Autism Spectrum Disorder

Folic acid: Your best friend during those nine months of pregnancy

Posted By Editorial Team, May 10, 2019 at 06:27pm

As Google Doodle pays tribute to haematologist Lucy Wills for the identification of folic acid, we tell you how this vitamin B ensures a healthy pregnancy.
Can virtual reality be your actual healer?

Posted By Editorial Team, April 18, 2019 at 04:02pm

Recent research shows that virtual reality technology can improve the quality of blood vessel surgery. While this technology isn't yet widely used in India, the rest of the world is resorting to it for healing many conditions. Read on to know about them.
Is your child autistic? Make him eat this not that

Posted By Editorial Team, April 17, 2019 at 03:25pm
World Autism Awareness Day 2019: This is how yoga can help kids with ASD

Posted By Aishwarya Vaidya, April 02, 2019 at 01:14pm

Yoga can benefit children with autism in more ways than one. On this World Autism Awareness Day, we tell you how it helps manage the manifestations of this neurodevelopmental disorder.
World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April: The famous faces of ASD

Posted By Editorial Team, March 31, 2019 at 11:38am

What does Michelanglo and Tim Burton have in common except for the fact that they are geniuses in their respective fields? Both have Asperger's Syndrome, a condition included in the spectrum of autism disorders. Here are more famous names who lived and thrived with this condition.
Know if medical cannabis can help children with autism

Posted By Agencies, February 02, 2019 at 02:28pm

Cannabis treatment for teenage patients with autism is well-tolerated, safe and effective option to relieve symptoms including seizures, tics, depression, restlessness, researchers say.
Know whether traffic-related air pollution can cause autism

Posted By Editorial Team, November 21, 2018 at 11:12am

According to a new study, a common air pollutant during pregnancy was associated with higher chances of a child being diagnosed with autism. Know more about this.
Musical activities can improve autistic children's communication skills

Posted By Editorial Team, November 06, 2018 at 11:05am

Musical activities like playing instruments and singing can improve autistic children's social communication skills.
Scientists unravelled a network of over 200 genes linked to autism for better therapy

Posted By Sreemoyee Chatterjee, November 04, 2018 at 12:52pm

Researchers' discovery of a network of over 200 genes linked to autism will help in coming up with new treating methods of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Kids with Autism 50% more likely to be obese, reveals study

Posted By Aishwarya Vaidya, October 20, 2018 at 12:12pm

These revelations of a study will shock you! Read on to know more how autism and obesity is interlinked.
Cell based therapy shows improvement in twelve year old Kenyan boy who suffered from autism

Posted By Editorial Team, October 03, 2018 at 04:58pm

Cell based therapy in autism aims to address neurologic, gastrointestinal and immunologic disturbances. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) show promise in the management of autistic children.
5 therapies that work best for children with autism

Posted By Debjani Arora, September 17, 2018 at 01:09pm

Autism or autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder which affects a child s social skills, verbal and non-verbal communication, it has no cure but can be managed well with therapies.
Study finds drumming to boost your autistic child's aptitude, communication skills

Posted By Sreemoyee Chatterjee, September 15, 2018 at 05:24pm

Drumming can help your autistic child improve his abilities, aptitude and communication skill. Know more about drum therapy as an alternative treatment for autism.
Miscommunication may block natural healing cycle, finds study

Posted By ANI, September 08, 2018 at 08:05pm

Turns out, the progress in treating chronic illness, where the cause of the problem is often unknown, gets hampered due to a miscommunication in our body.
Study finds link between autism and depression, 1 in 5 suffer from the misery

Posted By Sudhakar Jha, September 02, 2018 at 11:14am

A new research has shown that depression affects almost 20 per cent of young adults with autism, that s more than triple found in the general population.
Pesticides in your body can lead to autism in your child

Posted By Sudhakar Jha, August 17, 2018 at 11:38am

Women who have high levels of an indicator for pesticides in their blood have an increased risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to the study.
Did you know? Prenatal Tdap vaccination does not increase autism risk

Posted By Agencies, August 13, 2018 at 06:34pm

The study showed that the autism spectrum disorder rate in children was 1.5 per cent in the maternal Tdap vaccinated group and 1.8 per cent in the maternal unvaccinated group.
Mothers with symptoms of PCOS are more likely to have an autistic baby

Posted By Debjani Arora, August 02, 2018 at 05:23pm

While it is difficult to say if high levels of testosterone impact fetal brain development but it increases the likelihood of having an autistic child
Know if changing expectant mothers' diet help prevent autism?

Posted By Agencies, July 19, 2018 at 05:34pm

The study raises the possibility that preventing forms of autism could be as simple as an expectant mother modifying her diet or taking custom probiotics.
Autistic Pride Day 2018: How can yoga help deal with autism?

Posted By Upneet Pansare, July 06, 2018 at 03:24pm

Yoga, meditation and breathing exercises provide a healthy effective adjunct/ alternate treatment that can support both the child and the family.

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Folic acid: Your best friend during those nine months of pregnancy

Can virtual reality be your actual healer?

Is your child autistic? Make him eat this not that

World Autism Awareness Day 2019: This is how yoga can help kids with ASD

World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April: The famous faces of ASD

Know if medical cannabis can help children with autism

Know whether traffic-related air pollution can cause autism

Musical activities can improve autistic children's communication skills

Scientists unravelled a network of over 200 genes linked to autism for better therapy

Kids with Autism 50% more likely to be obese, reveals study

Cell based therapy shows improvement in twelve year old Kenyan boy who suffered from autism

5 therapies that work best for children with autism

Study finds drumming to boost your autistic child's aptitude, communication skills

Miscommunication may block natural healing cycle, finds study

Study finds link between autism and depression, 1 in 5 suffer from the misery

Pesticides in your body can lead to autism in your child

Did you know? Prenatal Tdap vaccination does not increase autism risk

Mothers with symptoms of PCOS are more likely to have an autistic baby

Know if changing expectant mothers' diet help prevent autism?

Autistic Pride Day 2018: How can yoga help deal with autism?

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