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The findings, from a study conducted by researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Florence, and Western Australia, might help to explain some of the core social deficits associated with the disorder. - [Read more]

In the first study of its kind, researchers have discovered that in autistic individuals, connections between brain cells may be deficient within single regions, and not just between regions, as was previously believed.Tony Wilson, Ph.D., lead researcher and assistant professor of neurology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, said he hopes this study will eventually lead to earlier diagnosis and more targeted medications for autism. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

In the first study of its kind, researchers have discovered that in autistic individuals, connections between brain cells may be deficient within single regions, and not just between regions, as was previously believed. - [Read more]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. has given approval for the antipsychotic drug Risperdal to be used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in children and teenagers. - [Read more]

Ineffective or even dangerous fad treatments for autism, always a problem, seem to be growing more pervasive, according to researchers who studied the problem."Developmental disabilities like autism are a magnet for all kinds of unsupported or disproved therapies, and it has gotten worse as more children have been diagnosed with autism," said James Mulick, professor of pediatrics and psychology at Ohio State University. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

New research suggests that pronouns may play a far greater role than simply replacing a proper name in a sentence. A University of South Carolina study suggests that pronouns help keep the brains complex circuitry and limited memory system from being overloaded. - [Read more]

New research by Birkbeck researcher Dr Atsushi Senju, in the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development has shown for the first time that children with Autism Spectrum Disorder are not susceptible to contagious yawning. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a developmental disability that severely affects social interaction and communication including empathy. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

DAD, the nations largest non-profit community outreach organization helping children fight Autism, and other disabilities with music, announced the launch of the National DAD Drum Therapy Tour, and the DAD Mobile Drum Therapy Center. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

If you have ever wondered why we yawn and also had your suspicions that it might be infectious or contagious the latest research on the topic will interest you. - [Read more]

In a few weeks time children with autism and Aspergers Syndrome will be starting a new term - some will be going into mainstream junior, primary secondary schools. Others will be going to special schools. There are also those - a small minority - who will be going to private autism schools. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

In order to continue federal progress on research on autism, EPA and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) announced renewed funding for The University of California/Daviss Center for Childrens Environmental Health (CCEH). This center will investigate how genes and exposure to environmental chemicals during fetal development may play a role in the development of autism. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

What: Pregnant women and new mothers who already have one child with autism joined UC Davis researchers and officials from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as they announced funding of $7.5 million for UC Davis autism research. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

Autistic children are doubly stigmatized. On the one hand, they are often dismissed as low functioning or mentally retarded, especially if they have poor speaking skills as many do. Yet when autistics do show exceptional abilities -- uncanny visual discrimination and memory for detail, for example -- their flashes of brilliance are marginalized as aberrations, mere symptoms of their higher order cognitive deficit. They often earn a dubious promotion to idiot savant. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

The University of Illinois at Chicago has been awarded a $9.6 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish an Autism Center of Excellence. - [Read more]

Autistic children are doubly stigmatized. On the one hand, they are often dismissed as low functioning or mentally retarded, especially if they have poor speaking skills as many do. - [Read more]

The National Institutes of Health will intensify its efforts to find the causes of autism and identify new treatments for the disorder, through a new research program. The Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) program represents a consolidation of two existing programs, the Studies to Advance Autism Research and Treatment (STAART) and Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism (CPEA) programs into a single research effort. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

A study published in the August issue of the journal Brain demonstrates, for the first time, an association between increased white matter volume and functional impairment in children with autism. Findings from researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Md. reveal that in children with autism, increased white matter volume in the motor region of the brain predicts poorer motor skills. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

New Brunswick, N.J. , Scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have discovered a biological process in brain cell development that may help explain some causes of mental retardation. - [Read more]

A study published in the August issue of the journal Brain demonstrates, for the first time, an association between increased white matter volume and functional impairment in children with autism. - [Read more]

A study published in the August issue of the journal Brain demonstrates, for the first time, an association between increased white matter volume and functional impairment in children with autism. Findings from researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Md., reveal that in children with autism, increased white matter volume in the motor region of the brain predicts poorer motor skills. [click link for full article] - [Read more]