Mothers who experience greater stress during pregnancy appear to be at increased risk of having children with autism-like traits, a new study suggests. Researchers found […]
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Many people, including me, talk about the restorative benefits of gardening (see last Tuesday’s post, for example) and the reasons why it makes us feel good.
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During the second and third trimester of pregnancy, the outer layer of the embryo’s brain, the cortex, assembles itself into six distinct layers. But in
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Evidence is mounting that intestinal microbes exacerbate or perhaps even cause some of autism’s symptoms Autism is primarily a disorder of the brain, but research
Alt Ed Austin is honored to share this moving story from guest contributor Jenny Lockwood. Jenny is an educational psychologist and alternative educator who works
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Children frequently learn by observing people around them. Without any instruction, for example, many toddlers figure out how to turn on a TV or twist
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Studies have found that sitting for prolonged periods of time is bad for one’s waistline, blood pressure and cholesterol and some studies have even strongly
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