney movies online and wearing nail polish.

This represents a ten-fold increase in prevalence in 40 years, based on data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

A UC Riverside-led team of researchers says it has found conclusive evidence that a naturally produced enzyme in the body is responsible for autism and other neurological disorders in people with Fragile X syndrome.

Fragile X syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes obsessive-compulsive and repetitive behaviors, and other behaviors on the autistic spectrum, as well as cognitive deficits.

Many human cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases are caused by alterations in the amounts of specific neuronal proteins, which are maintained at proper levels by regulation of their synthesis and turnover.

In this production, the Paris opera house is more realistic and less dramatically lit.

"When I was a tenth-grader, there was a boy in my class whose name was Billy Lynn, and he had leukemia," Dr. Paul Offit, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, reminisced at a panel at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles on ... (more)

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A discredited claim that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine causes autism and bowel disease could be the reason for the spread of measles in the latest outbreak, a health official says.

During a PBS Q&A session for its Nova program, Vaccines: Calling The Shots , the conversation eventually wound its way around to Jenny McCarthy .

Fragile X syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes obsessive-compulsive and repetitive behaviors, and other behaviors on the autistic spectrum, as well as cognitive deficits.

ULTRA Testing cofounder Rajesh Anandan hopes to grow his team of testers to at least 250 in the next three years.

Despite multiple studies showing no link between vaccines and autism, RFK Jr. continues to use his position to spread that lie.

Correspondence: Professor L Tebartz van Elst, Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Section for Experimental Neuropsychiatry, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Hauptstrasse 5, Freiburg 79104, Germany.