Nice blog post from MedicalHealth.com about the benefits and importance of keeping a visual schedule for a Autistic child. I've used a visual list of rules that really helped behavior and think that this would help with daily chores. read more »
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35,310 Lego Star Wars Clone Troopers mini-figs were arranged in just six and a half hours to raise money for The National Autistic Society in the UK. Check out this site to see the pictures. read more »
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The Autism 101 strand of the National Autism Conference will be webcast live. So you see it via your computer. During the autism conference, simply visit the website http://www.outreach.psu.edu/conference/autism and click on the Live Web Cast page and follow the instructions. read more »
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After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn't like about Barton's 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher kicked him out of the class. By a 14 to 2 margin, the students voted Alex — who is in the process of being diagnosed with autism — out of the class. read more »
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When her grandson Harrison was diagnosed with autism eight and one half years ago, University of Louisville Trustee Sandy Metts Snowden found there was "so little support for him" that her family sought help in New Jersey.

'Why isn't the university doing something?' " Snowden sai read more »
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From the 1992-1993 to 2001-2002 school years, U.S. Department of Education data indicate an increase from 15,580 to 97,904 students with autism, an expansion of 528% and an annual average growth of 22.69%. The number of students with autism per 10,000 increased from 3.64 to 20.53 during this period. read more »
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AT THE tender age of 8 months, Sam's behavior was already unusual. He smiled, but not in response to other people. Nor did he look at people's faces or babble like other children. "He was a very quiet baby," says Sam's mother, Kathy Powell of Tallahassee, Florida. "We dismissed it at first - read more »
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Hi to all of you here...
Actually I'd like to post a very tough "big sizes" number puzzle, which had been brought to many forums, but yet nobody can work it out properly. I'm not a puzzles mania, this just really disturbs my mind. Perhaps autistic person can see beyond and help me cracking th read more »
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The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded Wayne State Prof. Dr. Diane Chugani a $5.79 million grant to conduct research on autism. The hope is the study may one day open doors to finding a treatment for autism

His research sho read more »
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MONTREAL, May 7 (UPI) -- Canadian and U.S. scientists say they're creating an autistic DNA database involving cases in which there is only one family member with autism.

Data from that group, which represents the great majority of autism spectrum disorders, is expected to lead to the discovery read more »
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There are many drugs for autism currently in use. Doctors try their selection from among the current drugs used to treat the symptoms of autism based on the past successes and failures of treatment with that certain person, using all the medicines known to treat someone autism.

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A published study of industrial mercury-release data, conducted by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, shows a link between pounds of industrial release of mercury and increased autism rates. It also shows—for the first time in scientific literature—a statis read more »
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Blooming Kids Software (BloomingKids), a company that creates computer programs designed to teach children who have Autism, PDD and other needs requiring early intervention, has added Mac versions of its educational programs.

The programs (37 of them) that were released in 2006 and 2008 have bee read more »
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TALLAHASSEE — Florida, just minutes before the close of the session, House lawmakers ended a standoff with the Senate and approved a bill that for the first time will mandate that many insurers pay for therapy and other treatment for autistic children. read more »
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Parents of children with autism are increasingly turning to sensory integration treatment to help their children deal with the disorder, and they’re seeing good results. In 2007, 71 percent of parents who pursued alternatives to traditional treatment used sensory integration methods, and 91 percent read more »
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Very nice article about stating your case for a teachers assistant found on the website Discussing Autism. read more »
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