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I just started by undergraduate degree at The University of Texas at Austin and as I begin to settle in, I plan to continue hosting more fundraising campaigns alongside my other commitments and non-profit inatiatives.
by Samuel Kambala September 8th, 2025
Winter Fundraiser 2022
So this is a tad bit late… That aside, after finishing 11th grade, I am excited to talk to you about our Winter Fundraiser 6 months ago that was amazingly successful. With generous donations from the community, we were able to raise nearly $500 which was used to buy essential products that low-income families need…
Medical Cannabis and Autism
After returning from my trip to India, I read a 2021 article entitled Behavioral aspects and neurobiological properties underlying medical cannabis treatment in Shank3 mouse model of autism spectrum disorder by Shani Poleg and her colleagues. It is a study using a mice model of ASD to study the effects of medical cannabis, especially CBD-enriched,…
Winter Fundraiser
Last year during the summer Joshua Kambala, my brother, did a Summer Fundraiser with the help of LifePath Systems involving things that would be helpful for parents with kids suffering from Autism. We raised around $500 dollars worth of supplies such as diapers and cleaning wipes. Last September I started to work on the Winter…
Autism and Testosterone
An interesting fact surrounding autism has always puzzled me. It’s the higher prevalence of autism in boys over girls. In 2014 estimates, out of the 1% autism rate in the world population, boys are 4 times more likely to have autism. One key difference between all males and females is the sex hormone testosterone. In…
How do we know what we are touching?
Our Brain is know to do many things one of which is to tell us what we are feeling. Sometimes this is emotional and other times it is physical like us touching an object or feeling pain. The way the Brain perceives physical feelings is very interesting, because the brain works with the different receptors…
What Powers Imagination?
“The power of imagination” is a popular phrase. It refers to the ability of the human mind to think without limitation. I found a short, animated TED Talk that discusses this superpower. I want you, for a second, to imagine a lion dancing down the street. Chances are you have never seen such a sight,…
The Link Between ASD and ADHD
For a while I have wondered why children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have or exhibit symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A quick google search will tell you that these two common neurodevelopmental disorders often co-occur. In fact, ADHD happens to be the most common co-occurrence in children with ADHD. This peaked…
How does our Nose affect our everyday lives?`
The Nose is a vital part of the 5 senses humans have. Many could argue it is the least vital to a persons life, but it is a vital part to help as put into frame the world around us and our environment. All parts of the body can somehow be all tied back to…
How Does Reality Appear to Us?
The brain works in many ways, and has many aspects that are unknown. The brain is still being researched, but we do have some information on how we think or view the things around us through sight. First the brain receives information from our eyes, but directely after that it is transfers to the visual…
Microbiota Transfer Therapy
Today I went on PubMed.gov to find an article to discuss. I came across an article: Kang et al. (2019) Long-term benefit of Microbiota Transfer Therapy on autism symptoms and gut microbiota. You can find the free-access article in the link below. To summarize, this is a follow-up on a clinical trial after two years…
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