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Many identify with Asperger's syndrome, a part of the Autism Spectrum. New revelations that Dr. Asperger may have participated in murder in WWII cast doubt on his legacy. 
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Hundreds of thousands of Americans have Asperger’s syndrome, a developmental disorder on the autism spectrum. Kelsey is one of them. For the last two years
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A seven-year-old with autism moved her mum to tears with a note explaining how she understands that despite what some people may think, "autism doesn't mean I'm bad". Via malek
malek's curator insight,
November 14, 2015 6:16 PM
The awareness is lacking, the compassion is lacking .The understanding of how intelligent these children are doesn't seem to be highlighted anywhere.
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Combined measurements of brain anatomy, connectivity and neurochemistry distinguish autism spectrum disorder subjects from controls. Rajesh Kana and L...
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Vaccines don’t cause autism. But even if they did, is being like me really a fate worse than death?
Deanna Dahlsad's insight:
Exactly.
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http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/ Dan talks about being diagnosed with mild Tourette syndrome and Asperger syndrome as a young man, and how he still sees some sympt...
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Researchers report estrogen receptor beta is significantly decreased in the brain of people with autism. Via Jocelyn Stoller
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I'm skeptical; I still believe that gender inequality (rampant in the medical sciences as well as the family dynamic where fathers are more involved in their boys lives and are more likely to get them help than their daughters) has more to do with more males being diagnosed. But here's a study that's worthy of noting.
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Publication date: June 2014 Via Dave Vago, Teodora Stoica, Jocelyn Stoller
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Carson Luke, a young boy with autism, shattered bones in his hand and foot after educators grabbed him and tried to shut him into a “scream room.” Kids across the country risked similar harm at least 267,000 times in just one school year. Via Darcy Delaproser
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Disgusting & alarming!
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Signaling activity along a single nerve tract deep within the brain predicts a living, wide-awake, freely moving animal’s tendency to socialize. Via Sandeep Gautam, Jocelyn Stoller
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June 19, 2014 10:24 PM
Dopamine and VTA - NAcc circuit implicated in social exploration
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According to a new study, children who late develop autism are exposed to elevated levels of steroid hormones while in the womb. Via iPamba, Jocelyn Stoller
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Pattern-recognition, demon-taming, and a humbling invitation into a different way of experiencing the world.
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Inmates Train Dogs to Be Service Animals for Autistic Children TIME This week, KABC profiled a two-year-old program called Pathways To Hope in which inmates at the California Institute for Women in Chino, California, train dogs to be service... Via Dana Hoffman
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Michelle Parsons wasn't diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome until adulthood. She explores the gendered stereotypes associated with the condition.
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April 3, 2014 5:47 PM
We all stand together Learning disability is not a story about mystical beings.
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BOZEMAN - Studies show pets can have profound effects on people. Unconditional love and the buddy system works for one boy and his dog.
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The photographer Thimothy Archibald shares with us his interesting and moving project. In his series ‘Echolilia’, Archibald explores his relationship with his autistic son Elijah.
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AutisMate’s Smart Scenes™ technology combines a traditional grid-display sentence builder with customizable visual scenes, which incorporate visual stories, visual schedules and video modeling into a single learning app. AutisMate’s personalization allows users to employ images and videos from an environment the individual with autism is familiar, including their home, school or work. Via Diana Petschauer
Diana Petschauer's curator insight,
July 26, 2013 3:39 PM
This is one of the most comprehensive apps I have ever used for students/ individuals with autism or any individual needing AAC or life skills features that are built right into the app! Visual schedules and timers, customizable interactive scenes that are literally the rooms/ places that the student/ individual will be in daily, video modeling and sequencing, and communication; it's absolutely phenomenal! The Lite version is FREE and starts with an excellent step by step tutorial and allows you to experience much of what the app has to offer before deciding to purchase the full version. Well worth the price for students/ individuals who will benefit as it replaces so many other apps and having to use multiple apps. 
Elizabeth Ralston's comment,
July 27, 2013 2:07 PM
I'm going to look into this. I need a customizable app for higher level students.
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Autism Speaks is an organization that talks over autistic people. They don’t have any autistic employees or head members. They are not concerned with the psychophysical wellbeing of autistic people, rather they are more concerned with autistic people’s allistic/neurotypical relatives’ wellbeing, often at the expense of autistic people’s.
Most of the money Autism Speaks receives through donations goes towards “autism research”, whose primary objective is to find the “cause” of autism in order to do some eugenics magic and eradicate us all in the long run.
Autism Speaks actively spreads misinformation about autism. They say that vaccines cause autism, although no compounds in vaccines are able to change brain structure in such a way. They also organize many “autism walks” and similar events to further fuel their agenda and attract more donators.
They have produced a number of promotional videos/interviews, including one where an allistic mother discusses her thoughts of committing a homicide-suicide of her autistic child, right in front of said child...
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The truth is, people with autism are far more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators. Even in our supposedly enlightened society, anyone who is different can become a magnet for bullies and predators. Growing up with undiagnosed Asperger's, I learned that the hard way. So did my son, Jack (I call him Cubby), who also has Asperger's. I'd sensed that all my life, but it's also supported by scientific studies, in both medical and criminal justice research.
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It is my hope, for those of you who may be at the beginning of your journey with an autistic child, that these things might help you avoid some of the many, many mistakes we made and a great deal of unnecessary pain.
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The presence of an animal can significantly increase positive social behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders, according to new research.
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So my being The Crazy Zoo Lady was a good thing ;)
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