April 14, Dr. Norman Relkin, director of the Memory Disorders Program at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, reported to the American Academy of Neurology the results of an 18 month long study. The research involved the administration of human blood antibodies or IGIV ( Immune Globulin Intravenous/ Human) to Alzheimers patients once or twice a month. The [...]

Dr. Andrew Wakefield coined the term "autistic enterocolitis" while he linked autism  with inflammatory bowel disease and the measles vaccine together in his research which was published in 1998. Oh course, Wakefield's research was discredited and retracted from medical journals.  Many are still firm believers in Wakefield's theories .  No other studies have been able [...]

For sometime scientists have believed in the existence of neurons in the brain that are responsible for interpreting and emulating emotions. Scientists believe it is these neurons that allow us to "read" other individuals and give us our own sense of our emotional self. Scientists refer to these neurons as "mirror neurons". Until now their [...]

AKRON — When police found a young boy wandering alone at a local park in 2007, their challenge of reuniting him with his family was only the beginning. The 5-year-old had autism and was unable to communicate his name or address. Now, if he ever gets lost again, police will already have his information. That [...]

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. (CBS/WKMG) Winter Springs police confirmed Tuesday morning that missing 11-year-old Nadia Bloom has been found alive. A pastor at Metro Church in Winter Springs, where Nadia’s family attends, said a church member conducting a search for the girl located her sometime Tuesday morning. She was covered in mosquito bites, but appeared to [...]

Nadia Bloom has been missing for nearly 96 hours. Winter Springs, Florida police believe that’s about the length of time she can survive without food or water.  They plan to begin searching again Tuesday morning as soon as it’s daylight.  Officers are not asking for the public’s help and say this type of work is best [...]

Gail and Gordon Wyatt have turned to technology to help keep their son safe. Ian Wyatt is seventeen years old and suffers from severe autism. The Wyatt family recounts a few of the numerous occasions that Ian has wandered off. Once they say they found him on the side of a highway which always has [...]

  Will changing the diagnosis criteria make diagnosing the disorder easier for clinicians? As of February 2010 the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has been discussing the possibility of changing the diagnosis of Aspergers. The plan is to simplify the current category defined as Pervasive Developmental Disorder.  Those who meet criteria to be diagnosed with Aspergers [...]

LifePROTEKT Extends our Condolences to the Family of Christian Dejons. Tragedy strikes again as yet another autistic child is found drowned after wandering off.  On Wednesday six year old Christian managed to get out of the house without his mothers knowledge.  Only an hour and a half after calling 911 Christian was spotted  in a [...]

The National Emergency Numbers Association is offering a conference on April 19, 2010 ( NJ NENA Conf. – Atlantic City, NJ ) with instructor Christy Williams, ENP. The seminar is geared towards better preparing those who operate emergency call centers when handling calls involving missing children. The NENA says the information exchanged in that initial [...]