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Joey Pants!

Friday, April 13th, 2007

‘Sopranos’ star to promote autism legislation
By Robert B. Swift | The Daily Item

HARRISBURG — “The Sopranos” actor Joe Pantoliano will lend his star power next week to help House Speaker Dennis O’Brien unveil legislation providing autism services.
The occasion is a Capitol press conference scheduled Wednesday to promote Mr. O’Brien’s bill to require insurance companies in […]

Family Connections Center Open House: April 19

Friday, April 13th, 2007

From the Charles County Special Education Citizen’s Advisory Committee website:
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The Family Connections Center of Charles County invites you to our open house for light refreshments and a tour of the center.
Date: April 19, 2007
Time: 11:30 AM -1:00 PM
Location:
Humans Services Partnership Office
6 Garrett Avenue
La Plata, Maryland
For more information call:  Caroline Miller | 301-885-1333
Your friends, family and […]

WHO does it all?

Friday, April 13th, 2007

I regularly receive e-mail from AutisnLink. A recent one included the anonymous opinion of an autism parent regarding the expanded publicity surrounding autism advocacy groups.
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From AutismLink:
WHO does it all? - Anonymous Editorial, AutismLink
Dear Subscribers: The writer of this particular editorial asked that the name be withheld. While we struggled for a […]

Here Come The Lawyers

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

A Costly Education
The recent spike in autism diagnoses has school districts spending ever more time and money fending off special ed disputes.
by Mary Ellen Egan
Steven Wyner spends the bulk of his days sitting behind his 14-foot-long custom-made desk fielding calls from anxious parents. Twelve years earlier he left his lucrative career as a tax attorney […]

Another Chelation Death

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Doctor’s office searched in autistic boy’s death
The Sentinel
PORTERSVILLE, Pa. - State police searched the offices of a doctor who treated a 5-year-old autistic boy who had a heart attack and died.
Dr. Roy E. Kerry’s treatment of Abubakar Tariq Nadama with chelation therapy “rose to the level of acting in a reckless and grossly negligent manner,” […]

Autism: The Musical!

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

I just found out about this and it sounds fantastic! It’s at the Tribeca Film Festival this month but hopefully we’ll be seeing it in local theaters soon - if not, there’s always DVD!
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Autism: The Musical
Directed by Tricia Regan | Tribeca Film Festival

From the Tribeca Film Festival website:
Program Notes for Autism: The Musical
Although the statistic […]

Barbara Fischkin’s Oprah Review

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

Blogger Barbara Fischkin makes a good point when she points out that we must mention “thimerosol” or “mercury” when the association of autism and vaccines is discussed. No one has suggested that ALL vaccines are dangerous, just possibly the ones containing the neurotoxin mercury.
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An Autism Mother Rages: Oprah-Courage, Pet Food and Mercury
Barbara Fischkin | Huffington […]

CCSECAC Meeting: April 17

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Charles County Special Education Citizen’s Advisory Committee Meeting
Tuesday April 17, 2007 | 6 - 7PM
Location: F. B. Gwynn Center, La Plata, MD
For more information, visit the CCSECAC website.

Aspbergers Bullies

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Kids With Asperger’s Syndrome: ‘Bullied on a Daily Basis’ - ABC News
ABC News
April 4, 2007 — Growing up, Daniel Corcoran was the odd kid at school. He wasn’t slow, but his coordination was off, and he tended to obsess on certain subjects, like light bulbs and air conditioners. At the time, his preoccupations with random objects […]

TV Theory

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Does anyone else buy this? I’m not sure I do.
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Controversial New Theory Links Autism to TV
ABC News
April 5, 2007 — As more children are diagnosed with autism than ever before, the disorder largely remains a mystery in the medical community.
Now, Michael Waldman, a Cornell University economics professor, has written a research paper suggesting that scientists […]

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