The BBC News reports that after 40 hours of hyperbaric treatment autistic children showed significant improvements in social interaction and eye contact compared with controls. However, this treatment has not been evaluated to date with a controlled study.
Regular visitors to this blog will know that one of my first reads of the day is the Guardian. One of my favourite writers is their science correspondent Dr. Ben Goldacre
Check out this video that Ben posted on his blog Bad Science, which is well worth subcribing to. Oh and Ben keep the haircut, I think its cute!
A group of British investigators is reporting on a new modality of psychological treatment in disorders related to autism in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
High rates of anxiety and mood disorders, and particularly obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), have been reported in children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). [continue reading…]
A special court ruled Thursday that evidence presented in three cases by parents of children with autism did not prove a link between autism and certain early childhood vaccines.
The ruling closes one chapter in a long feud that has pitted families with autistic children against the bulk of the scientific establishment. Those who believe passionately that routine childhood shots are to blame for the rising toll of autism feel they are locked in a David-and-Goliath struggle against vaccine manufacturers, corrupt scientists, federal agencies and the mainstream media. It remains to be seen whether yesterday’s ruling will end the controversy — or be seen as just more evidence of what some call a conspiracy. Washington Post
A group of British investigators is reporting on a new modality of psychological treatment in disorders related to autism in the current issue of 