Rise in autism cases may be overestimated
Wed, May 14, 2008 (Reuters Health) - Changes in the criteria for diagnosing autism may account - at least in part - for the marked rise in the number of new cases in the last few decades, the results of a small study suggest.
"The dramatic increase in rates of diagnosis of autism does not necessarily mean ( Read more... )

So this shall be a motley post of my random musings & events from this weekend...

I recently redid my profile in response to some odd requests lately and for the fact that it had been almost 2 yrs since I did anything to it, so if you would go here and fill out the short poll.

Poll Profile
Particularly to Richard & Cait (but anyone can answer), why does British ( Read more... )

As if I needed another reason to dislike Hillary Clinton ( Read more... )

This is just awesome....

http://growingupwithadisability.blogspot.com/2007/05/reflections-on-self-love-self-worth-and.html

Last night John and I got into an argument that is not only so stupid that it bears repeating but also I believe can only happen to an ASD household.   Well I say it was an argument but really it was him arguing and me stimming/ meltdown ( Read more... )

I've been watching a documentary on Discovery Health, The Baby Human (9am Central), focusing on the development of human language.  Although it only focuses on "normal" development I can think the principles can very easily be applied to understanding the autistic spectrum* and other a-typical development.  Several studies have shown that eye gaze ( Read more... )