NEWS FEED
News Stories relating to "autistic"
Prodigies May be Autistic
Thursday, January 3, 2013
A new study of 8 child prodigies suggests a possible link between these children's special skills and autism. Of the prodigies studied, 3 had a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
In addition, half of the prodigies had a family member or a first- or second-degree...
read more
In addition, half of the prodigies had a family member or a first- or second-degree...
Is Autism an Advantage in the Modern World?
Friday, April 6, 2012
Autism seems to be more widespread that ever--unless statistics are wrong: a new study show that the rate of autism has risen 23% in the last two years, with one in 88 children affected. Could there be a REASON behind this? Scientists studying the problem have begun to find some advantages to being autistic.
In the Wall Street...
read more
In the Wall Street...
It's Now Against the Law to be a Kid
Friday, February 10, 2012
More and more US schools have their own police forces. Pupils are being arrested for throwing paper planes and failing to pick up crumbs from the cafeteria floor. The state has taken over discipline from the classroom teacher and is now criminalizing normal childhood...
read more
3 comments
Polio is Back
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Polio was the disease that President Franklin Roosevelt had that the media kept secret from the public, for fear of making him look weak. It was the scourge of children who grew up in the 40s and early 50s, before the polio vaccine was invented in 1955. While polio still affects some African countries, the CDC has declared that polio is a...
What It's Like to be a Genius
Saturday, October 8, 2005
What is it like to live inside the body of the special kind of genius known as the autistic savant (once know as idiot savants)? These are people whom scientists think are brain damaged in the womb. One part of the brain, the part that controls social interactions, ends up underdeveloped and to compensate, the other part, that controls...
