Elevated Gluten Antibodies Found in Children with Autism
Children with autism show elevated antibodies to gluten, a new study finds, especially those with GI symptoms. But researchers stress this immune marker isn’t at all linked to celiac disease.
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Autism and Schizophrenia Genes Only Active in Developing Brains
Autism and schizophrenia genes may only switch on during a narrow window of early brain development, mouse research shows, reinforcing that both conditions likely originate before birth, not after.
Autism Treatments: Ask a Grownup
A father recounts the snake-oil economy that sprang up around autism treatments, and the simple test he used to separate real help from expensive false hope: where are the autistic adults endorsing it?
Autism Talk: Coming to Terms
Person-first or identity-first? The autism community remains divided over language, and this father of a child with autism—also an autistic one—sees that both sides have a point, even if pleasing everyone is impossible.
The Facts About Truth
The “fact” that 80% of marriages with an autistic child end in divorce has been repeated for years. It turns out to be entirely fabricated, and the real research tells a far more hopeful story.
A Clue to the GI Problems that Plague Many Kids with Autism?
Columbia researchers found unusually high levels of a gut bacterium called Sutterella in children with autism and GI symptoms, a possible clue to a puzzling and common comorbidity.
Autism Linked with Excess Neurons in Prefrontal Cortex
Autistic boys’ brains contain 67 percent more neurons in a region tied to social and language function, a UC San Diego study found, pointing to a prenatal origin for autism.
Autism: Finding Out
What does the first year after an autism diagnosis actually feel like? One father’s candid interview walks through the trauma, confusion, and eventual acceptance that shaped his family’s path forward.