Community Shares | September 25th 2023
A recent prevalence report of children aged 7 to 9 years in the Centro region of Portugal shows a rapid rise in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) rates in a relatively short period. A comparison between the new rate (0.5%) and the rate from a national study in 1999-2000 (0.125%) demonstrates that the current prevalence estimates […]
Story-Telling Skills of Children on the Spectrum
Compared to Neurotypical Matched Controls, Kids with ASD Struggle with Phonological and Lexical Errors A recent Italian study has examined the storytelling skills of children with autism and compared those skills to neurotypical children. Participants in this research included 41 children with autism and 41 typically developing children between the ages of 7 and 11 […]
Could Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Stimulate the “Social Brain?”
One Biomedical Engineer Believes It Is Possible Through Targeting the Amygdala Xujun Duan, a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, has recently conducted a clinical trial using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to target the amygdala in children with autism aged 3 to 7 years old. The researcher […]
Therapeutic Farming Provides Benefits for Individuals with ASD and IDD
The Care Farming Network Is Holding Virtual Meetings on Starting Care Farms Care Farming, also known as Social Farming or Social Care Farming, is a therapeutic farming practice for people with special needs, including those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This practice, common in the UK and Europe, allows […]
Could Infants Born After 42 Weeks Have a Higher Autism Risk?
Premature Birth and Low Birth Weight Have Previously Been Linked to ASD; Now, Post-Term Birth Also Shows Vulnerability Post-term births from pregnancies lasting more than 42 weeks account for 5-10% of deliveries in developed countries. A new meta-analysis from Iranian researchers shows that post-term birth can be considered a risk factor for autism spectrum disorder […]
