Correlated Archives - Autism Daily Newscast Autism News and Research Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:04:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ADN.jpg Correlated Archives - Autism Daily Newscast 32 32 Sleeping problems due to pain in autism? https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/sleeping-problems-due-to-pain-in-autism/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/?p=8720 Pain may predict sleeping problems in teens diagnosed with autism according to new research from Megan Tudor and colleagues* based at Stony Brook University, USA. Analysing responses from mothers of over 60 children/young adults on measures of pain and sleeping issues, researchers reported that participants presented with elevated levels of pain compared with normative data […]

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]]> Drug Manufacturer Sanofi Admit Their Licenced Drug Valproate (Epilim) Causes Autism and Birth Defects https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/drug-manufacturer-sanofi-admit-their-licenced-drug-valproate-epilim-causes-autism-and-birth-defects/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/?p=7867 Emma Murphy, co – founder of ‘Fetal Anti Convulsant Campaign’Association (FACS)– reported in her blog yesterday that Sanofi, a drug manufacturer, admit that valproate, a drug that they licensed can cause autism and birth defects. Autism Daily Newscast have followed the FACS campaign and reported earlier this month that East Midlands Euro MP Glenis Willmott […]

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]]> Feb 10 – 16 is National Fetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome Awareness (FACSA) Week 2014. https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/feb10-16-is-national-fetal-anti-convulsant-syndrome-awareness-facsa-week-2014/ https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/feb10-16-is-national-fetal-anti-convulsant-syndrome-awareness-facsa-week-2014/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/?p=7532 FACSA Official Awareness Week – During this week FACSA hope to raise awareness of the condition. Autism Daily Newscast covered FACSA and one of its co-founders, Emma Murphy back in December. Fetal Anti Convulsant Syndrome is a condition caused when a woman takes Anti Epileptic drugs (Sodium Valproate, Carbamazipine & Phenytoin before or during her […]

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]]> https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/feb10-16-is-national-fetal-anti-convulsant-syndrome-awareness-facsa-week-2014/feed/ 1 Apraxia – This speech disorder often overlaps with autism https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/apraxia-speech-disorder-often-overlaps-autism/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/?p=27595 Some children with autism should undergo ongoing screenings for , a rare neurological speech disorder, because the two conditions often go hand-in-hand. Over the course of a three-year study, 64 percent of children initially diagnosed with autism were found to also have apraxia. The study also shows that the commonly used Checklist for Autism Spectrum […]

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]]> BCKDK mutations and autism continued https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/bckdk-mutations-and-autism-continued/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/?p=7887 The paper by Gaia Novarino and colleagues* published in 2012 represented an important milestone in autism research. With all the talk about the plurality of autism – the autisms – their suggestion that in a small number of children presenting with epilepsy and autism a particular genetic issue was found controlling the degradation of some […]

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]]> Emma Murphy from Manchester, Co-founder of FACSA ( Fetal Anti Convulsant Syndrome Association) https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/emma-murphy-from-manchester-co-founder-of-facsa-fetal-anti-convulsant-syndrome-association/ Wed, 30 May 2018 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/?p=5273 Emma Murphy from Manchester UK, co-founded FACSA ( Fetal Anti Convulsant Syndrome Association) in November this year with Janet Williams. This is a support group for families affected by FACS. Both women have children who are affected by Fetal Anti Convulsant Syndrom. The National Autistic Society (NAS) describes FACS on their website as: ‘Fetal anti-convulsant […]

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]]> Functional gastrointestinal problems are not uncommon in autism https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/functional-gastrointestinal-problems-are-not-uncommon-in-autism/ Thu, 24 May 2018 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/?p=5267 The presence of bowel issues, whether functional bowel habit problems such as constipation or diarrhoea or more chronic bowel pathology, occurring alongside the presentation of at least some cases of autism have perhaps more that any other comorbidity generated some often heated discussion in both science and lay circles. Whether due to the assertion of […]

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]]> N.J. judge: Mother can’t bring medical marijuana to her child at school https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/n-j-judge-mother-cant-bring-medical-marijuana-child-school/ Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/?p=31252 TRENTON — The mother of a teenage New Jersey girl with epilepsy cannot come to school to feed her daughter cannabis oil that has helped control her seizures, a state judge ruled Tuesday, saying state and federal drug possession laws trump their right to use medical marijuana on school grounds. Half of the states in the […]

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]]> British Celebs go twitter crazy for autism Anti bullying poster https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/british-celebs-go-twitter-crazy-for-autism-anti-bullying-poster/ Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:22:48 +0000 http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/?p=4953 London, UK – Twitters British glitterati have been sharing and re-tweeting a poster created by a 20 year old autistic and epileptic from Uxbridge, London. Angelo Kennedy, son of Autism advocate Anna Kennedy OBE, is featured on a  poster for his mother’s anti bullying and autism awareness “Give Us A Break” campaign, a bullying and […]

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]]> Brain Study May Shed Light on Autism, Schizophrenia, and other Disorders https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/brain-study-may-shed-light-on-autism-schizophrenia-and-other-disorders/ https://www.autismdailynewscast.com/brain-study-may-shed-light-on-autism-schizophrenia-and-other-disorders/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:21:03 +0000 http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/?p=3168 Scientists know that disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and intellectual disability are the result of differences in the brain. New findings on how the brain is organized during early childhood could be a factor in these disorders, and offer scientists a platform for future research. A newborn baby’s brain is not very organized. There […]

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