[Source: Autism Awareness Centre inc.] Leslie Broun, M.Ed. As the new school year begins, many parents of students who have Autism Spectrum Disorders are filled with trepidation as they know this involves establishing a relationship with their child’s new teacher, as well as the development of routines of communication and interaction. Many parents worry […]
Source: Medical News Today Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and at the Harvard Medical School report that children with autism and gastrointestinal disturbances have altered expression of genes involved in digestion. These variations may contribute to changes in the types of bacteria […]
Photo Credit: Viola Koçi’s [Source: Medical News Today] Injury kills more 11-year-olds in the United States than all other causes combined, and a new study from University of Alabama at Birmingham reveals ADHD almost doubles the risk of serious injury among this age group. “We found that children with more ADHD symptoms, those in the […]
Fetuses can tell the difference between pain and touch in only the last two weeks before birth, which could help to explain why babies born prematurely often have abnormal pain responses. Lorenzo Fabrizi from University College London and colleagues used EEG, a non-invasive way of measuring brain activity, on 46 newborn babies as they underwent […]
ScienceDaily (Sep. 7, 2011) — A study has found that eating together as a family may encourage children to be more open to trying new types of food. This finding will be presented at the Developmental Psychology Section Annual Conference to be held at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne from 7-9 September. Faye Powell, from […]
[Source: HealthDay/Yahoo News] Photo Credit: Kings College, London Researchers using scanning technology say they discovered physical differences in the brains of older children with autism compared to those of kids without autism. “We could discriminate between typically developing and autistic children with 92 percent accuracy,” based on the volume of gray matter in one part […]
I have been thinking a lot about how we raise our children nowadays and have been querrying, “Do we push our kids too much?” When I was a child, I remember enjoying a story called “The Best Nest” in Grade two. I wrote a story related to it in my school literary contest and won second […]
Examining brain damage that occurs when fetuses in the womb are deprived of oxygen, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that damage does not occur randomly but is linked to the specific action of a naturally occurring fatty molecule called LPA, acting through a receptor that transfers information into young brain cells. […]
Babies and children are whizzes at learning a second language, but that ability begins to fade as early as their first birthdays. Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences are investigating the brain mechanisms that contribute to infants’ prowess at learning languages, with the hope that the findings could boost […]
In the first comprehensive review of vaccine safety since 1994, yet another body of medical researchers is affirming that there is no link between vaccines and autism. The finding comes in a report released Thursday from the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, that was produced at the federal government’s request. […]