There was much discussion (and there remains much discussion!) about comments that Dr. Bernadine Healy made in her interviews with Sharyl Attkisson (autismvox, denialism, LeftBrainRightBrain, to name a few) .  Dr. Healy suggested that the Institute of Medicine’s report on vaccines and autism is flawed becuase, in her assertion (a) the IOM (and others) are [...]

OK, ths post is late. The latest study (Hornig et al.) has been covered over and over again by blogs.
The basic idea is simple: try to recreate the work of Dr. Andrew Wakfield, whose 1998 and 2002 studies are what has really fueled the idea that MMR and autism are linked.
In the present study, [...]

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 [...]