Archive for June, 2014
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 @ 7:42PM
Autism rates continue to climb, cannot be accounted for by ‘better awareness’
The new numbers, compiled in 2010 and just released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show the rate of autism has more than doubled in the last eight years. The numbers of children affected by autism have gone up in every socioeconomic group and region, and can…
Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 11:59AM
Children with regressive autism show improvements following steroid therapy!
Harvard Medical School finds that children who received prolonged steroid therapy following their regression into autism later show better functioning and improved symptoms compared to children who receive no treatments. Up to a third of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder manifest regressive autism – they show normal early development followed…