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Research Study Findings General Research NEW!! Variability in outcome for children with an ASD diagnosis at age 2 ~ Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2007
NEW!! Social and communication development in toddlers with early and later diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders ~ Archives of General Psychiatry. 2007
NEW!! Early social-communicative and cognitive development of younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders ~ Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2007
NEW!! Associated medical disorders and disabilities in children with autistic disorder: a population-based study ~ Autism, 2004 NEW!! Adult Outcome for Children with Autism ~ Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2004
New AAP Reports Help Pediatricians Identify and Manage Autism Earlier ~ American Academy of Pediatrics ~ Two new clinical reports from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will help pediatricians recognize autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) earlier and guide families to effective interventions, which will ultimately improve the lives of children with ASDs and their families.
Autism - Cutting Edge Discoveries ~ Dr. Roger L. Turner, DC ~ Do you feel there must be an answer to the causes of Autism? Would you like to hear about “the cause” missed by most treatment protocols? A cutting edge protocol has been discovered that addresses the main causative factor in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) that almost all disciplines have missed in their treatment protocols.
Service Dogs for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Benefits, Challenges and Welfare Implications ~ a qualitative investigation of the benefits, challenges and welfare of service dogs for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families.
Twin Autism Study ~ An exciting study for autism that started as a mother's means to document her twin's development and milestones for their albums. The mother is also the founder and president of the Canadian National Autism Foudation
Children and Youth with Special Needs ~ A Report by the Canadian Council on Social Development
Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) ~ National Institute of Mental Health ~ 2004
Separating Fact from Fiction in the Etiology and Treatment of Autism
Clinical Trials: Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) ~ National Insitute of Mental Health
Genetic Research
Canadian Scientists Lead International Autism Genome Discoveries ~ Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto
Offord Centre Leads Discovery of Genes Believed to Contribute to Autism ~ Offord Centre for Child Studies, Hamilton
Mapping the Genes for Autism: Canadian Study Part of Worldwide Effort ~ Offord Centre for Child Studies, Hamilton
Autism Research at the Duke Center for Human Genetics ~ abstracts to a number of different studies being conducted at Duke
Project to Search for Autism Gene ~ BBC News ~ July 2004
New Genetic Hypothesis for the Cause of Autism ~ American Journal of Genetics ~ September 8, 2004
Researchers Identify First Gene Variant That Appears To Increase Risk Of Autism In Significant Portion Of The Population ~ American Journal of Psychiatry ~ April 2004
Complex Gene Interactions Account for Autism Risk ~ Duke University Medical Centre ~ August 2005
The Origins of Autism ~ New research into the causes of this baffling disorder is focusing on genes that control the development of the brain ~ Scientific American ~ February 2000
Autism Gene ~ from a study at Columbia University Medical Centre ~ January 2004
Vaccine Research
Mac Experts Dispute Link Between Autism, Vaccines The Hamilton Spectator ~ Saturday, February 2, 2004
Brain Research New! - Interview with Dr. Dan Rossignol: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Improves Symptoms in Autistic Children ~ Medical Veritas (3), 2006
Study Provides Evidence That Autism Affects Functioning of Entire Brain
Major Brain Structures Implicated in Autism
UCSD Researchers Find Brain Overgrowth During First Year of Life in Autism ~ University of California, San Diego ~ July 2003
Could a Big Head Mean Autism? ~ An accelerated rate of brain growth in infants may be an early warning sign of risk for autism ~ The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ~ July 2003
Clues to Autisms Neural Basis ~ International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences ~ 2000
Other Interesting Research
Facing off against autism; Can a computer game help autistic children recognize faces and expressions? ~ Dr. Jim Tanaka, a UVic cognitive neuroscientist, has developed a computer game that may improve the face-processing abilities of children with autism
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