June 10, 2010 - Science Daily
May 31, 2010 - English.news.cn
May 29, 2010 - Autism News Beat
May 26, 2010 - Medical News Today
May 25, 2010 - Medical News Today
February 2, 2010 - The Autism News
For a third straight year, Florida parents and special-education advocates are trying
to get a law passed that would prevent school employees from holding students with
disabilities face-down or shutting them in rooms to try to control behaviors
associated with their conditions.
January 13, 2010 - Palm Beach Post
It's been a rough two years for the Special Olympics, which endured the death of
founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver in August and has seen sponsorship money dry
up because of the poor economy.
January 6, 2010- Los Angeles Times
For those who have a hard time seeing the small print on those monthly bills, you
can thank a former Forest Hills High School student for suggesting an optional
larger type size so you can stop straining your eyes when paying your bills.
Dec. 29, 2009 - The Queens Courier
Employing the same radio-frequency tracking equipment used to study wildlife
behavior, a downstate Illinois company is making the finding of lost special-needs
people a quicker and easier task. Schaumburg police will be the next of only a few
Chicago-area departments taking advantage of the innovations of Murphysboro-based
Care Trak International.
Dec. 29, 2009 - The Daily Herald
Spectrum Academy, a three-year-old charter school that serves autistic children
grades kindergarten through 8th, recently broke ground on a 32,300-square-foot,
$5.5 million high school in North Salt Lake. Ninth and 10th grades will be available
starting next fall; 11th and 12th grades will follow in 2011 and 2012.
Dec. 28, 2009 - The Deseret News, Utah
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
announced that the FDA has approved the supplemental New Drug Application
for ABILIFY® (aripiprazole) for the treatment of irritability associated with autistic
disorder in pediatric patients ages 6 to 17 years, including symptoms of aggression
towards others, deliberate self-injury, temper tantrums, and quickly changing moods.
Nov. 28, 2009 - Medical News
Pennsylvania first state to conduct autism census
Nov. 21, 2009 - NBC Philadelphia
The committee tasked with guiding federal autism research voted this week on
whether or not to expand research into a link between vaccines and autism. But
the outcome of the vote depends on who you talk to.
Nov.12, 2009 - Disability Scoop
The latest example is the eruption over a video produced for Autism Speaks,
the nation's largest autism advocacy group.
Nov. 6, 2009 - The New York Times
Revisions to psychiatry’s diagnostic manual are calling for the Asperger's
diagnosis to be cut, a move that advocates worry will create confusion
Nov. 5, 2009 - Globe Life
After just 20 minutes in a helicopter above the Manhattan skyline, autistic artist
Stephen Wiltshire was ready to re-create a city that took hundreds of years to build
Oct. 27, 2009 - Daily News
Refusing to cover a costly behavioral therapy because the care provider lacks
a state license violates California law, a Los Angeles County judge finds.
Oct. 27, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
A local 10-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero. He says he used what he learned
in Cub Scouts to save his teacher's life.
Oct. 15, 2009 - ABC 13 Eyewitness News
TRENTON -- Families dealing with autism soon may see the benefits of a database designed to track cases and direct people with the disorder to health care and other services, officials said today.
Oct. 8, 2009 - New Jersey.com
Their program allows parents, teachers and therapists to build custom pages with pictorial icons, which represent common phrases and vocabulary. Speech-impaired users can click the icons to generate an electronic voice that speaks on their behalf.
Oct. 8, 2009 - Arizona Republic
Researchers identify possible genetic links, but urge further study
Oct. 7, 2009 - US News
Most parents dream of sending their kids off to college someday. But for parents
of children with autism, even high-achieving kids with Asperger's syndrome,
college often seems like the impossible dream.
Sept. 12, 2009 - Orlando Sentinel
U.S. Supreme Court ruling puts onus on districts to cover tuition, but private-school
rush unlikely
Sept.4, 2009 - Chicago Tribune
The device, called a K-NFB reader, works like a cell phone with a camera, except in addition to making phone calls and taking pictures, the device can snap an image
of a document and then quickly read aloud the words on the page.
