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Holiday Gift Drive Every year NLACRC organizes a Holiday Gift Drive to assist consumers and their families in need during the holiday season. If you are interested in providing gifts for an individual or family, or if you are interested in making a donation of gift cards or new unwrapped gift items, please contact us…
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Join us and find out where the legislators stand on disability issues OCTOBER 11, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM The Centre, 20880 Centre Pointe Pkwy., Santa Clarita 91350 PLEASE RSVP TO (818) 778-4405 OR RSVP@NLACRC.ORG. Brought to you by North Los Angeles County Regional Center and Family Focus Resource Center.
Many women with traits of autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) report having been sexually abused as a child, according to a study of 4,500 people1.It’s unclear why girls with these conditions are at heightened risk of sexual abuse. It may be because girls on the spectrum have trouble understanding social norms or recognizing…
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OREM, Utah – A new report released by the CDC shows autism rates among children are on the rise. The study shows 1 in 15 children are autistic – that’s up from 1 in 68 in 2014. The study focused on 8- year-olds in 11 states. New Jersey had the highest rate of the…
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A huge replica of the Titanic went on display Monday at a Tennessee museum. It’s 26 feet long and 5 feet tall – and made of Legos. The creator: A 10-year-old boy from Iceland. Brynjar Karl Birgisson built the model over an 11-month span using about 56,000 of the toy pieces, according to a Q&A session he…
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What is cord blood? How is it isolated? Cord blood is the blood left in the umbilical cord following the birth of a baby. The collection process for cord blood is always secondary to the wellbeing of the mother and baby. It is carefully extracted when the baby has been separated from the cord and…
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How the senses affect children living with ASD In order to do everyday tasks, our brain needs information to be able to think, problem solve, plan and organize. That information comes in through our senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell, balance and movement), and is quickly sorted and distributed throughout the brain. Each brain center…
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Published in Molecular Autism, new study data indicated a strong diagnostic association between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and certain plasma and renal biomarkers. In the plasma protein of patients with ASD, investigators identified an increase in certain advanced glycation end products (AGEs), an increase in oxidation damage marker dityrosine (DT), and a decrease in 3-deoxyglucosone-derived hydroimidazolone (3DG-H). The…
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The origins of autism continue to remain mysterious. However, researchers are continuing their tireless work to understand which areas of the brain are involved and in what way the first signs of the condition appears. The latest findings bring us closer to understanding the pathology of the condition as well as understanding the point where…
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