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Dr. Ted Fogarty and Autistic son go on restrictive diet and within weeks after Riley cut out gluten and casein, his verbal skills, attention span and read more »
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Family with triplets learn they all have autism, and huge hurdles to make them successful in life.

"Two years ago, when the boys were 4, specialists confirmed the Gastons' suspicions: The boys have varying degrees of autism, a neurological disorder that hampers communication and social inter read more »
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David Kirby writes about how on Monday, one of the most important legal proceedings in American medical history will get underway at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington. Judges will listen to the hypothesis that mercury in vaccines and/or the live-virus measles-mumps-rubella shot caused read more »
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In a report in the current issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry and currently online, UCLA researchers provided ASD children with explicit instructions to pay more attention to facial expressions and tone of voice and have measured an increased response in the medial prefrontal cortex read more »
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Tucson mom Holly Rasmussen wants her two autistic sons and other boys to experience the fun and adventure of Scouting so she has created what she says is the first Cub Scouts troop in Arizona for autistic boys.
Rasmussen, the mother of Kevin, 9, and Casey, 6, formed the group to show her own and o read more »
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A leaked report by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, head of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University notes the incidence of autism was far higher than previously thought – as many as one in 58 children – with the MMR vaccine back in the dock as a possible culprit.

The story was the result read more »
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Taken from an article on dissidentvoice.org
Autism: “An Epidemic of Fairly Recent Origin”
by Anne Dachel / July 7th, 2007

"One big question looms out there: How we will pay for all these children disabled with autism? Carey Goldberg talked a little about the financial aspe read more »
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This info might help to create your own plan of action if you found out that your child was with autism. read more »
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Found in the Guardian
Sarah Boseley, health editor
Saturday September 22, 2007

"Thousands of children with autism in the UK could benefit from taking drugs such as Prozac, a US psychiatrist said yesterday.

Professor Eric Hollander, from the Mount Sinai medical centre in New York, said a th read more »
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Internet autism radio show called "The Candy Store" features parents of children with autism, professionals in the field of developmental disabilities and celebrities who share their interest in the cause. Recent and prospective guests include U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush; Tyra Banks; Davey Joes and mor read more »
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