Sept. 1, 2009 - Savannah Morning News
Directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, The Sunshine Boy follows a mother's
attempt to understand her severely autistic 11-year-old son.
August 27, 2009 - BBC News
"...Families with disabled children must have a plan for who would care for
their special needs if the parents were unable to -- and also how to provide for
them in a way which would not disqualify the child from receiving government
benefits such as Social Security and Medicaid."
August 18, 2009 - Pittsburg-Post Gazette
BRATTLEBORO -- An Australian artist has given a new voice to the students at a
school for autistic children. Garry Jones recently completed his musical installation,
"Wind Song Dreaming," on the campus of INSPIRE for Autism, a private school for autistic children that opened last year.
August 18, 2009 - Brattleboro Reformer
Hollywood movies rarely deal with disability - except for autism, when characters
are typically shown as having special intelligence. Why do we like to think everyone
with autism is especially gifted?
August 11, 2009 - BBC News
Unable to Speak or Connect to the World Until Age 11, Carly Fleishman Types:
'I Am Autistic But That Is Not Who I Am' - (view video)
August 10, 2009 - ABC News
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is asking state school chiefs across the country to formally submit their policies on seclusion and restraint in schools.
August 3, 2009 - Disability Scoop
HILLSBOROUGH -- Orange County Schools released a new statement Monday providing more details on a court battle over a 4-year-old boy's special education needs.
July 28, 2009 - The News and Observer
Many parents of autistic children have put their children on strict gluten-free or dairy-free diets, convinced that gastrointestinal problems are an underlying cause of the disorder. But a new study suggests the complicated food regimens may not be warranted.
July 27, 2009 - New York TImes
Researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have collaborated to uncover important new insights into the neurological basis of autism.
July 7, 2009 - Medical News
"The financial impact will be huge," said Hendren. "Many, many people will be living impaired lives, and where are they going to go? Who will take care of them? The challenge will fall largely to family members. As those parents age, they are asking, 'Who is going to take care of my autistic child after I am gone?' "
It is a question that haunts
June 28, 2009 - The Sacramento Bee
"A Place of Their Own" is a four-part Star-Ledger series about Garden Academy, a private, special-education school in Essex County for severely autistic students.
June 21, 2009 - NJ.com
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will reimburse policy holders who paid out of pocket for behavioral therapy for children with autism dating back to May 1, 2003 under a legal settlement reached this week.
June 19, 2009 - Disability Scoop
John Travolta has admitted his late son was autistic. The The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 actor – whose 16-year-old son Jett died after suffering a seizure while on a family holiday in the Bahamas in January – is a strict follower of the Scientology religion, which does not believe in the medical condition.
June 12, 2009- online news
The study is primarily funded by the National Institutes of Health along with money from Autism Speaks, an advocacy group. The project, known as Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation or EARLI study, will follow women from pregnancy, and then monitor the babies until they are three years old.
June 6, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal
"...Throughout Florida, the growth has been just as dramatic during the past decade. In 1998-99, there were 3,243 students with the disorder in public schools. This school year, there were more than 15,200."
June 6, 2009 - Orlando Sentinel
ALBANY - Lawmakers here and in Washington Tuesday urged passage of bills requiring health insurers to pay for autism treatment and therapy for children and young adults.
June 2, 2009 - Newsday
A significant number of children with autism and related disorders could be undiagnosed, a study has suggested.
May 29, 2009 - BBC News
Leslie Clark and her husband have been trying to communicate with their autistic 7-year-old son, JW, for years, but until last month, the closest they got was rudimentary sign language.
May 29, 2009 - USA Today
Researchers long ago rejected the theory that vaccines cause autism, yet many parents don't believe them. Can scientists bridge the gap between evidence and doubt?
