A lot of research has been applied to structural studies of the brains of people with autism. MRI technology emerged in the 1980s and by the 1990’s groups were applying it to autism. More recently, fMRI (functional MRI) has been available, and many of the same teams are working with that.
Two of the [...]

The main “product” if you will of the IACC is the “Strategic Plan”. This, not surprisingly, is a plan to coordinate the research directions that the government funded agencies should undertake.
As part of the process, they have published a “Request for Input“, or RFI. They want comments on the draft version of the [...]

We’ve already discussed a really cool trike for kids, the Trek Trikester.
What if you have a bigger kid, adolescent or adult and still need a trike? One good option is a trike from Rhino.
These are mondo trikes. Sorry, I just don’t have a better word for it. They are built big and [...]

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee–the group that is working to come up with a plan for how the government should spend money on autism research–has asked for input. This is an “RFI” or “request for information”, from the services subcommittee.
Follow the link for more details, but here are some segments worth noting:
Information Requested
The IACC [...]

There is a recent paper out on mitochondrial mutations and made the news. The LeftBrain/RightBrain blog discussed this some, but since Mitochondrial medicine in currently a hot-topic in the autism community, I was planning on taking a close look at the paper. But, “Prometheus” at the “Photon in the Darkness” blog has taken [...]

If you have a kid with autism, or possibly some other challenges, you may be in the market for a tricycle that fits bigger kids than most.
One tricycle that fits both a lot of younger kids and can grow for older kids is the “Trikester” by Trek.
Here it is in blue:
and in pink
Trek makes mountain [...]

Epiwonk isn’t a specifically autism blog. Instead, it is a blog that multiple issues in the current news/literature. As you can imagine from the name, epiwonk has a very strong epidemiology leaning. Taken from the main page:
Epi Wonk (that’s me) has a Ph.D. in epidemiology. I worked for more than 30 [...]

I mentioned that the IACC was having a meeting of the “Implementation Workgroup” previously. The meeting was held today.
If you are wondering, they are very easy to “attend”. You can either call in to a listen-only line or you can also watch the presentations they are working on. For this meeting, the presentation [...]

There are a number of blogs that I have found useful and/or informative. I’ll be adding those to the blogroll on the right. As I do, will likely add a post like this about the blog.
The first blog I’ve chosen* is “AutismVox“. Kristina Chew writes it. Kristina (just in case you [...]

Translating Autism does what I would love to do: take important papers as they come out and give a brief analysis.
Translating Autism is an autism research blog intended to rapidly disseminate the latest scientific findings related to the nature, causes, & treatments of autism spectrum disorders. Only a minuscule portion of the autism research ever [...]