When Karla was little, I found that I had to educate my pediatricians about autism. They said they’d read about it in medical school, but it was so rare that they never expected to see a case. Services in the public school were non-existent, and given my responsibilities with a Read more…
As much as we love our pets, we also view human life as being in a special category. Is this always the case? Or do we gradually learn to think this way? Matti Wilks, a post doc in the Mind and Development Lab at Yale, is lead author on a Read more…
As the mother of an adult daughter with autism, I watch the news in this area very closely. We still don’t know what causes autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or why rates appear to have increased dramatically during the last 20 years or so. One thing that has definitely changed since Read more…
Here is what I am reading today!: Java drinkers live longer? “One of life’s simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: computer programs to diagnose disorders? “Computer programs can be taught to differentiate between the brain scans of healthy adolescents and those most at risk of developing psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depression, according to research published yesterday in the open access journal Read more…