May 27, 2009 - Medical News Today
From Maine to California, families of children with autism are digging deep into their pockets to pay for treatments that may help their youngsters achieve normal language skills and intellectual functioning.
May 27, 2009 - Ground Report News/Politics
Out of Darkness…Into the Light: New Approaches to Reducing the Use of Seclusion and Restraint with Wisconsin Children
Apri 20, 2009 - Disability Rights Wisconsin
There is strong evidence for a link between genius and autism. In the first of three articles about the brain this week, we ask how that link works, and whether “neurotypicals” can benefit from the knowledge
April 16, 2009 - The Economist
Lucina and Wayne Clarke of My Time, Inc..."My Time offers critical support to caregivers, and it's all FREE!"
April 2009 - Brooklyn Paper
The Japanese artist and widow of John Lennon unveiled a new work on the occasion of the United Nation's World Autism Awareness Day. Her seven-foot (2.1m) mural, entitled "Promise", currently stands in the lobby at the UN in New York, but will be auctioned for an autism charity.
April 3, 2009 - BBC News
In the largest allotment of its kind, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is accepting applications for $60 million in research funds to study autism.
March 24, 2009 - The Disability Scoop
MINNEAPOLIS — Ayub Abdi is a cute 5-year-old with a smile that might be called shy if not for the empty look in his eyes. He does not speak. When he was 2, he could say “Dad,” “Mom,” “give me” and “need water,” but he has lost all that.
March 16, 2009 - New York TImes
NEW YORK CITY -- Parents in New York are trying to get their autistic child the educational services they say they're legally entitled to. The power of one state official is increasingly being called into question. (watch video - 7online)
March 5, 2009 - Associated Press
Under a plan for a new respite center in the Rochester area, adolescents with developmental disabilities and behavior problems would spend one week every other month living in a home with a playground and swimming pool, while their parents take a break from the constant pressures of caring for them.
February 17, 2009 - Rochester, NY
A special federal court ruled yesterday that vaccines do not cause autism and that thousands of families with autistic children are not entitled to compensation, delivering a major blow to an international movement that has tried for years to link childhood immunizations with the devastating disorder.
February 13, 2009 - Washington Post
When an autistic child or an adult with dementia wanders off and gets lost, finding them quickly sometimes can make a difference between life and death.
February 9, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal
THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday Times investigation has found.
February 8, 2009 - The Sunday Times
Major new study is latest to rule out preservative
January 25, 2009 - Associated Press
..."“Parents are afraid of missing what might be effective, so they try everything,” Dr. Schreibman said. "
January 19, 2009 - The New York Times
The warfare over vaccines and autism is heating up yet again. This week, Alison Singer, the executive vice president of communications and awareness at Autism Speaks, one of the nation's leading autism advocacy groups, announced her resignation, citing a difference of opinion over the organization's policy on vaccine research.
January 16, 2009 - Newsweek
A program created for architects is an unexpected hit with children on the spectrum.
January 16, 2009 - Newsweek
A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has found that the seven- to eight-fold increase in the number of children born in California with autism since 1990 cannot be explained by changes in how the condition is diagnosed or counted—and the trend shows no sign of abating.
January 15, 2009 - Journal of Epidemiology
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the Chairman of its Subcommittee on Children and Families, joined members of the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) to announce a new national report on the inappropriate use of seclusion and restraint on students in American schools.
January 14, 2009 - Political Feeds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Schoolchildren across the U.S. have been injured or killed when they were restrained or secluded, a disability rights group says. A House committee announced a hearing on the issue.
January 14, 2009 - Associated Press
Prenatal screening for autism moves a step closer to reality today as new research has found ways of potentially identifying the condition in unborn babies.
January 12, 2009 - Telegraph.Co.UK
The prospect of a prenatal test for autism, allowing couples to choose whether to have a baby with the condition, is coming closer. And with it also comes the possibility of a prenatal drug treatment being developed.
January 7, 2008 - BBC News
Trips to the National Aquarium are key to a Kennedy Krieger program that helps autistic youngsters master social skills.
