Autism News

WrongPlanet.net is going to being creating an official Asperger's Syndrome comic book. We are runninga competition to find an artist who can draw really cool comic book characters. The winner(s) will get a free t-shirt that has the wrongplanet logo and their superhero drawings on it.

For more information, read this forum thread

Reuters reports "A difficult birth or a history of mental illness in a parent may put a baby at greater risk for autism, according to a study that may provide clues to the causes of the devastating neurological disability."

CNN will broadcast the documentary "Autism is A World" on May 22 at 8:00 PM ET.

This Academy Award nominee was written by disability rights activist Sue Rubin, who is autistic. It examines Ms. Rubin's daily life and thoughts on autism.

More information is available at StateArt.com.

In this article from WebMD Medical News, Autism researchers state they are closer then ever to developing a blood test for Autism. In addition to delivering conclusive results to adults and child who wonder if they are autistic, the blood tests could be use to discover autism in newborns leading to earlier intervention.

As most of you have probably noticed, the site has been loading very slowly at some points. This is the result of the fact that our interview with Bram Cohen has been picked up by Slashdot. This means that we also have a lot of new members. I'm really happy that we have had the opportunity to get out the word about our site to a much larger audience.

A recent study by Canadian researchers has revealed that certain behavioral traits in infants, some as young as 12 months can predict whether a child will develop autism in later life.

The study, which appears in the International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, states that certain traits like not smiling in response to the smiles of others or not responding when one's name is called are some of the indications that can tell whether a...