Many kids are picky eaters. My 11-year-old sister likes her sandwiches with mustard, pickles and lettuce only… just bread, mustard, pickles and lettuce. This probably sounds extremely unappealing to a majority of people, but that’s how she likes it, and that’s the only way she will eat it. Her sandwich preference definitely falls under the category of picky eating, and new research shows that autistic children are even more likely to be picky when it comes to eating. Reuters states that autistic children “tend to refuse more foods and are more likely to restrict their diets to a smaller variety of foods than other children.”
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According to Maggie Fox from Reuters, the special U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled on Friday that vaccines containing a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism. The family of an Oregon boy was seeking reimbursement, but their quest was put to an end when the special court ruled that vaccines could not have caused his autism. The court has ruled against several families who also felt that vaccines were the cause of their children’s autism. The parents of the autistic children said they had been “misled by physicians who are guilty, in my view, of gross medical misjudgment,” reports Fox.
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A new study revealed that a hormone that strengthens the relationship between mother and baby may be beneficial for adults with autism. JoAnne Allen from Reuters reports, “[Researchers] found patients who inhaled the hormone oxytocin paid more attention to expressions when looking at pictures of faces and were more likely to understand social cues in a game simulation.” According to Allen, “Angela Sirigu of the Center of Cognitive Neuroscience in Lyon, who led the study, said the hormone has a therapeutic potential in adults as well as in children with autism.”
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According to a California analysis, 40-year-old mothers-to-be have a 50% higher chance than younger moms to bear a child affected by autism. Which continues to say that it is not likely that this delay in motherhood plays a big role in the current autism epidemic. Mothers over 40 years old in California increased by 300% while autism grew by 600% which at first look seems that the rise in autism parallels older mothers. Older moms don’t add up as the reason for this increase in autistic children, which is now one out of 100 kids.
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Recently more women have been delaying their motherhood to their 30s. It is important for older moms to be aware of the health risks that pertain to them and their potential babies.
There’s nothing you can do to stop or pause your biological clock. But MayoClinic.Com has provided a few tips to help keep you informed…
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Researchers hoped to find certain locations that had a lot of autism cases to examine the area for possible environmental clues linked to why autism rates are growing. In California there were 10 spots that had double the rates of autism, and these locations mainly consisted of white, highly educated parents. Even though researchers were hoping to find environmental clues to explain the increasing rates, “the findings likely say more about the U.S. healthcare system than the causes of autism,” states ABC News. This link to the healthcare system is due to the fact that there are so many people that are uninsured and unable to get their child professionally examined.
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Despite the fact that many parents have reported improvements in their autistic child after changing their diet, there is still no official proof that diets benefit autistic children. There is also no proof that “food allergies, food sensitivities, or gut problems cause autism,” states WebMD.
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In only four years autism grew by 57%. WebMD reports that, “By the end of 2006, one in 110 U.S. kids had an autism disorder diagnosed by age 8: one in 70 boys and one in 315 girls, reflecting a nearly fivefold higher risk for males.”
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Many autistic children were able to progress after completing an intensive early intervention program. After the program, toddlers were able to further develop their language and social skills; some children were even able to advance on to regular preschool.
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