The Minnesota Legislature has proposed the first bill of 2013 to reform insurance coverage for autism. The health care bill encompassing autism coverage reform was approved by the House of Representatives on Friday and by the Senate on Saturday. It is estimated that the changes would benefit 750,000 Minnesota residents who are insured by state-regulated [...]
A new research study published in the journal Entropy this April examines the long-term health effects of the popular herbicide RoundUp®, a product of Monsanto, finding significant associations with a variety of conditions “associated with the western diet”[i] including Autism Spectrum Disorder, gastrointestinal disorders, ADHD, and other developmental malformations. The study holds glyphosate—the active ingredient [...]
Today, four prominent autism research organizations announce their collaboration with the formation of Autism BrainNet, a national “brain bank,” to acquire brain tissue of recently diseased persons with autism spectrum disorder and disseminate for research purposes. The culmination of the Autism Tissue Program’s preexisting efforts in conjunction with the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), [...]
Reported in the journal G3 (GenesGenomesGenetics) by Population Diagnostics, Inc together with collaborators from The Hospital for Sick Children, the discovery of collection of gene variants for autism spectrum disorder which can lead to early detection diagnostic test and provide insights into the emerging field of drug discovery for autism. Dr. Stephen Scherer at the [...]
On November 6, 2012, the ‘Towards an Autism Strategy for Europe’ seminar will be held at the European Parliament to present successful national strategies for autism and discuss the possibility of a Europe-wide strategy for autism. As any family affected by autism will tell you, searching for and coordinating services for a person with autism [...]
Harry D. Schneider, M.D. is a Physician and Brain Research Scientist Columbia University Medical Center. Columbia University is one of the leading centers using Functional MRI/DTI to investigate language decline in children with low-functioning autism. Dr. Schneider will bring his autism research and cutting edge therapies to ICare4Autism’s August Autism Conference. The typical age of [...]
BALTIMORE, Md. (Kennedy Krieger Institute – May 17, 2012) – A new study in autism research reveals six-month-old infants with a weak head and neck control could be a red flag for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and language and/or social developmental delays. Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute concluded that a simple “pull-to-sit” task could [...]
