Children with autism have larger brains and more neurons for their age than is normal, results of a small preliminary study indicate. Neurons form pathways in the brain to process and transmit information by electrical and chemical signaling. This study of brain cells in children with autism comes one step closer to answering a key question [...]
There are questions over a possible autism epidemic given that the number of children diagnosed in the United States is twenty times higher than it was a generation ago. About one percent of all children are affected, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Scientists are striving to determine an explanation for the spike in [...]
The range of symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorder can often be severely disabling and the need for treatment is quite serious. Scientists are now realizing that just as the symptoms of autism are not alike, the causes are also distinct and require different treatment. An experiment done at MIT on genetically engineered mice proved [...]
More than 60 percent of people who suffer from Timothy syndrome also suffer from autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Researchers from California and Japan began to generate stem cells from those with Timothy syndrome in order to gain further insight into the neurological causes of autism when the cells are differentiated into neurons. The study published in [...]
A recent study from the Children’s Hospital Boston found that nearly one-third of older teens with autism spectrum disorders and comorbid epilepsy were affected by photosensitivity or light sensitivity. “Our study found a high overall incidence of photosensitivity in 25 percent of children over 15 years of age with autism spectrum disorder, and an even [...]
On Wednesday, December 7, Curemark, a drug research and development company announced that CM-AT, a drug that treats the symptoms of autism in children ages 3 to 8 years old, is now in its late stage clinical trials. Curemark reported the drug was now in phase-3 trial and showing statistically significant effects on symptoms of [...]
Repetitive Behaviors Also Significantly Decrease NEW YORK, NY. (December 8, 2011) — A new study led by Dr. Eric Hollander, Chairman of the Advisory Council of The International Center for Autism Research and Education (ICare4Autism), demonstrates for the first time that the antidepressant fluoxetine produces an improvement in overall functioning and a decrease in repetitive [...]
On November 22, 2011, more than 400 researchers, educators, technologists and parent advocates gathered at the University of Haifa to attend the day-long ICare4Autism Applied Autism Technology Conference to learn about the latest interventions and technological advances now available to help meet the needs of children with autism.
