An experimental drug showed promising results in treating the
key symptom of social withdrawal in people with Fragile X …
Bullying can lead to depression, low grades, behavioral problems
and even physical illness because of the stress it causes — and
kids with autism may be suffering the brunt of the harm Oxytocin
focuses our eyes — and our brains — on love. It could help
troubled couples as well as autistic people Do people with
depression or other psychological problems have any moral
obligation to forgo bearing children in order to avoid passing
on their “bad” genes? The video is brutal: a young man, pinned
face down in four-point restraints, receiving 31 electric shocks
over the course of several hours that convulse his body with
pain. But this is not Guantánamo or Syria. About 10% of low-
functioning children with autism may “bloom” and outgrow most of
their severe disabilities by adolescence. One of the hardest
challenges for families facing autism is the problem of touch.
Often, autistic children resist