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Yale Daily News: Redefinition of autism sparks concerns

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

The proposed changes to the way autism is diagnosed with the DSM 5 has sparked a lot of discussion in the online autism communities and elsewhere. A surge in the discussion came in response to a New York Times article New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests, in which the Times discussed preliminary [...]

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Estimating the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Conditions in Adults: Extending the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

You may recall that a couple of years ago a study came out looking at the prevalence of autism in adults in the United Kingdom. They found a prevalence of about 1%, the same as in children. There’s now a follow up study. The press release is below. The study can be found here. I [...]

Posted in Adults, Autism, Epidemiology | 2 Comments »

Joint ASAN-Autism Society Statement on DSM 5

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Below is a joint statement by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and the Autism Society of America on the DSM-5. Dear Friend, As two national organizations committed to working to empower the autism and Autistic communities today and into the future, the Autism Society of America and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network issue the following [...]

Posted in ASAN, Ari Ne'eman, Autism, Autism Society, DSM-5, Orgs | 9 Comments »

Infant Neural Sensitivity to Dynamic Eye Gaze Is Associated with Later Emerging Autism

Friday, January 27th, 2012

A study out today is causing much discussion. Infant Neural Sensitivity to Dynamic Eye Gaze Is Associated with Later Emerging Autism is by researchers from the UK, Canada and Australia: 1 Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, UK 2 Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A [...]

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