As the diagnosis of autism is increasing the diagnosis of mental retardation is decreasing. And more and more on the other end, the high end, more ch….

Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by two main components: an inability to interact socially with other people with joint attention to ….

Vibrato is the badge of tonal maturity..

There is no question there are differences between male and female brains. They are called sexual dimorphisms and you can point to different anatomic….

In fact, many children come to autism clinics early on with GI/bowel disturbances..

Autism is not a snapshot. It's a life..

Autism reaches out in many different directions. It can be associated with language delays. It can be associated with epilepsy. It can be associat….

I think the gold standard is a clinical diagnosis, that an astute clinician interacting with a child, interviewing the parents, talking with teachers….

I don't know of any neuropsychiatric disorder other than an infection that has been cured. But the goal is to improve the quality of life of people w….

The brain immediately confronts us with its great complexity. The human brain weighs only three to four pounds but contains about 100 billion neurons….

It is not all that common, but there is a phenomenon where autism could get worse at about age two. There are some controversies whether regression i….

I think my own bias is that there may be something wrong with the timing and the connectivity between regions rather than pointing to one particular ….

In autism there is just genes in part more or less of a probability that you will have the disorder, and that is where interactions with the environm….

Memory is the scaffolding upon which all mental life is constructed..

There are clear differences between and some- and there may be protective factors in a female brain..