Don't give up

Appreciating that the subject matter of today's post might not necessarily align with the season that is upon us, I wanted to bring to y...

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Karate and autism continued: Kiai!

Gichin Funakoshi " We concluded that teaching Karate techniques to children with ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  leads to significant...

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Theatre-based intervention for autism?

" All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. " So said Bill (to his friends) Shakespeare in the comedy...

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Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis and autism: research ascendancy

The paper by Reza Kiani and colleagues [1] (open-access available here ) detailing the presence of  anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) recept...

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Screening for autism in young children: 6 questions to ask

Question 1: Does your child ever point with their index finger to ask for something? Question 2: Is your child able to imitate you or your a...

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Homocysteine and autism: yet more...

It's been a while since I've discussed the issue of homocysteine - that's homocysteine not homocystine - with autism in mind, ...

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Autism and obstacles to medical diagnosis and treatment

The title of this post reflects the title of the paper by Marcia Datlow Smith and colleagues * which was given to me by Natasa (many thanks)...

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