Last week, I read an interesting article in the newspaper about a family with a child with autism who was asked to stay away from their local church’s services. There were a variety of opinions expressed by parents of children with …
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There is even disagreement around the question of whether or not there has been a real increase in the number of children being diagnosed with autism in California. In our TV segment, we interview psychologist Ron Huff, …
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MIT has recently published course materials from its Fall 2007 course on Autism and Technology. The course aims to lay a foundation in autism theory and autism technology that significantly leverages and expands the MIT Media Lab’s …
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Most just appear to believe that parents of children with autism or behavior problems don’t show any consideration for others when their children start misbehaving in public. In some cases, they are right, but sometimes people need a …
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The focus on kids who have autism sometimes makes it easy to forget … they grow up! The first big wave of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder is moving beyond high school, and an Associated Press article outlines the …
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The autistic disorder is a spectrum of many converged symptoms affecting attention, perception and thought. The condition varies from mild to severe and the shown behavior is inappropriate for the age. …
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“Autism 101” is a seminar and resource fair sponsored by the Autism Society of America - Greater Georgia Chapter for families of newly diagnosed children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The seminar provides information that …
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Temple Grandin (www.templegrandin.com , www.grandin.com ) gets down to the REAL issues of autism in her innovative book The Way I See It (Future Horizons, ISBN 9781932565720, $14.95, paperback, September 2008). …
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Well I see that yet another autism hub blogger, neurodiversity proponent has once again gone over the top. In a blog post entitled Don’t Blame Autrism(sic) here, http://chaoticidealism.livejournal.com/48892.html she seems to imply that …
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CBS News obtains details of what it says may be the earliest instance of the federal vaccine court finding “that the autistic behavior, brain injury and mental retardation” of an autistic boy “were all part of the vaccine injury”: …
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