Archive for June, 2007
Reversing the Symptoms of Autism?
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Scientists Reverse Symptoms of Autism in Mice
Washington Post | Monday, June 25, 2007; 12:00 AM
MONDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) — Scientists may have uncovered a way to reverse symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice.
Researchers from the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) genetically manipulated the mice to […]
Another Child Drowns
Friday, June 22nd, 2007I HATE posting these stories but I do it in the hope that we’ll all use it as a reminder to pay close attention to our children. Sometimes all it takes is a few minutes for a tragedy to occur.
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Autistic Blaine girl’s body found in pond
Rescue personnel recovered the 5-year-old’s body just 2½ […]
HBO Picks Up ‘Autism: The Musical’
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007‘Autism: The Musical’ to HBO
Docs division buys nonfiction film from BMP
Steven Zeichik | Variety.com
‘Autism: The Musical’
Docu ‘Autism: The Musical’ will air on HBO in 2008 after a theatrical run later this year.
HBO has acquired the Tribeca buzz pic “Autism: The Musical” with plans for a limited theatrical run prior to its premiere on the net […]
The Needle and the Damage Done?
Monday, June 11th, 2007Children With Autism Get Day in Court
Andrew Bridges | Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The parents of 12-year-old Michelle Cedillo asked a federal court Monday to find that their child’s autism was caused by common childhood vaccines, a precedent-setting case that could pave the way for thousands of autistic children to receive compensation from a government fund […]
The More Publicity the Merrier…I Guess
Friday, June 8th, 2007Celebrity Autism Group in Civil War
FoxNews
Autism Speaks, the celebrity group founded by former NBC chairman Bob Wright and his wife Suzanne, is in the middle of a family feud and a dispute over whether they have swiped an award-winning film from its director.
The charity is unusual because in a short time it has raised millions […]
What? Where?
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007State of denial?
Amanda Lewis | Washington Times
John Travolta, 53, and his wife, Kelly Preston, 44, just announced they want to try for their third child — despite increasing pressure to acknowledge the disability of their son, Jett.
“Travolta sits there in interviews talking about how Jett loves to read or play sports, but it is clear […]
Gaston Family Deals With Autism Times 3
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007Autism Forces an Uneasy Equilibrium
Family Deals With Triplets’ Disorder
Susan DeFord | Washington Post
Randy and Lynn Gaston received the distressing diagnosis not once but three times.
Their sons, Zachary, Hunter and Nicholas, are triplets, and as the brown-haired boys grew into toddlers, Lynn noticed how oddly they played, how little they babbled, how they cried inconsolably at […]