Archive for August, 2007
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Friday, August 10th, 2007This was sent to me by Beth Mullennex and advertises a series of seminars for parents and educators coming in October. Click on the photo to download a full-sized PDF.
Sailing
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Young Campers Sail Against the Wind
Artful Sport Focuses, Opens Up Youths With Learning Disorders
Matt Zapotosky | Washington Post
Tim Hodge’s long red hair blows away from his freckled face as he works the sail on a 14-foot boat on the St. Mary’s River. His eyes gaze intently up at the sail while fellow sailor Tobin Cooper […]
Push for Autistic Insurance Coverage
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Push for Autistic Insurance Coverage
Scott Bauer | Forbes.com
[”To me, this is about what basic insurance is all about,” Doyle said. “We don’t have any problem when we’re talking about cancer coverage.”]
With large insurance companies lined up to fight it, Gov. Jim Doyle and Senate Democrats are pushing a requirement that health insurance include autism treatment.
Seventeen […]
Girls
Sunday, August 5th, 2007What Autistic Girls Are Made Of
Emily Bazelon | New York Times
Caitlyn & Marguerite sat knee to knee in a sunny room at the Hawks Camp in Park City, Utah. On one wall was a white board with these questions: What’s your favorite vacation and why? What’s your favorite thing about yourself? If you could have […]
Interactive Autism Network July 2007 Report
Friday, August 3rd, 2007IAN Research Report - July, 2007
IANCommunity.org
The goal of the Interactive Autism Network (IAN) project, which launched on April 2, 2007, is to accelerate the pace of autism research by linking the families of individuals with autism and autism researchers. We now present our second report on project accomplishments and preliminary findings.
Over the course of IAN’s […]
‘Major Medical Announcement’ Today?
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Major Medical Announcement to be Delivered at International Autism Conference
Study On Autistic Children Show Significant Clinical Improvements
PRLeap.com
US Autism & Asperger Association, Inc. (USAAA) holds its annual International Autism and Asperger Conference in Denver, Colorado, August 8-11, 2007. Today, USAAA announced that a major medical announcement will be presented at the conference regarding a study on […]