Special education expert, Stephen Shore Ed.D., held a workshop on music education for children on the autism spectrum this Tuesday at our partner organization Shema Kolainu Hear Our Voices. Shore completed his doctoral degree in special education at Boston University and now teaches at Adelphi University in New York. Having been diagnosed on the autism [...]
Recent studies of pre and post-natal deficiency of a growth protein associated with brain cell development in mice, insulin-like growth factor (IGF), have revealed a link between IGF and both neurological and physical, development defects. Physician-researcher Gary Steinman, MD, PhD, of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine has hypothesized an association between IGF and the onset [...]
There is an alarming sharp increase in Autism in children around the world. But, recent surveys in both in Israel and New Jersey show some of sharpest increases yet. The Social Affairs Ministry’s survey of social services for 2011 shows a 5x increase in incidence of the Autism in Israel over the last 8 years. The number [...]
A news release from the University of Buffalo has shown that an ongoing research study comparing compounds in the urine of children with autism to those in children without the disorder could potentially contribute towards a biological early detection test.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Falling in love with a man or woman and making a family is all a part of the American dream. However, for the parents of children with autism, this question can be a point of sheer confusion, and for many mothers I have spoken to this is a regular occurrence in their daily prayer to their belief in a higher power. Find out how an Aspie couple blended into a perfect match.
