Timing is key to understanding sensory, social issues in autism
As the philosopher and psychologist William James described it, to a baby the world is “one great blooming, buzzing confusion.”...
Month: January 2021
In Chinese newspapers, stories on autism neglect science
Newspapers in the U.S. are replete with stories about autism. That’s not necessarily the case in many other parts of...
Autism in Africa
Mental illness is the leading cause of disability in the world, according to the World Health Organization. Even more troubling:...
Virtual games teach real-world skills to kids with autism
On 13 May, 2008, Matthew Belmonte received a curious e-mail from Google. For more than a year, Belmonte, an assistant professor at Cornell...
Pawan Sinha: Bringing a new vision to autism
People with autism are famously said to have a razor-sharp attention to detail, but sometimes miss the big picture: to...
A global vision for autism with community solutions
Many of us who are fortunate enough to cross geographic, cultural and political boundaries come to perceive people across these...
Intense world theory raises intense worries
In the past few years, a new theory of autism —the ‘intense world theory,’ proposed by Henry and Kamila Markram1,...
