Block & Co. sells unique Brookside property to Autism Center for planned renovation
Block& Co. Realtors Inc. recently sold an approximately 1.2-acre infill property between Brookside and the Country Club Plaza. The buyer looks to finish a renovation by midsummer. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Thomas Friestad Source Type: news
McShane Construction Company Completes Affordable Supportive Living Community for Adults with Autism in Grafton, Wisconsin
Woodside Prairie integrates four six-unit supportive care buildings and two four-unit townhomes. MADISON, Wis., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Construction is completed at Woodside Prairie in Grafton, Wisconsin. McShane Construction Company built the 32-unit affordable supportive... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 9, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What I ’ve been watching
Poor Girls created a visual and stylistic and historical world all of its own. Not a perfect movie by any means, but entrancing throughout. I took the central idea to be why (different kinds of) men are attracted to autistic women, but I do understand no one else saw it that way. American Fiction…#americanfictioni #anselm3d #kiefer #tomcruise #kevinspacey #cwt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The stars of'How to Dance in Ohio' on exploring connections among autistic adults
A new musical recently debuted on Broadway that puts the stories of seven autistic young adults front and center as they face the challenges of leading independent lives. Jeffrey Brown talks to the creators behind "How to Dance in Ohio" and some of its stars for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.#broadway #jeffreybrown #ohio #canvas (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Empowering young people with special educational needs to recognize and report child sexual exploitation and abuse: a mixed-methods review - McMinn LE, Kloess JA, Stephenson Z.
Young people with special educational needs (SEN), such as intellectual disability and/or autism, are particularly vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). This mixed-methods systematic literature review consolidates findings in respect to... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Children with enlarged brains are at a higher risk of autism, study suggests
Infants with an abnormally large part of their brain had a 2.2 times greater chance of developing autism compared to infants who had normal sized brains. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brain's'Spaces' Hold Clues to Origins of Autism
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2024 -- The fluid-filled spaces around the brain ' s blood vessels need proper waste " clearance " every few hours. When that fails to happen, a baby ' s risk for autism appears to rise, new research shows.It ' s too early to say that... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Enlarged perivascular spaces in infant brains linked to autism risk
Infants with enlarged perivascular spaces have a more than two-fold greater chance of developing autism compared with infants with normal perivascular spaces, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill."These results suggest that perivascular spaces could serve as an early marker for autism," said study lead author Dea Garic, PhD, in a statement released January 2 by the university.Every six hours, the brain expels a wave of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that flows through perivascular spaces; this fluid mitigates the buildup of neuroinflammatory proteins, such as amyloid beta. The cleansing ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties Neuroradiology Pediatric Radiology Source Type: news
Correlation Between Increased Brain Space in Infants and Elevated Risk of Autism and Sleep Disturbances
Researchers discover infants with abnormally enlarged perivascular spaces have a 2.2 times greater chance of developing autism compared to infants with the same genetic risk (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - January 2, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Autism Information Source Type: news
Perspectives of autistic adolescent girls and women on the determinants of their mental health and social and emotional well-being: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of lived experience - O'Connor RA, Doherty M, Ryan-Enright T, Gaynor K.
Difficulties with mental health and low levels of well-being are more common among autistic girls and women than non-autistic people, but we do not fully understand why. Research does not focus enough on what autistic girls and women could tell us about th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
10 significant studies from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine in 2023
In 2023, researchers and physicians at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine blazed a trail of genomic and multi-omic research and scientific discoveries. The center's innovative investigations hold a transformative potential to predict, prevent, treat and cure diseases using individualized medicine approaches. Here's a look back at 10 (of many) of Mayo Clinic ’s influential precision medicine research studies of 2023. 1. Mayo Clinic organoid study reveals possible key link to autism spectrum disorder Using miniaturized human brain… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 30, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Disabled teen to be deported 13 years after adoption: " Unconscionable "
An Indiana mother is fighting to prevent her teenage son with cerebral palsy from being deported more than a decade after his adoption. Rebekah Hubley adopted her 17-year-old son Jonas from Haiti in 2010. Jonas is blind, autistic and has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and a seizure disorder.…#indiana #rebekahhubley #haiti #jonas #uscis #hubley #kellydempsey #toddyoung #hollywood (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Autism Aggression Sensor; Psychiatry Top Telehealth Spender; Mid-Stage Wins, Losses
(MedPage Today) -- A wearable biosensor paired with machine learning predicted aggression in psychiatric inpatient youths with autism 3 minutes before it happened. (JAMA Network Open)
Psychiatry had the highest share of telehealth spending, making... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Exploring the varied manifestations of structural violence in the lives of children on the autism spectrum and their families: a qualitative longitudinal study in Kurdistan, Iran - Khougar A, Baba Ahmadi P, Ranjbar H, Ahadi M, Ahadi P.
BACKGROUND: There are many dimensions regarding autism that are closely connected to social structures, policies, and power dynamics, silently impacting the well-being of individuals within the autism spectrum. This research aims to explore these overlooke... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Wearable biosensing to predict imminent aggressive behavior in psychiatric inpatient youths with autism - Imbiriba T, Demirkaya A, Singh A, Erdo ğmuş D, Goodwin MS.
IMPORTANCE: Aggressive behavior is a prevalent and challenging issue in individuals with autism. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether changes in peripheral physiology recorded by a wearable biosensor and machine learning can be used to predict imminen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