Jauary 5, 2009 - The Baltimore Sun
The number of students diagnosed with autism in South Carolina’s public schools has more than doubled in the past five years, creating more challenges in programming and staffing for education officials.
January 2, 2009 - The State
Karen Driscoll might seem the unlikeliest of lobbyists to cruise the halls of Congress. Indeed, the Marine Corps wife and mother with three young children, one of whom has autism, didn't envision herself hustling down the marbled corridors in a power suit. Yet, on a recent fall day, Driscoll is maneuvering her way like a K Street pro, eager for any opportunity to make her case that the Pentagon's healthcare system is failing active-duty military families with autistic children, families like her own.
December 21, 2008 - US News
"...And the $10 billion Mr. Obama has pledged for early childhood education would amount to the largest new federal initiative for young children since Head Start began in 1965. Now, Head Start is a $7 billion federal program serving about 900,000 preschoolers."
December 16, 2008 - The New York Times
...Today, nearly 5,000 vaccine injury claims are sitting in limbo because they represent children who suffered brain and immune system dysfunction after vaccination but have been diagnosed with regressive autism, which is not recognized by the program as a compensable event. There is $2.7 billion sitting in the Trust Fund, which could have been awarded to vaccine victims.
December 13, 2008 - Mercola.com
I did not want to write this piece or share this information. I was hoping the leadership at Autism Speaks would take care of this problem. For far too long Dr. Andy Shih and Ms. Alison Singer have been representing only their own rigid belief systems in their roles at AS, doing whatever necessary to thwart environmental and vaccine research.
December 11, 2008 - Age of Autism
The U.S. Department of Education has released changes to regulations governing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that affect rules regarding parental consent, non-attorney representation, and compliance requirements.
December 10, 2008 - Education Week
Would you be able to cope? That is the unspoken challenge laid down by “The Black Balloon,” a harrowing, unsentimental portrait of a middle-class Australian family whose oldest son has severe autism compounded by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
December 5, 2008 - The New York Times
Americans are spending about $2 billion a year on gluten-free products, which advocates claim can help with everything from autism to ADHD, but is the trend more about hype than health?
December 5, 2008 - Newsweek
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The author of legislation to require health insurers to cover the diagnosis and treatment of autism says public support for the proposal is growing, but it still faces an uphill battle in the Oklahoma House where opponents say an autism mandate would drive up the cost of health insurance.
December 4, 2008 - Education Week
The last time the New York City Department of Education changed bus routes in the middle of a school year, it turned out to be a disaster for thousands of students. This year, for one child with autism, a re-drawn route means his ride to school is now more than two hours long.
November 21, 2008 wcbstv.com
Insurance companies would be required to cover autism diagnosis and treatment up to $36,000 a year under legislation sent to the governor Thursday.
November 21, 2008 - Chicago Tribune
The St. Lucie County School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to suspend without pay Morningside Elementary School teacher Wendy Portillo for one year after she allowed her kindergarteners to vote on whether 5-year-old Alex Barton could remain in class.
November 19, 2008 - Sun Sentinel
Imagine playing a game of Simon Says for an entire day while, all around you, lights flicker on and off and the drone of static blasts at odd times.
Novemebr 17, 2008 - Pocono Record
Tomorrow, a few hundred very concerned citizens of Minnesota will gather to discuss a baffling and heartbreaking riddle: Why is the reported rate of autism among children of Somali refugees so alarmingly high (now an estimated 1-in-28 schoolchildren)?
November 14, 2008 - The Huffington Post
EDMONTON - Police are searching for a 16-year-old autistic boy from Ponoka who ran away from a school trip at the Agricom on Friday afternoon.
November 14, 2008 - Edmonton Journal
Because they may have different symptoms than boys do, some girls with Asperger's syndrome don't get diagnosed.
November 14, 2008 - Newsweek
...She spent many nights awake wondering if sending her autistic son to a specialized residential school program was the best option.
