Tag Archives : Autism

The entertainment and mobile computing behemoth, Apple iPad, the tablet device that has taken the world by storm, seems to have now achieved a very noble purpose of becoming a vital communication tool for Owen Cain, a seven year old boy who is suffering from a motor-neuron disease since he was born. This remarkable breakthrough came from an unplanned [...]

The orbitofrontal cortex is the outer strip of the brain just above the eyes, while the ventral striatum is the deep structure in the center of the brain. These are also where the pleasure sense is processed such as the so-called ‘sweet tooth’ and sexual stimuli. If you have a bigger concentration of grey matter in these areas (i.e., more brain [...]

Two days ago there was news of birth of genetically screened baby for breast cancer. It felt good that some diseases could be eliminated at genetic level itself. But this news of prenatal screening for Autism is truly distressing. Do we really want a world without spectrum of intelligence and personalities? Autism is not a killer disease! Everyone [...]