Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesEli Stone To Air Despite Protests From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008This show will air tomorrow night at 10PM on WJLA 7 in DC.
Eli Stone | January 31 | 10PM | WJLA Channel 7
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ABC Show Will Go on, Over Protest by Doctors
Edward Wyatt | New York Times
ABC said on Monday it would include a disclaimer about the plot line of the debut episode of the drama […]
TV Show Causes Controversy
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008First-episode controversy: The vaccine-autism link
Janet Kornblum | USA TODAY
The premiere episode of Eli Stone, in which a mother wins a $5.2 million lawsuit charging her son got autism from a vaccine, is stirring controversy before it airs.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling on ABC to cancel the show, saying in a statement that it […]
New Jersey
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Mothers tell stories of raising their autistic children
Bruce A. Scruton | New Jersey Herald
The two mothers agree on some things: The initial shock at hearing the word “autism”, the deep desire to fight back and the experts’ opinions that “it’s great that you live in New Jersey.”
Within the autism community, New Jersey, which has some […]
Girls and Autism
Sunday, January 27th, 2008When autism wears pink
Carol Azizian | Flint Journal First Edition | MLive.com
Rachael Johnson, fashionably dressed in a brown, polka-dot top with matching earrings, arrives home from her first day of high school distraught.
She’s cried all the way home on the bus. Between sobs, Rachael, 16, tells her dad why she’s upset - her younger sister, […]
Detecting Autism Earlier
Friday, January 18th, 2008New Approach To Detect Autism Earlier
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Jan. 18, 2008) — A new way of understanding autistic disorders, incorporating both psychological and biological factors, could lead to the conditions being picked up earlier, research from UNSW has found.
A review of research, published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, integrates psychological with biological […]
Detecting The Proportion of Autism
Thursday, January 17th, 2008Gene Tests Can Detect ‘Proportion’ Of Autism
Michael Smith, North American Correspondent | MedPage Today
TORONTO, Jan. 17 — Genetic testing should be routinely considered as part of clinical workup in suspected cases of autism, researchers here recommended.
It was the third major report on the genetics of autism in the past two months. In this one, Stephen […]
Autism the Musical
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008“Autism: The Musical” an inspirational documentary
Reuters | Michael Rechtshaffen
PALM SPRINGS, California (Hollywood Reporter) - Well-deserving of its slot on the Academy Awards shortlist for best documentary, “Autism: The Musical” is a moving testament to love and hope in the face of a diagnosis that seems to be reaching epidemic proportions.
While the five remarkable young performers […]
Parents’ Nights Out
Friday, January 11th, 2008Angelina Gray has asked me to post the following information about her Parents’ Night Out Mom’s Day Out:
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Hello!
As many of you know, I am a licensed daycare provider for the state of Maryland. I run a very different kind of daycare though! I host a Mom’s Day Out program every Tuesday from 9am to 2pm. […]
Bush Signs Bill Funding Combating Autism Act
Friday, January 11th, 2008President Signs Bill Authorizing Funding of Combating Autism Act
$162 million appropriated to fund autism research, services and treatment
Autism Speaks
WASHINGTON DC (Dec 26, 2007) Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism advocacy organization, today applauded as President Bush signed the Fiscal 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act. The bill contains appropriations for the Combating Autism Act at the levels […]
Investigating the roots of Autism
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Investigating the roots of Autism
Dr. Sanjay Gupta | CNN
What exactly causes autism? That is a question I get as much as any other. Of course, there is no absolute answer, but a study caught my eye and I was wondering what you thought. The study, in the Archives of General Psychiatry (Full Study) examines cases […]