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Go here to read Wired’s article, The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know. The article closely profiles Amanda Baggs—-who notes that “‘I don’t fit the stereotype of autism. But who does?’”— and Michelle Dawson—-who says “‘There’s such a variety of human behavior. Why is my kind wrong?”‘.
And some words by Mike [...]
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I recently got a message about a local meeting of an autism organization that supports “immediate” alternative treatments for autistic children. I’m not able to attend the meeting and have been thinking about that word “immediate.”
It’s not hard to understand why a parent would want some way to stop a child from head-banging (as my [...]
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MIRACLE cure or expensive sham, the jury is out on the Dore P rogram -- which promises "astounding" and "long-term" results for learning difficulties from dyslexia and dyspraxia to autism -- that has reached SA. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Office of Special Masters has dismissed an autism petition filed more than six years beyond the statute of limitations, ruling that it may only enforce the law as it exists and not as a petitioner argues the law ought to be (William Jacob Janssen v. Secretary, No. 07-0401V, Fed. Clms., Off. Spec. Masters; 2008 U.S. Claims LEXIS 25).
Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News)
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The leadership of the Petitioners' Steering Committee in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding (OAP) has changed with the departure of John H. Kim and his replacement as co-chair of the Executive Committee by John Fabry of Williams, Kherkher, Hart & Boundas in Houston (In Re: Claims for Vaccine Injuries Resulting in Autism Spectrum Disorder or a Similar Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Various Petitioners v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Autism Master File, Fed. Clms., Off. Spec. Masters).
Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vacc
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A brisk walk down Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City took us to the Journal Square PATH train station. Four trains came and went and then there was ours, to the WTC stop. Charlie had been poking in the refrigerator and cabinets all morning, even after a big lunch of bean thread noodles and vegetables and [...]
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The mothers of some autistic children may have made antibodies against their fetuses' brain tissue during pregnancy that crossed the placenta and caused changes that led to autism, suggests new research in the Journal of Neuroimmunology.
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Infoture, a Boulder-based company, has created the LENA (for ?language environment analysis?) which is (reports the February 24th New York Times magazine) means to be a kind of “verbal thermometer” to help parents better gauge how baby’s language skills are developing.
A voice recorder tucked into a child?s clothing records all the sounds in the environment. [...]
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Just over a year ago, the CDC reported that the prevalence rate for autism was 1 in 150 among children in the US; New Jersey’s rate—1 in 94— was the highest. On seeing such numbers, some have quickly concluded there must be an epidemic of autism in Jersey, and cited the state’s longstanding (if exaggerated, [...]
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We went bowling at Lucky Strike in Philadelphia this afternoon with our friend Hal. Charlie’s gone bowling twice before, and both times with those “bumpers” on the lanes, but not today. Jim stood behind him and helped Charlie put his fingers into the three holes and send away the ball, which promptly rolled into the [...]
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12 cases of measles have been reported in the San Diego area, all in children who were not vaccinated due to their being too young, or due to their parents choosing not to vaccinate them. A story last week in the San Diego Union-Tribune noted that more and more parents have been exercising their right [...]
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This is sad and shocking news. Genevieve did so much to help the autistic community. It just seems so wrong that she could not find the help she needed. My heart goes out to her family, to her partner and co-author, Dean Worton, and to all who knew her.
The Autistic Community mourns the death of Genevieve Edmonds [...]
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Science fiction blog io9 considers what it would be like to have a Google brain implant:
In John Varley’s upcoming scifi novel Rolling Thunder, everyone has a brain implant that lets them google information constantly. And many futurists are saying this technology will become a reality long before we colonize Mars. The question isn’t whether we’ll [...]
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That is allegedly what elementary school teacher Diana Z. O’Neill said to a student who has autism, seizure disorder and developmental delay and the abilities of a 15- to 24-month-old child, as reported by MSNBC. My own son has had a history of head-banging that is now under control and it’s all the more [...]
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Much has been debated about the “California numbers”. The CDDS stats are probably the most quoted by bloggers and many journalists. Recently there was some discussion of Alabama’s educational numbers (including here, here and here). Alabama is an interesting state since it has the lowest prevalence as reported by the CDC. If you want to show big [...]
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It’s the perennial problem: Is it better for autistic students to be educated at public or private schools, in the district or out? From Union City (CA) to Noblesville (IN) to Atlantic City (NJ), school districts are confronting issues like these: Should they hire their own in-house autism consultants? Or seek the services of [...]
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Just a few days ago I noted to Jim that having a child who, like Charlie, does not talk much is entirely different from what I would have imagined things to be like. Had someone told me ten years ago, twenty years ago, that I’d be the mother of a child like Charlie, I think [...]
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The most common hereditary form of hereditary mental retardation isknown as Fragile X syndrome (FXS), so dubbed for its characteristicmutation on the X chromosome, or Escalante's syndrome. Manifestationsof this disease in patients usually include a characteristic longfacial pattern, tooth and jaw misalignment, musculoskeletalabnormalities, or autism. (Source: Mental Health News From Medical News Today)
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The American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology is published by Science Publications, which is a self-described “international publishing company having regional offices all over the world” that (in somewhat ungrammatical language) provides “a forum for scientists to get knowledge of recent developments in all areas of science and actively pursue ways to keep [...]
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Imagine you’re at the beach. The right side of your brain registers brown grains of sand, gray ones, white ones, tan ones, black ones… “Hellooo!” the left side says. “It’s a beach!” (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
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Christine recently left this comment on a November 30, 2007, post about autistic students going to college:
I have a son who is PDD/Asperger, but low normal on the IQ scale. He graduated from high school and can drive. He needs social skills and life skills training and desperately wants to get training or college courses [...]
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The family of a 13-year-old Canadian girl with autism who learned to communicate through her laptop has been overwhelmed by the public response to her story -- and insists she is doing it without any help. (Source: CTV Health)
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Charlie has yet to be a target of bullying: He never goes anywhere in school without a teacher or instructor, nor does he go anywhere alone. Though his speech is limited, and it often seems to take him some time to understand what is being said to him, he is highly attuned to stares and [...]
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How did Carly learn to read and write? Is she cured of autism? (Source: ABC News: Health)
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A specialized computer -- and intense training -- help parents find the articulate, intelligent girl they couldn't reach. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
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