An audio piece on university students looking for work. From the CBC’s “The Current”.  I haven’t listened to the clip yet (this whole concept is a bit too far in the future for us- K just finished Kindergarten!)  I do want to listen as it will outline many of the challenges disabled people face and hopefully things will improve over the next decade as we get closer to having to consider all the possibilities.

The audio clip can be found here.

I haven’t had a chance to watch the whole segment yet but here is a link to the video from the CBC’s- The National.

I have been meaning to add this post for awhile, but it got “stuck” in our drafts (also known as I didn’t finish it).

I’m not quite sure how it arrived but a new study on the use of HBOT to ameliorate some of the symptoms of autism arrived in our email inbox. I have read some previous papers on the use of HBOT in treatment for asd, however this uses a more robust experimental design Continue reading →

I read this book review on an online media website and my thoughts, as they so often do, turned to implications for ASD and the impact of our environment on children and their development. Continue reading →

I was reading a blog that looks at scientific research and autism and came across these 2 posts regarding autism and the GFCF diet.  In fairness, they look at the proposed underlying hypothesis (“leaky-gut”) and try to discern if there is any merit to the idea.  Both papers, as well as others I have read (you can look here for more), indicate that there is no evidence of leaky gut from their trials.  It is then easy to make the inference that by extension there is little reason to try a GFCF diet. Continue reading →