This series of articles will explore the neurodivergent condition of autism from a range of different perspectives. This seventh article will explore the Autism Act (2009), its impact on the lives of autistic people and the UK government's current strategy.Barber,...
They act like Autism is this horrifying disease. They act like autistic people can't do anything by or for themselves. The way this ad treats autism like it's worse than cancer and hurts your family is just asinine!Even their logo is misinformation. They claim that autistic people have a...
This is a simple observation, which may help to explain where we have been and where we are going with autism epidemic. I have made the comment privately a few times recently and posted it on-line to “Barry” the other day. But in the absence of properly conducted studies it may be ...
For years officials have poured millions of dollars into dead-end, taxpayer funded research linking autism to mothers (much like the “refrigerator mom” claim of the 1950s and 60s):fat moms, drinking moms, smoking moms, old moms, moms who marry old dads, moms who have preemies, moms who...
Although the number of multiplex families with female probands was small, proband sex also did not inter- act with multiplex status to predict recurrence. The current lack of evidence for a proband sex effect on recur- rence mirrors a recent population-based study [8] and re- ports on ...
Autism is a complex, lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that is marked by differences in social communication and interaction and repetitive or restrictive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. Autistic characteristics can be both enabling and disabling, even for a particular individual, dependi...
The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) is a self-report measure of autistic traits. It is frequently cited in diverse fields and has been administered to adults of at least average intelligence with autism and to nonclinical controls, as well as to clinical control groups such as those with schizoph...
While these biological char- acteristics tend to differentiate humans as females and males, they are not entirely mutually exclusive and there are individuals who possess both. Gender refers to the characteristics of girls, boys, women, and men that are socially constructed. That is, gender ...
• To study whether autism is more common among some groups of children than among others. • To provide data to characterize those among the ASD population. The Children's Health Act of 2000 authorized CDC to create the ADDM Network. Since the network's inception, CDC has funded ...
VID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.”—Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of ...