Autism:
Autism Spectrum Disorders: News and Research on Autism. Parenting help and advice on autistic children and latest finding on Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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Jul 18th, 2008
Actress and author Jenny McCarthy has established herself as a tireless crusader in the search for an autism treatment and advocate for nutritional regimens to help manage autism.
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Jul 18th, 2008
Some cases of autism may be a failure of the young brain to wire itself properly in response to a baby’s social and physical surroundings.
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Jul 17th, 2008
Many of the seemingly disparate mutations recently discovered in autism may share common underlying mechanisms, say researchers supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health.
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Jul 14th, 2008
Gov. Blagojevich uses amendatory veto to expand House Bill 4255 requiring health insurance companies in Illinois to also cover a range of autism treatment for youth until the age of 21.
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Jul 10th, 2008
Howard Hughes Medical Institute's autism investigator Christopher Walsh has used a new strategy to identify six genes that, when mutated, contribute to autism. In his autism research by focusing on large families in which both parents share a recent ancestor, Walsh and his colleagues were able to hone in on rare mutations that had remained elusive in previous studies.
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Jun 25th, 2008
Montana DPHHS will allocate $2 million to launch an early intervention program for children with autism.
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Jun 23rd, 2008
I don't know if people have heard about the missing autistic man who wandered away from a camp near Grantsburg, Wisconsin. I live about 20 miles away from that camp and my grandparents used to live about a mile from that camp. My mom also grew up in Grantsburg. This situation of the lost man suffering from Autism hit a little close to home.
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Jun 3rd, 2008
Low birth weight and preterm birth increase the risk for children developing autism later in life.
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Jun 3rd, 2008
Birth Weight and Gestational Age Characteristics of Children With Autism, Including a Comparison With Other Developmental Disabilities.
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May 28th, 2008
Only a handful of colleges, universities in the U.S. offer master's degrees in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), a treatment for autism identified by the CDC as being effective in the education and treatment of individuals with autism. Sage is among them offering Autism Treatment.
