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The Geek Syndrome Autism -- and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome -- is surging among the children of Silicon Valley. Are math-and-tech genes to blame?   |
Nurse Practitioner
April 2010
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Speak the language of autism Autism affects 1 in 110 children and 1 in 70 boys in the United States. |
| AskMen.com |
Can You Recover From Autism? Skeptics question the phenomenon, but a small, provocative study suggests that at least 10 percent of children with autism overcome the disorder by age 9. |
BusinessWeek
January 14, 2010
Ellen Gibson |
The Hunt for an Autism Drug Armed with fresh medical insights, drug companies are redoubling their efforts to address the disease's complex causes. |
Wired
December 2001
Oliver Morton |
Think Different? Autism researcher Simon Baron-Cohen on "mindblind" engineers, hidden pictures, and a future designed for people with Asperger's... |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2002
Prater & Zylstra |
Autism: A Medical Primer Autistic disorder, a pervasive developmental disorder resulting in social, language, or sensorimotor deficits, occurs in approximately seven of 10,000 persons. Early detection and intervention significantly improve outcome. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2006
Philip E. Ross |
When Engineers' Genes Collide Could modern patterns of marriage be concentrating the genes that predispose people to autism? |
Wired
December 2003
Steve Silberman |
The Key to Genius Autistic savants are born with miswired neurons - and extraordinary gifts. The breakthrough science behind our new understanding of the brain |
Wired
February 25, 2008
David Wolman |
A Researcher's Puzzles Point to the Differences in the Autistic Brain Some scientists are setting aside the assumption that autistic brains are defective and instead focusing on how the autistic brain is different. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2002 |
What You Should Know About Autism What is autism?... How can I tell if my child is autistic?... How is autism treated?... Where can I get more information?... |
Salon.com
August 2, 2000
Lesli Mitchell |
Secrets and lies Is the astonishing rise in autism a medical mystery or a pharmaceutical shame? |
T.H.E. Journal
November 9, 2009
Sara Stroud |
A New Way Forward Tech-based solutions, such as tools for teaching kids how to recognize facial expressions, are giving educators a means of helping autistic students acquire basic life skills. |
Salon.com
April 13, 1999
Arthur Allen |
Heal thyself.com Heal thyself.com: As wired patients go online for medical help, the question is: Can a little knowledge be a dangerous thing? |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Asperger's Syndrome Asperger's syndrome is actually named after an Austrian physician, Hans Asperger, who first described the strange disorder in 1944. Like classical autism, A.S. belongs to a class of disorders known as autism spectrum disorders. |
Popular Mechanics
February 11, 2010
Adam Hadhazy |
The Truth About 9 Anti-Vaccine Studies Led by celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy, the anti-vaccine movement continues to vehemently oppose mainstream science's overwhelming consensus that vaccines do not cause developmental disorders. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006 |
Engineers and Autism A new theory links systemizing, engineers, and autism, a developmental disorder that has become more common in recent decades. |
Wired
September 2001
Sara Solovitch |
The Citizen Scientists United by the Net and emboldened by their numbers, parents of desperately ill children are funneling millions into research, building vast genetic databases, and rewriting the rules of the medical industry.... |
Salon.com
August 2, 2000
Arthur Allen |
A recipe for disaster While nobody knows the origin of autism, many researchers worry that linking it to childhood vaccines could be a very dangerous theory. |
Wired
March 2002 |
Rants & Raves Network Effects... The Autistic Spectrum... Busting the Copyright Buster... The Innovator's New Dilemma... etc. |
Salon.com
April 13, 2000
Arthur Allen |
Inoculated into oblivion When families hit the Capitol last week, they demanded answers about the source of their children's autism. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Toddi Gutner |
Special Needs, Crushing Costs Parents with disabled kids have some options but must also dig deep into their own pockets. |
Popular Mechanics
February 5, 2010
Adam Hadhazy |
Anti-Vaccination Groups Dealt Blow as Lancet Study is Retracted In what will likely be a big blow to the anti-vaccination movement, The Lancet medical journal has retracted the 1998 study by Dr. Andrew Wakefield that originally sparked the uproar over whether vaccines are linked to autism. |
Wired
April 21, 2008 |
Reader Rants and Raves The fight against the stereotype of autistic children... Crabbing is for wimps... Getting a magazine for free... Pharma subsidies... You'll pay, pal... The tinkerer's tale... Cowboy junkie... Autism is a feature, not a bug... etc. |
Chemistry World
September 13, 2012
Ian Le Guillou |
Hope for autism treatments Two reports in Science over the past week point the way to potential treatments for some forms of autism. |
