A new study suggests that dietary iron supplements during pregnancy may play a significant role in influencing the baby’s risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Data from a recent study has linked mothers of autistic children to a significantly lower consumption of dietary iron supplements before conception and during the pregnancy as opposed to mothers whose children had been … [Read more...]
Brains with Autism Fail to Trim Synapses, Study Finds
A new autism study has had some groundbreaking results that could begin to explain why autism presents the way it does. It appears that children with autism have an oversupply of synapses in some parts of their brain with impair other parts of the brain to develop. When a baby’s brain develops there are a plethora of synapses happening. They allow neurons to send and receive signals, but as the … [Read more...]
Maryland: Parents Kept their 22-year-old Autistic Sons Locked in the Basement
A couple from Maryland have been charged with two counts of abuse and attempted false imprisonment after they’ve kept their 22-year-old autistic twin sons locked in the basement of their home during the night. John Land (56) and Janice Land (59) from Rockville, Maryland kept their sons locked in their basement during the night for six years straight. They told the police that they had locked the … [Read more...]
Study refutes link between measles, mumps and Rubella vaccines with Autism
A latest review of vaccine safety in children has dismissed any association between vaccines and autism, saying serious reactions to vaccines is rare among the kids. The review may act as a big mind changer for the parents as many of them have opted for not vaccinating their tiny tots in the recent years on fears of vaccine-autism link. The researchers conducted study on childhood vaccines … [Read more...]
Autism Often Deters Parents From Having More Kids
A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, shows that for many parents who have a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), may factor into whether or not they decide to have any other children. For the study, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, researchers discovered that parents with an autistic child were less likely to have any other … [Read more...]
Autism rate up in US, says CDC report
A new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that the number of children with autism has surged to 1 in 68 in the United States. The report, released on Thursday, said that the recent figures are a 30 percent increase since the CDC estimated just two years ago that 1 child in 88 suffered from the disorder. The new findings are based on a review of records … [Read more...]
Autism occur as early as when in womb
A new study has found that Autism does not begin late but it starts at very early stage of life i.e. in womb. According to the researchers, the disease begins when certain brain cells fail to properly mature within the womb. The researchers analysed the post-mortem brain tissue of the kids to study the onset of autism. During the study, the researchers found the key genetic markers for brain … [Read more...]
Boys real victims of autism, says study
For a long time it has been commonly perceived that autism strikes boys more frequently than girls. And if the girls have autism, they are understood to be more severely affected than boys. The previous studies have also suggested that autism is more likely to strike boys than girls and a group of geneticists have found the reason behind this. According to the study, boys develop the … [Read more...]
