Autism Help For Social Care Professionals - National Autistic Society, UKThe National Autistic Society (NAS) has launched a guide to assessing and supporting adults with autism after the charity's I Exist campaign revealed a widespread lack of understanding and training in the condition amongst social care professionals. There is currently very little guidance for those who carry out assessments of need.
Link Between Nicotine Addiction And AutismScientists have identified a relationship between two proteins in the brain that has links to both nicotine addiction and autism. The finding has led to speculation that existing drugs used to curb nicotine addiction might serve as the basis for potential therapies to alleviate the symptoms of autism.
International Research Effort To Study Autism Joined By UICResearchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are taking part in an international effort to gather DNA samples from 2,000 autism patients and their families over the next three years. The initiative, called the Simons Simplex Collection, is the first coordinated effort to create a database of information about families with only one autistic child.
Autism: Lee Scott MP Shortlisted For E-Politix Disability Champion Award, UKThe UK Autism Foundation is delighted that the Patron of UKAF, Lee Scott MP has been short listed for the ePolitix Disability Champion Award 2008. Lee Scott MP has campaigned night and day for all people with autism and Asperger's Syndrome, not only in the London Borough of Redbridge but right across the UK.
New Findings From Genome-Wide Association StudiesThousands of the world's top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field are presenting their latest research at the 58th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 11-15, 2008.
Combined Senses Give Us A Better View Of The WorldFrom a young age we are taught about the five senses and how they help us to explore our world. Although each sense seems to be its own entity, recent studies have indicated that there is actually a lot of overlap and blending of the senses occurring in the brain to help us better perceive our environment. Researchers J.E. Lugo, R.
Cornell Researchers Study Showing Evidence Of A Major Environmental Trigger For AutismThe American Medical Association journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has published a new study by researchers at Cornell University indicating evidence of an environmental trigger for autism among genetically vulnerable children. It is the first peer-reviewed study to positively associate the prevalence of autism to a factor related to the levels of precipitation in the areas in which children live.
Dame Stephanie Shirley's Successful UKAF Autism Lecture In Redbridge, EnglandDame Stephanie Shirley one of Britain's leading autism campaigners recently visited the London Borough of Redbridge for the first time to deliver an Autism Lecture in Woodford Green, Essex, on the invitation of the autism charity, the UK Autism Foundation. She is also one of the UK's top entrepreneurs, arriving in Britain from Austria at the age of 5 years old; a child refugee fleeing the horrors of Nazi-occupied Germany.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Conference 2008: Taking Action To Tackle Obsessive Compulsive DisorderOn Saturday 22nd November, mental health professionals and members of the public who are affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) will all come together for the 2008 OCD Conference at Imperial College London. This annual conference has been designed to inspire, invigorate and educate participants and provide an opportunity to share personal experiences of a condition which affects an estimated 1.8 million people in the UK alone.
Author Royalties From Autism Book Donated To Autism ResearchPaul Offit, MD, announced today that all author royalties earned from the sale of his new book, "Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure," will be donated to the Center for Autism Research at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "We are very pleased to partner with Dr.
Clue To Later Autism Revealed By Unusual Use Of Toys In InfancyResearchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute have found that infants later diagnosed with autism exhibited unusual exploration of objects long before being diagnosed. Studying a group of children at high risk for developing autism, the researchers found that those eventually diagnosed with the disorder were more likely to spin, repetitively rotate, stare at and look out of the corners of their eyes at simple objects, including a baby bottle and a rattle, as early as 12 months of age.
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