Archive for August, 2008
Lawsuits! Lawsuits! Lawsuits!
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Coverage for Autism Therapy Prompts State Mandates and Lawsuits Against Blues Plans
Atlantic Information Services
Reprinted from The AIS Report on Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, a hard-hitting independent monthly newsletter on business strategies, products and markets, mergers and alliances, and financing of BC/BS plans.
An explosion in the number of children diagnosed with autism has led […]
Hillary’s Mention
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Hillary Said The Word Again
Barbara Fischkin | Huffington Post
Hopefully this will be the shortest post I will ever write. Hillary listened. We in the autism community asked her to recognize us. And she did. Yet again. At the the Democratic National Convention. She spoke about a mother with two kids with autism who also had […]
Autism Among Minneapolis Somalis
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Autism statistics alarm Somalis
San Luis Obispo
MINNEAPOLIS –
As an educator, Anne Harrington had her suspicions.
As a pediatrician, Dr. Dan McLellan also had his.
Both noticed an unusual number of Somali children turning up in their autism programs in Minneapolis and began to wonder why.
Now that question has captured the attention of state and federal health officials, as […]
Lend4Health
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Online Autism Fund: Godsend or Money Pit?
Online Effort Aims to Help Parents Afford Experimental Autism Treatments
ABC News
Late one night in June, after reading about the second mortgages, overtime hours and general financial hardships that families of autistic children face, a Virginia woman came up with a novel approach to help.
Tori Tuncan, a mother of two, […]
Temple Biopic
Friday, August 15th, 2008Claire Danes circles autism biopic | Mick Jackson to direct film based on Temple Grandin’s life
Borys Kit | Hollywood Reporter
HBO’s long-gestating Temple Grandin project is moving forward, with Claire Danes in negotiations to star and Mick Jackson set to direct the biopic.
Grandin, one of the leading speakers on autism, overcame the limitations imposed by the […]
Dealing With Disruptions
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Disruptive behavior by autistic kids stirs furor
AP.com
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — When a 13-year-old Minnesota boy was banned from church after parishioners complained about his behavior, it exposed a painful truth so politically incorrect that some people feel guilty just saying it out loud: Some autistic children can be annoying and disruptive in public.
The case of […]
Bowie Baysox Host 2nd Autism Awareness Night
Monday, August 4th, 2008Baysox Host Second Annual Autism Awareness Night
Baysox.com
August 4, 2008 - The Bowie Baysox, Class AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, is proud to host the second annual Autism Awareness Night at Prince George’s Stadium on Friday, August 8. Gates will open at 6 p.m. and the Baysox will take the field to take on the […]