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SEYCHELLES Mahe  Nov 18-20, 2021 Get in. I flew on Emirates from Cairo via Dubai, leaving at 19:20 on an Airbus 380, a huge plane, and the only time I have been on such a big plane for 12 years. … Continue reading →

COPING WITH a PARTNER’S ASPERGER SYNDROME Understanding your partner with Asperger’s syndrome can be difficult or seemingly impossible at times. Making better connections can lead to a happier, healthier relationship. It takes a lot of work to make a marriage … Continue reading →

Autism spectrum disorder is a lifelong condition and there is no cure, but the right therapy or intervention can help the child learn the necessary skills to improve the quality of their life. Since ASD can be detected as early … Continue reading →

Ants, bees, non-human primates, and a few other animals live in societies. Clearly, from an evolutionary viewpoint, social competence must have a neurobiological basis. We are all neurobiologically scripted for intuitive social interaction and are inherently social creatures. But, as … Continue reading →

NEUROBIOLOGY of AUTISM The core neurological deficit in the brain of Asperger’s person is a lack of social relatedness due to abnormalities in the amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex. Both people with autism or Asperger’s have decreased metabolism in the … Continue reading →

FRONTOSTRIATAL CIRCUITS are neural pathways that connect frontal lobe regions with the basal ganglia (striatum) that mediate motor, cognitive, and behavioural functions within the brain and thus modulate information processing. Control of executive functions include: selection and perception of important information, manipulation of information in working memory, planning and organization, … Continue reading →

BRAIN ANATOMY THE BRAIN in AUTISM   

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Our bodies couldn’t operate without the nervous system – the complex network that coordinates our actions, reflexes, and sensations. Broadly speaking, the nervous system is organized into two main parts, the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous … Continue reading →

South Sudan April 6-9, 2023  South Sudan had been home to semi-nomadic cattle-herding peoples for most of its history. Its formal ownership has changed hands from the Egyptians, Ottomans, British and Sudanese. After half a century of ethno-religious conflict and … Continue reading →

IRAQMy original trip to south Iraq was to be Nov 14-24, 2021, but that didn’t happen.I flew from Sharm El Sheikh in the Egyptian Sinai to Cairo. At check-in for Qatar Airways in Cairo, I was not allowed to board. … Continue reading →