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Autism Twitter Day Should Include Severe, Low Functioning, Autistic Disorder Realities by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 08 Dec 2008 4:53am

1 Comment not exclude the severely autistic - those persons with Autistic Disorder who are low functioning and cognitively impaired. On Autism Twitter Day let us not forget those persons with Autistic Disorder who live their adult Read on »

Autism Diagnoses: DSM V Should Separate Autistic Disorder from Aspergers and HFA by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 12 May 2009 3:23pm

3 Comments between Aspergers Disorder and those with higher functioning PDD -NOS and autistic disorders. The other DSM problem which generates much unnecessary conflict is the inclusion... serious challenges of persons with Autistic Disorder who lack a fundamental understanding of the world, who have very limited abstract thought and who have very little in the way Read on »

Steven Higgs on Autism - One Half Sentence for Autistic Disorder, One Whole Article for Aspergers by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 04 Jul 2010 11:45pm with Autistic Disorder, those most severely affected by autism disorders, and writes an article about the entire autism spectrum of disorders in which he focuses on Aspergers... of) a 15-year-old girl with Asperger's." The highlighted words in the preceding quote are the only mention of Autistic Disorder in this article about "Autism's" generation gap Read on »

Autism Rising in California: 1200% Increase In Autistic Disorder Cases 1987-2007 by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 07 May 2009 7:56pm

1 Comment San Jose's Mercury News.com reports that a new California state study released this week shows a 12 fold or 1200% increase in classic autism, or Autistic Disorder, cases over..., the study focused on people with classic autism and generally excluded people with other autistic spectrum disorders, such as Asperger's syndrome and Rett's disorder. The expansion Read on »

Do Study Results Involving High Functioning Autism Subjects Automatically Apply to Persons with Autistic Disorder and Intellect by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 05 Jan 2010 2:36am Can the results of studies involving subjects with High Functioning Autism automatically be applied to persons with Low Functioning Autism, to the 75-80% of persons with Autistic Disorder who are cognitively impaired? In Brain Serotonin and Dopamine Transporter Bindings in Adults With High-Functioning Autism the authors are careful Read on »

Autism Disorders and Intellectual Disability: Claim that 75-80% of Persons with Autistic Disorder are Intellectually Disabled i by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 03 May 2010 2:41am but is not comfortable with the fact that many persons with Autistic Disorder are Intellectually Disabled. Mr. Griswold and Astrid at at Astrid's Journal disagree with my numerical references... seems to think. My assertion is that credible authorities have stated that 75-80% of persons with Autistic Disorder are intellectually disabled. I stand by that assertion Read on »

Redefining Autism: Should the Autism "Spectrum" Concept be Abandoned? by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 28 Sep 2009 10:04pm it is time to acknowledge their arguments, remove Asperger Disorder from the DSM, and go back to the DSM III criteria for Infantile Autism or Autistic Disorder. autism ... of the different ways in which autism is referred to in the research literature with some making clear distinctions between low functioning Autistic Disorder and those with HFA or Aspergers Read on »

Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by Leslie M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 17 Nov 2008 9:19pm

2 Comments Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Language makes reality Autism is a multi-system disease with neurological, gastrointestinal, endocrine, immune, developmental, and communicative abnormalities. READ FULL ARTICLE www.tacanow.org offers some scolarships. But generally, no. The cost of therapy falls mainly on the family. Some insurance companies Read on »

Potential for early-life immune insult including developmental immunotoxicity in autism and autism spectrum disorders: focus on by Cheryl Patient Expert

Posted Tue 02 Jun 2009 1:16pm and perinatal environmentally induced immune alterations have yet to be considered in depth in the context of autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Numerous factors produce early... concern in cases of prenatal-neonatal brain pathologies and neurobehavioral deficits. Autism and ASDs are chronic developmental neurobehavioral disorders that are on the rise Read on »

Prepare Your Child with Autism for Transitions - Autism and Transitions - Autism Behaviors - from about.com by Rudy S. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 09 Nov 2008 10:08pm This is a great article with tips for parents of autistic children Prepare Your Child with Autism for Transitions - Autism and Transitions - Autism Behaviors Read on »