Category Archives: Autism
Utah School of Medicine Study Examines Breech Birth and Autism
According to the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, researches and psychiatrists found a link between breech birth and autism spectrum disorders. The study published in 2009 included 132 babies later diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum, as well as 13,200 babies who did not have an autism diagnosis. The researchers linked two factors that seem to relate to the development of autism spectrum disorders: the baby’s position at the time of labor and the mother’s age. A breeched baby has its buttocks or feet at the vaginal opening rather than its head. A breech birth often results in a cesarean section instead of vaginal birth. Dr. Deborah Bilder, the lead researchers in the study, claims that according to the study, a baby in a breech position at the time of labor is twice as likely to develop autism spectrum disorder as a child who…
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Researchers Study Multiple Births and Autism Link
According to Baltimore Sun, identical twins John and Sam Fetters could not speak a word at 22 months of age. At two years of age, doctors diagnosed both boys with autism. Their family wondered what could have caused autism in both twins and if perhaps, genetics could be responsible. According to a study at Kennedy Krieger Institute, researches examined 277 pairs of twins and found that when one identical twin had the disorder, the other twin had an 88 percent chance of developing autism as well. Fraternal twins had a 31 percent chance of both having autism. Autism is a neurological disorder that disrupts normal development and medical experts classify it as a pervasive developmental disorder. The cause of autism is unknown, although researchers and medical experts suspect everything from environmental toxins to medication introduced to women while pregnant as possible causes. Complicated births, such as those in multiple births,…
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Mom of Autistic Student Sues School District for Abuse
A mother in Sumter, S.C. has filed suit against the school district claiming that due to negligence her autistic son was abused by a school bus aide. The description of what was done to her autistic son sounds like something that might have happened between two students in a fight. But it wasn’t a fight and her son is a victim. The mom says “He was grabbed around the neck and pushed into the window, pushed down to a seat, punched in his stomach.” The mother called the police as soon as she found out. Deputies in Sumter County arrested and charged 19 year old James Porter with assault and battery on a minor. Porter was a bus aide on the school bus that the autistic boy rode. His mother said he would come home off the school bus and be in a bad mood or be crying. The concerned…
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