News tagged with autistic child


Researcher uncovers potential cause, biomarker for autism and proposes study to investigate theory

A New York-based physician-researcher from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, best known for his research into fertility and twinning, has uncovered a potential connection between autism and a specific growth protein ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher defines five-step approach to designing for children with autism

If designers want to develop effective products for children with autism, they first need to immerse themselves in the group they are targeting. This is the claim made by Helma van Rijn, who will be awarded ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Discovering Autism: Services go to those who fight hardest

From the day her son was diagnosed with autism nine years ago, Stacie Funk has made it her full-time job to find him the best possible help. Hiring lawyers and experts to press her case, she established herself as a mother ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Autism study validates importance of spontaneous causal mutations and sheds new light on gender skew

A clinically extensive and mathematically powerful study of 1000 families with one autistic child and one unaffected sibling has validated a controversial theory of autism's complex genetic causation. The study for the first ...

Genetics created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0