Mental health is the ultimate state of our emotional, physiological and social well-being. It reflects our actions, our behavior towards an issue and towards others. Your mental health effects your day-to-day life and your approach to it. Having stable health is important to all age groups from childhood to adults to old age. There may […]
The Global Society of Rare Genitourinary Tumors (GSRGT) launched during the pandemic, hoping to give a voice to those who have or treat rare cancers in this space. In a recent interview, Philippe E. Spiess, MD, MS, FRCSC, FACS, and Andrea Necchi, MD, share how they aim to develop an environment that emphasizes education, patient […]
I want The Autism Society of America’s Muckety Mucks to listen to this blacked out video of one of my daughters – who is in her twenties – crying, crying and bemoaning herself because a show of Nick Jr. was missed on Pluto TV scschedule a day. The actual screaming and sadness lasted a full […]
Slight increase. 1 in 54 to 1 in 1 in 44 children is not a slight increase. We have eleven cases of Omicron Covid in Connecticut and the hair of the state is on fire. Everything is a question of perspective – some things we should fear and repair and fight. Some things we should […]
Illustration by Laurène Boglio Hello and welcome to the Spectrum community newsletter. In this issue we come to you with social media thoughts from # ASHG21, which took place (again) virtually last week – which several participants complained about online. According to Twitter chatter, the posters were particularly problematic. For one, the sessions did not […]
damirkudisch / iStock The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has lifted its refund policy for the organization’s annual meeting after an outcry from would-be conference attendees on social media. Those who no longer want to attend the meeting can request a refund of the registration fee, the organization announced today. Neuroscience 2021 was planned as a […]
Discarded Plans: The decision followed a Spectrum survey that found that most autism researchers did not plan to take part in it in person. d1sk / iStock The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting, which typically attracts more than 30,000 researchers, postdocs and PhD students from around the world, will be held entirely online, the […]
As part of 101.9 WDET‘s Book Club we invite the Detroit area to review and discuss the text that affects every resident of the United States: The Constitution. Regardless of whether you are reviewing the documents or reading them for the first time, read with us and have civil discussions with your community. In the […]
Excerpt from The Defender, from Children’s Health Defense> Will vaccination be the price of social inclusion? From Dr. Joseph Mercola An August 2 editors’ comment on the San Francisco Chronicle suggested that we “should get vaccinations at the price of social inclusion.” One way to assess the appropriateness of such a proposal is to replace […]
Image by Gino Crescoli via Pixabay To celebrate the 43 National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week, various groups praised the bill that would allow access by Learners with disabilities (LWDs) for education. “Thank you to the Senate Education, Arts and Culture Committee, led by its Chairman, Senator Win Gatchalian, for advocating the rights and well-being […]
