April 2----Autism

What do we know, do you know about autism?

My bet is not enough.

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What is Autism?

http://www.autism.com/medical/research/index.htm

Autism is a severe developmental disorder that begins at birth or within the first two-and-a-half years of life. Most autistic children are perfectly normal in appearance, but spend their time engaged in puzzling and disturbing behaviors which are markedly different from those of typical children. Less severe cases may be diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or with Asperger's Syndrome (these children typically have normal speech, but they have many "autistic" social and behavioral problems).

It used to be thought that autism is just a fate that you accept.The good news is that there are now a wide variety of treatment options which can be very helpful. Some treatments may lead to great improvement, and others may have little or no effect, but a good starting point would be the parent ratings of biomedical interventions, which presents the responses of over 25,000 parents in showing the effectiveness of various interventions on their own child.

How Common is it? For many years autism was rare - occurring in just five children per 10,000 live births. However, since the early 1990's, the rate of autism has increased exponentially around the world with figures as high as 60 per 10,000. Boys outnumber girls four to one. In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control reported that 1 in 150 children is diagnosed with autism.

What is the Outlook? Age at intervention has a direct impact on outcome--typically, the earlier a child is treated, the better the prognosis will be. In recent years there has been a marked increase in the percentage of children who can attend school in a typical classroom and live semi-independently in community settings. However, the majority of autistic persons remain impaired in their ability to communicate and socialize.

The Autism Research Institute (ARI) is proud to be the only autism non-profit to be awarded the coveted 'Four Star Award" by Charity Navigator for sound fiscal management. ARI is even prouder of its unique track record in funding research projects which have made a real difference in discovering the true causes of autism, and developing effective treatments that bring about recovery from autism.

ARI-funded research has dispelled the conventional belief that autism is always an untreatable lifelong disability. ARI funds research intended to bring results, and not to demonstrate "political correctness." ARI funds research on controversial topics, including the role of environmental toxins and thimerosal in vaccines causing the autism epidemic -- topics ignored and avoided by the larger, mainstream organizations. Thousands of parents and physicians worldwide credit ARI with bringing recovery or near-recovery to autistic patients.

ARI-funded Research for 2007
A Sampling of Past ARI-Funded Grants
Scientific Foundations of a Defeat Autism Now! Protocol

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Research Papers

Metals, both essential and toxic, are found in the human body and more than one quarter of the elemts known in the periodic table are essential for human life

Heavy Metal Exposures, Developmental Milestones, and Physical Symptoms in Children with Autism

Binding of Infectious Agents, Toxic Chemicals, and Dietary Peptides to Tissue Enzymes and Lymphocyte Receptors and Consequent Immune Response in Autism

Impaired transsulfuration and oxidative stress in autistic children: Improvement with targeted nutritional intervention

Effects of Mercury on Methionine Synthase: Implications for Disordered Methylation in Autism

B6 and Sulfation

The Cerebellum and Autism

Studies of High Dosage Vitamin B6 (and often with Magnesium) in Autistic Children and Adults

Science Session Presentations

• New Evidence for DNA Hypomethylation and Increased Vulnerability to Oxidative Stress in Autism
  Jill James, PhD (Seattle 2006)
• Response to Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) in the Autistic population
  Marvin Boris, MD (Seattle 2006)
• Methionine Synthase: A Redox Sensor and First Responder to Oxidative Stress
  Richard Deth, PhD (Seattle 2006)
• Autism is Treatable: Scientific Plausibility
  Martha Herbert, MD, PhD (Seattle 2006)
• Methylation Panel: Autism and Methyl B12
  James Neubrander, MD (DC 2006)
• Methylation Panel: Transmethylation Overview
  Derrick Lonsdale, MD (DC 2006)
• Methylation Panel: Methionine Synthase: A Redox Sentinel at the Intersection of Life
  Richard Deth, PhD (DC 2006)
• Methylation Panel: New Evidence and Implications of DNA Hypomethylation in Autistic Children
  S. Jill James, PhD (DC 2006)
• Recent Findings on the Nutritional Abnormalities in Autism
  Jim �Adams, PhD (DC 2006)
• Follow the Science: Synergy and Synchrony in Autism
  Elizabeth Mumper, MD (Long Beach 2005)
• Autism: Evidence it can be treated
  Jeff Bradstreet, MD, FAAFP (Milwaukee 2006)
• Recovery: Going Home with a Plan for Using the Best that Defeat Autism Now! Offers
  Jeff Bradstreet, MD (Seattle 2006)

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