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Healing the New Childhood Epidemics asserted that in many cases autism is strongly influenced by multiple physical issues, including neurological inflammation, toxicity, nutrient deficits, endocrine imbalance, gastrointestinal disorders, and infection, and that it can be better controlled and sometimes reversed when these issues are resolved. [21]
Societal and cultural aspects of autism or sociology of autism [1] come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism affects the definition of personhood. [2] The autistic community is divided primarily into two camps: the autism rights movement and the pathology paradigm.
The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) was released in March 1980 [333] by Americans Eric Schopler, Robert Jay Reichler, [258] Robert F DeVellis [334] and Kenneth Daly. In 1981, Jakob Lutz published the paper "Hans Asperger und Leo Kanner zum Gedenken" (Hans Asperger and Leo Kanner in memoriam). [335]
The myth of vaccines and autism taps right into this vulnerable population of parents struggling with the limitations of love's protection. By claiming to explain the origin of autism, it offers ...
An off-label prescription drug has been shown to help children with autism gain the ability to speak. Leucovorin is used for cancer patients, but doctors are pushing for its approval for autism.
The hallmark signs of autism are challenges with social communication skills and restricted and repetitive behaviors, according to Andy Shih, chief science officer at Autism Speaks in New York City.
It is noted that in many countries autism is not a disability protected by anti-discrimination employment laws, and this is due to many corporations lobbying against it. [6] Autistic adults are also more likely to face healthcare disparities, such as being unvaccinated against common diseases like tetanus and being more likely to use emergency ...
Garnet Collins, 51, tortured the teen at the Anderson Center for Autism in upstate Staatsburg, about 10 miles north of Poughkeepsie, where NYC and state taxpayers paid his tuition, room and board.