A five year project was started this year to investigate the epidemiology and current status of adults in the U.S.. At present we have almost no data on adult outcomes. We have little data using on adult prevalence. Studies from the U.K. have reported a prevalence about 1.1% for autistic adults “...with learning disabilities living [...]
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Mayo Clinic to study adult prevalence and outcomes
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012Maternal Metabolic Conditions and Risk for Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Monday, April 9th, 2012A study from the U.C. Davis MIND Institute was published today in the journal Pediatrics: Maternal Metabolic Conditions and Risk for Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders. The link is to the abstract, but the full paper is available free for download. The paper is part of the CHARGE Study. (CHARGE: Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics [...]
Woot! Autistics and Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism editor quoted in New York Times
Sunday, April 8th, 2012A story out today by Amy Harmon of the New York Times, The Autism Wars, takes on some of the discussion ongoing about the new prevalence numbers out from the CDC. It is well worth the read. What caught my eye, as one could tell from the title of this article, are paragraphs like these: [...]
Autism Prevalence: More Affected or More Detected?
Thursday, March 29th, 2012Tom Insel, director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health and Chair of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee has published a blog article coinciding with the CDC announcement of 1 in 88 estimated prevalence. As a government publication, I feel it is OK to copy it here in total, but you are encouraged to [...]
- TPGA: IMFAR 2012: An Update on the ASD DSM-5 Recommendations
- Some first-hand reports from IMFAR
- Adult Outcomes in Autism: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Intensive Intervention: A 20 Year Follow-Up
- ASAN: Urge For the Ban on Aversives in Massachusetts!
- Study Finds Early Childhood Educators Can Effectively Screen Students For Autism In Underserved Communities
- The Implications of DSM V: Changes in Diagnostic Outcomes in An Adult Clinical Sample Re-Diagnosed According to the Proposed DSM V
- IMFAR 2012 begins
- Prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders in Tripoli, Libya: the need for more research and planned services.
- Postsecondary education and employment among youth with an autism spectrum disorder
- Baltimore Sun drops the ball on Jenny McCarthy fluff
- Marjorie Madfis on Some first-hand reports from IMFAR: I am a parent who was a grantee of Autism Science Foundation....
- stanley seigler on Adult Outcomes in Autism: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Intensive Intervention: A 20 Year Follow-Up: ...
- Kassiane on Some first-hand reports from IMFAR: Yeah I’m aware. I also know that it is financially inaccessible...
- Sullivan on Some first-hand reports from IMFAR: A careful eye would note that autistic reports are already included...
- RAJensen on TPGA: IMFAR 2012: An Update on the ASD DSM-5 Recommendations: What impact will DSM5 have on prevelance...
- Kassiane on Some first-hand reports from IMFAR: “I hope to have some articles by autistics soon.” Oh...
- Sullivan on Adult Outcomes in Autism: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Intensive Intervention: A 20 Year Follow-Up: ...
- stanley seigler on Adult Outcomes in Autism: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Intensive Intervention: A 20 Year Follow-Up: ...
- My Autism Site | All About Autism on Adult Outcomes in Autism: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Intensive Intervention: A 20 Year Follow-Up: ...
- Laurentius Rex on Adult Outcomes in Autism: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Intensive Intervention: A 20 Year Follow-Up: ...
- J.B. Handley Forsworn
- The blogger and the doctor
- Md. suspends autism doctor's license
- 10 deadly myths about childhood vaccines Pictures
- The Crash and Burn of an Autism Guru
- Health experts stress importance of MMR
- Todd Drezner: Learning to Embrace Autism
- Vaccines, autism, and Andrew Wakefield's wake
- The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear -- Grinker 168 (3): 332 -- Am J Psychiatry
- Jenny McCarthy: Still Sticking with Debunked Autism Theory and Using ‘Mob Mind’ as Excuse
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