Autism West Cork

Just a few of the many articles on Autism that I found interesting this week.

A short while ago I linked up to an article describing the importance of maintaining good family health. This week I came across an article on Autism Through Jacobs Eyes that succinctly describes the gamut of emotions  that parents may go through after receiving a diagnosis. I think that it’s important to recognise that these emotional responses may resurface over a long period of time and that it’s very important for the parents to get the support they need to be able to support the child.

(Some of the links in the above paragraph may require you to be a member of Facebook before you can read them).

Also in the news this week is another study of brain function in connection with Autism. New CMU Brain Imaging Research Reveals Why Autistic Individuals Confuse Pronouns (wow! what a title) reported on prnewswire.com describes how children on the spectrum, who confuse the pronouns “I” and “you”, may exhibit poor synchronization between parts of the brain at the front and the back. (Remember last week we had a study that described poor synchronization between the left and the right of the brain). However the article on prnewswire.com came in for some criticism from Autism NB for misrepresenting the results as applying to all autistic children while the study only looked at high functioning children. However that’s two studies in a relatively short period of time that indicate poor brain synchronization may play a part in autistic behavior.