Origins & Research Updates

I do psychological evaluations, consults, and therapy with autistic people, because I'm autistic, myself. I thought it might be an idea to discuss further how the DSM criteria differs from the autistic experience. The DSM is problematic in that it's ableist, and vaguely describes autistic traits.

the mind as an interest system

Early screen time was initially linked to autism, but this connection disappeared when accounting for socioeconomic factors, suggesting screen time is not a cause of autism but may indicate families needing additional support.

A new brain imaging study has concluded that autism likely isn't caused by faulty connections to the amygdala.

Prenatal exposure to higher levels of bisphenol A, a plastic commonly found in water bottles and packaging and known to leach into our foods and drinks, has been linked to autism spectrum disorder in boys, according to a new study that also identified the biological mechanism underlying this link.

A meta-analysis of 243 fMRI studies revealed that ADHD and autism have distinct brain activity patterns, with unique neural activations for each disorder outweighing their similarities.

Rew research has found that adults with autism report higher rates of various non-communicable medical conditions compared to those without autism. These increased rates of disorders spanned all major organ systems. The paper was published in Molecular Autism. Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by d...

Boys exposed to bisphenol A more likely to show autism symptoms by age two and six times more likely to be diagnosed with condition by age 11

A study has made a surprising find.

Increased dosage of the Ube3a gene causes sex-specific differences in brain connectivity and behavior in mice, potentially explaining why autism is more prevalent in males.

The findings suggest the levels of certain fatty acid in the umbilical cord blood during pregnancy have an impact on the development of autism spectrum disorder.

According to Autism Speaks, the CDC reported that approximately 1 in 36 children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder in the United

In traditional Chinese medicine, no such disease called Autism exists. TCM doctors approach health and disease according to the philosophy of Yin-Yang.

One of the most common forms of brain development disorder today is autism. One out of 166 children has been diagnosed with some form of this autism. Children diagnosed with this disorder are likely to have autoimmune problems and weak immune systems. While allopathic medicine describes autism as a health condition in which a child

Wind the clock back 40 years and autism, at least officially, was a rare condition. According to case rates in the 1980s, only a handful of people in every 10,000 received a diagnosis. The picture today is radically different: better awareness and a broadening of the criteria mean autism is now common: 1% to 3% of people worldwide are now estimated to be on the autism spectrum. History records some horrendous mistakes around the underlying...

A new study has uncovered a link between autism risk and umbilical cord fatty acids.

Molecular Autism is a high visibility open access journal publishing high-quality basic, translational and clinical research relevant to the etiology, ...

The severity of autism symptoms is linked to brain overgrowth during early embryonic development, with larger brain cortical organoids correlating with more severe social and cognitive challenges in children with autism.

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Fergus Murray – science teacher, writer and 'autist' – on single attention and associated cognition in autism; a theory with a family connection…