Avoiding Unintended and Tragic Events
The recent police-involved shooting in North Miami hits close to home for those of us who know, love, or support someone with autism. As more details emerge about this unfortunate…
The recent police-involved shooting in North Miami hits close to home for those of us who know, love, or support someone with autism. As more details emerge about this unfortunate…
A recent paper (Boukhris et al., 2015) raised once again the concern that women who take antidepressants during pregnancy are at increased risk for giving birth to a child who…
Hans Asperger is a forgotten genius whose rightful place in the history of autism was pre-empted by the wrong-headed, self-serving plagiarist, Leo Kanner. So goes the alternative narrative put forward…
The etiology of autism has been an open question since the identification of the syndrome over 70 years ago. Leo Kanner (1943) wrote: “We must, then, assume that these children…
A popular business program airing daily on public radio plays different intro music for the segment on the stock market, depending on how the markets have fared that day. On…
Recently, the parent of a young adult with ASD brought to my attention a diagnostic instrument that has received some attention in the press, following a presentation at the American…
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) appeared in bookstores last week and pre-ordered copies arrived in the mail. For those who followed the DSM draft versions over…
While those of us afflicted by maleness have long been aware that we are, sadly, the weaker sex with respect to sociability and emotional acumen, only relatively recently have clinicians…
In 1987 Ivar Lovaas published the first comprehensive report of the outcomes of his intensive behavioral intervention for young children with autism (<46 months of age). Lovaas reported that, at…