Autism Paradox and the Broken (Special) Education System

• By: James O. Grundvig Cloudnician LLC
• July 1st, 2014
• brain, father, music, neuroimaging, special education
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YouTube and the Internet have provided a boost for my 14-year-old autistic son, where his public school has failed to educate him. Technology has empowered Fridrik to explore his curiosity, while expands his intelligence. Using the 1990s cartoon series Dexter’s Laboratory and its 78 episodes...

Studies Map Gene Expression Across Brain Development

• By: Virginia Hughes SFARI.org
• January 1st, 2014
• brain, genetics, research, science
• 902    0

Now that genetic studies have implicated several hundred genes in autism, researchers are turning their attention to where and when in the healthy young brain these genes are expressed. The first two studies to tackle these questions appeared on November 21, 2013 in Cell. One report, led by...