Autism

» Colorado Helps Families Affected By Autism through Home and ...

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:18:16 +0000

Colorado residents with autism may qualify for one of the following HCBS waivers: the Children with Autism Waiver, the Children’s HCBS Waiver, the Children’s Extensive Support Waiver, the Children’s Habilitation Residential Program ...

Warrior Moms and Autism Revisited

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:42:42 +0000

All warrior moms decide early on that they will try anything to heal their autistic child. I’ve done my research, and the only proven autism treatment is Applied Behavioral Analysis. The biomedical therapies—gluten- and casein-free diet ...

LibrarianInBlack: Autism resource for libraries

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:06:57 +0000

Here is a great resources: Libraries and Autism: We're Connected. Many library users have autism, and most library staff don't know the first thing about interacting with them appropriately. We've just never been trained. ...

David Kirby: Autism May Be Caused By "Chemical Exposures"

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:09:00 +0000

Autism May Be Caused By "Chemical Exposures" - The Huffington Post.

» UK Autism: Pre-Budget Report Appeal to Chancellor Darling ...

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:56:49 +0000

(London, UK) Autism campaigners in the United Kingdom are appealing for an emergency package of help and support to help families with autism during the recession. The UK Autism Foundation, an autism charity, has appealed to Chancellor ...

autism - disabilityresourcelinks.com: Officials call off ...

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:19:35 +0000

Officials call off controversial autism study | Health | Reuters....

New Law Mandates Coverage For Autism Therapy

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:23:59 +0000

New Law Mandates Coverage For Autism Therapy - The Huffington Post.

blog-thing : Somali autism riddle

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:43:24 +0000

In July 2008 there were press reports that drew attention to a cluster of autism cases in the childen of Somali refugees in Minneapolis. In March 2008 a study was published that drew attention to high rates of autism among Somali ...

NeuroLogica Blog » Somali Autism Cluster

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:17:59 +0000

Recently there has come to attention a potential cluster of autism cases among Somali immigrant in Minnesota and Sweden. If true, this could potentially be an important clue as to the pathophysiology of some types of autism. ...

David Kirby: Somali Autism Mom: "We thought America was the last ...

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:35:50 +0000

When I first wrote about the large number of Somali children with autism in Minneapolis, back in August, I was contacted by a young mother named Idil, who told me she had been trying for more than a year to get Minnesota officials to ...

Minneapolis - The Minnesota Disease: Autism in the Somali ...

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:42:56 +0000

The mystery of the autism rate in Somali children born in Minnesota has gained some local coverage, but the stories don't ever have the answers. Research shows Somali children have a much higher rate of autism in Minnesota, but concrete ...

2009 Biennial Autism Congress "Autism Through the Lifespan"

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:36:20 +0000

You will learn, in an easy-to-understand way: - Bio-medical and educational interventions - Current intervention.

» UK Autism:MPs ask PM Brown increase Tax Credits,Allowances ...

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:28:58 +0000

EDM 2407 was tabled in parliament in support of the ‘Poverty and Autism’ initiative launched by the autism charity, the UK Autism Foundation. The UK Autism Foundation is appealing to Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Chancellor Alistair ...

David Kirby: Minneapolis and the Somali Autism Riddle

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:31:35 +0000

Tomorrow, a few hundred very concerned citizens of Minnesota will gather to discuss a baffling and heartbreaking riddle: Why is the reported rate of autism among children of Somali refugees so alarmingly high (now an estimated 1-in-28 ...

Connection Between Autism and Schizophrenia'

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:44:27 +0000

In short: autism and schizophrenia represent opposite ends of a spectrum that includes most, if not all, psychiatric and developmental brain disorders. The theory has no use for psychiatry’s many separate categories for disorders, ...

Kim Stagliano: A Reminder to Autism Speaks on Vaccine Research ...

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:46:26 +0000

It's clear that both Bob and Suzanne Wright, the founders of Autism Speaks, want the same answers many of us in the autism community want regarding vaccination safety and the link to the diagnosis that has devastated so many lives, ...

David Kirby: Autism Speaks: Don't Rule Out Vaccines

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:42:24 +0000

In an article published in the Daily Telegraph of the UK, Autism Speaks co-founder Bob Wright, former head of NBC and grandfather to an autistic child, is quoted rather extensively on the vaccine controversy. ...

Mother Talkers :: Infant Toy Play May Show Signs of Autism

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:19:50 +0000

A new study shows that infants who are diagnosed later with autism may play with toys in specific and unusual ways. According to this article from Science Daily, researchers at the University of California Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, ...

Unusual play may be harbinger of autism - ParentDish

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:21:33 +0000

Children diagnosed with autism, researchers have found, tend to play with toys differently as babies, rotating or spinning them, staring at them intently, or looking at them out of the corner of their eye. ...

AGE OF AUTISM: Olmsted on Autism: Reagan, AIDS, Obama and Autism

Sun, 9 Nov 2008 03:43:20 +0000

Let's assume for the moment that Obama will have two terms -- eight years to figure out what's going on with autism. That's plenty of time -- if it can't be done in that period, it's because someone isn't trying (just as Someone hasn't ...