What Can Cause Severe Behavior in Autism?
Sarah arrived in a hospital psychiatric unit wearing a helmet to protect her when she banged her head. Was autism and puberty the cause of her worsening behavior? The answer may surprise you.
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The articles and webinars below look at a number of medical issues encountered by the autism community including access to care, seizures and epilepsy, gastrointestinal problems, sleep, and medications.
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Webinar: Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Autism
In this recorded webinar, Dr. Calliope Holingue discusses gastrointestinal symptoms in autism and how to help manage them.
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The Curious Link Between GI Symptoms, Mental Health, and Autism
When someone with autism seeks mental health treatment, do doctors and psychologists ask about gastrointestinal problems?
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Webinar: When Epilepsy and Autism Overlap – What Does It Mean?
In this recorded webinar, Dr. Sarah Spence discusses autism and epilepsy.
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Exploring the Connection between Autism and Epilepsy
People with autism have a higher chance of developing epilepsy. What do we know about the autism-epilepsy connection?
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The Fight for Tony: A Mother’s Quest to Unravel a Mystery and Push Autism Research Forward
Sandra Sermone refused to wait. She had seen her son Tony through heart surgery, a feeding tube, brain scans, countless blood tests, and medical appointments. This little boy who struggled to eat, talk, and play was getting worse. Sermone had three things: a telephone, a computer, and an inability to be discouraged. She would find an answer for what was happening to her child.
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Fast Brain Growth and Altered Brain Function in Babies Linked to Autism
Two brain imaging studies suggest it is possible to detect autism in high-risk infants as early as 6 months.
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Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Craig Erickson
Summers spent at a camp for people with disabilities inspired the psychiatrist to focus on autism.
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Autism Treatments: What We Know and Don’t Know
The speaker for our ninth webinar is Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, M.D., a child psychiatrist and neuroscientist who works at both Columbia University and the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, in White Plains, New York. In this webinar, Dr. Veenstra-VanderWeele discusses what kinds of medicines and treatments for autism are out there and how researchers identify what works. He also offers practical advice about different medications and their side effects to parents of children with autism and adults with autism. This webinar is 60 minutes long.
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Autism Heroes: Dr. Patricia Manning
Patty Manning, a developmental pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio, sometimes sees patients in unusual places—in a car seat, walking around the hospital’s library, or simply in the clinic hallway. As a specialist treating children with autism spectrum disorders, she follows her patients’ needs and moods on that particular day.
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