Archive for November, 2008
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008Reaching an Autistic Teenager
MELISSA FAY GREENE | New York Times
On a typical Monday morning at an atypical high school, teenage boys yanked open the glass doors to the First Baptist Church of Decatur, Ga. Half-awake, iPod wires curling from their ears, their backpacks unbuckled and their jeans baggy, the guys headed for the elevator. Arriving […]
Illinois Expected To Pass Autism Bill
Sunday, November 30th, 2008Illinois autism bill would mandate insurance coverage of $36,000 a year
Monique Garcia and Ray Long | Chicago Tribune
Insurance companies would be required to cover autism diagnosis and treatment up to $36,000 a year under legislation sent to the governor Thursday.
The action marks a victory for advocates who say early intervention and therapy is key to […]
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
My Son Was Autistic. Is He Still?
Jayne Lytel | Special to The Washington Post
Paging through 176 MRI scans of my 9-year-old’s brain on my home computer, I discovered a button that let me play them as a movie. Gray swirls burst onto the screen, dissolving into one another and revealing a new set of […]
Dogs and Autism
Saturday, November 15th, 2008Dogs and Autism
New York Times
A legal battle in New York City highlights the healing power of dogs for children with autism and Asperger’s syndrome.
Manhattan federal prosecutors have accused the owners of an Upper East Side residence of discriminating against 11-year-old Aaron Schein by preventing him from having a dog, The New York Daily News reports. […]
DC Walk Now Attracts 7,500 Walkers
Friday, November 14th, 20087,500 Walkers Raise $818,000 at D.C. Walk Now for Autism
Autism Speaks
The 8th annual D.C. Walk Now for Autism took place on Saturday, Nov. 8 at The National Mall, as 7,500 walkers raised $818,000. The Walk began at the foot of the Washington National Monument, proceeded past the White House, and stopped briefly in front of […]
Vaccine Debate Not Over
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Autism Speaks: Don’t Rule Out Vaccines
David Kirby | Huffington Post
Is the vaccine-autism debate over? Not according to the co-founder of the largest, most mainstream, most influential autism organization in the world.
In an article published in the Daily Telegraph of the UK, Autism Speaks co-founder Bob Wright, former head of NBC and grandfather to an autistic […]
Autism and Schizophrenia
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008“In short: autism and schizophrenia represent opposite ends of a spectrum that includes most, if not all, psychiatric and developmental brain disorders. The theory has no use for psychiatry’s many separate categories for disorders, and it would give genetic findings an entirely new dimension.”
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In a Novel Theory of Mental Disorders, Parents’ Genes Are in Competition
Benedict […]
Obama Drafts Legislation
Saturday, November 8th, 2008President-Elect Barack Obama Drafts Federal Autism Insurance Mandate Bill
Autism Speaks
President-Elect Obama has drafted comprehensive autism legislation, including a section addressing a broad based federal autism insurance mandate.
In his Presidential campaign statement on Autism Spectrum Disorders, President-Elect Obama committed to bringing autism insurance reform to the entire nation. The statement stated that Obama and Biden “will […]
New Agenda?
Saturday, November 8th, 2008O’HANLON and SPELMAN: Autism agenda beckons
Michael O’Hanlon and Stuart Spelman | Washington Times
COMMENTARY:
In their last debate, Barack Obama and John McCain both graciously expressed concern about children with autism.
Mr. Obama in particular then spoke about the need for more research funding to understand the causes of this prevalent handicap. We concur. But that is hardly […]
Stange Play During Infancy
Friday, November 7th, 2008Strange play in infancy may point to autism
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Babies who were later diagnosed with autism played with toys in unusual ways, spinning or rotating them more than other babies, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Their findings, reported in the journal Autism, might help doctors and parents identify children at risk of autism and start […]