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Children are being diagnosed with autism earlier and earlier. Some children are as young as 18 months when they receive an autism diagnosis. Identifying an autism diagnosis at an early age can result in better future outcomes for a child, that is, if steps are taken to help children receive effectiv…

J.R. Reed has been a freelance writer for 20 years on topics ranging from business to food and beverage, travel, and pieces on celebrities. He covered NASCAR’s West Coast Swing for five seasons and the Anaheim Ducks for twelve. Late in 2017 he decided to focus solely on autism, from high school and …

Harmful mutations in a gene called NAA15 may lead to autism, intellectual disability and delayed speech and motor function1. NAA15, a gene that modifies other cellular proteins, has known ties to developmental delay. And a few sequencing studies identified harmful mutations in the gene in people wit…

Boys with autism have smaller heads, are shorter and weigh less at birth than their typical peers do — but all that changes by age 3, a new study suggests1. The new work is among the first to link autism to rapid skeletal growth. “Mapping physical growth as well as growth in head circumference is re…

By Jackie Edwards There are many holistic ways to help young children on the autism spectrum improve their social and communication skills and one of the best is gardening. Garden (horticulture) therapy dates back as far as the 1600’s when people who couldn’t afford to pay for their hosp…

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Families traveling along a path toward an autism diagnosis experience delay upon delay. Parents may question their first suspicions, primary care physicians generally don’t diagnose the condition, wait times at specialty clinics are extensive, and the evaluation process itself is comprehensive and l…

Why I paint and share rocks and shells I have hand-painted By Denise Angele Some people think rock painting is silly; some have criticized it as graffiti; some just collect some of the wonderful art of others; some play the game and rehide, some are given as gifts. Rocks are not really damaged, even…

The brains of people with autism show a variety of structural differences from those of controls, according to a large imaging study1. The differences appear throughout the brain, not just in regions linked to the condition. The findings suggest that many more regions are involved in autism than pre…

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Female mice may compensate for the loss of a piece of chromosome 16 better than male mice do: Females generalize their responses to sensory cues, whereas males learn specific responses. That’s the upshot from an unpublished report presented yesterday at a meeting at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory…