New research may show that autism and schizophrenia are more closely related than we thought. The research shows that patients who have schizophrenia have certain rare variations in their genes that can control the brain development.
This week ‘Autism: The Musical’ began. It is a powerful documentary that has played at some of the larger festivals – which include Newport and Tribeca. It is also being streamlined on HBO for no charge all of next week.
Autism has been receiving lots of press of late, most of it contentious, and the debates as to its causes are divisive and painful to listen to. I’m glad I sat down to watch it, though, as this movie proved to be none of those things.
Lisa Danyluk is always hoping that week to week they will have the money they need in order to keep diagnosing and treating autistic children. Danyluk – Chairwoman of the Regina Region Early Childhood Intervention Program – went on to say that, “We’re economically very healthy as a province right now and I’m hoping that will translate into a sharing of the wealth with the families and the kids that need it the most.”