November 7, 2008 - ABC News
The arrest and detention of a 9-year-old girl with mental illness at a Fort Myers school last month was more than just a personal tragedy for the family. It was a sad reminder that children with disabilities are not gettingthe special care they need in our schools and that too many are being shoved needlessly into the juvenile-justice system.
November 4, 2008 - The Ledger
The diagnoses began with speech delay, followed by attention deficit disorder. Next was "psychosis not otherwise specified." Obsessive compulsive disorder also joined the ranks. Finally, at age 25, Ross was diagnosed with high-functioning Asperger syndrome.
November 3, 2008 - ABC News
The parents of an autistic boy claim in a lawsuit filed this week against the St. Lucie County School District that their then-7-year-old was battered and abused by his behavior analyst at Oak Hammock K-8.
October 31, 2008 -TC Palm
For previous related stories see:
As the number of Americans diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders climbs, so, too, does the number of questions surrounding this disorder. Namely, what is autism, and what is causing a rise in autism diagnoses among adults and children nationwide?
October 23, 2008 - ABC News
EDMONTON - Yvette Prefontaine thinks in pictures. "When something is unplanned, I see an empty frame," she says. The 27-year-old has autism and has trouble communicating. Understanding directions, for example, is a challenge. Prefontaine must be shown what to do, rather than told.
October 22, 2008 - The Edmonton Journal
A family's lifetime costs for caring for a child with autism can reach as high as $5 million, according to the Autism Society of America. Each month, parents report they pay thousands of dollars for treatment and therapy. And in most cases, insurance, even good insurance, won't cover all of the fees.
October 17, 2008 - CNN
A new screening method can be used to detect the chromosomal abnormalities most commonly associated with autism spectrum disorders. By screening for genetic defects associated with various kinds of cognitive impairment, the approach will help clinicians identify the underlying causes of some patients' autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
October 17, 2008 - Science Daily
As flu season approaches, many New Jersey parents are furious over a first-in-the-nation requirement that children get a flu shot in order to attend preschools and day-care centers. The decision should be the parents', not the state's, they contend.
October 16, 2008 - Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A new autism center slated to open next year in Cape Girardeau will allow families to have their children diagnosed close to home and bring therapy providers under one roof.
October 13, 2008 - Associated Press
A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has discovered an important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others: They spend less time looking at the faces of people who are modeling new skills.
October 13, 2008 - Medical News Today
The survey -- commissioned by Florida Tech to measure the public's knowledge and understanding of autism -- found that 24 percent of respondents believe vaccines carry the blame for the wide range of developmental delays, known as autism spectrum disorders, and as a result, shy away from vaccinating their children. Another 19 percent said they were unsure about vaccines' role.
October 3, 2008 - FloridaToday.com
To date, few studies have focused on the viewpoints of autistic persons themselves despite an increasing number of published autobiographies. The aim of this study is to highlight their personal experiences, and to compare them to scientific and medical knowledge and representations.
October 1, 2008 - Science Daily
Seeking to make the world of autism a little smaller, members of the international diplomatic community gathered Friday at the United Nations World Focus on Autism.
September 26, 2008 - CNN
Scientists at Yale School of Medicine have found that two-year-olds with autism looked significantly more at the mouths of others, and less at their eyes, than typically developing toddlers. This abnormality predicts the level of disability, according to study results published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
September 26, 2008 - Science Daily
Autism Speaks, in partnership with the Ad Council and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announced today the launch of a new, groundbreaking educational tool kit, Talking to Parents About Autism, designed to promote early intervention and encourage educators to speak to a child's parents if they suspect a developmental delay. This is the first program to provide teachers with tools to prepare to begin this critical dialogue.
September 25, 2008 - Medical News
In a statement on Wednesday, The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) said that it has discontinued the study intended to assess the effectiveness of chelation (kee-LAY'-shun) treatment.
September 20, 2008 - Autism Today
Now, the nation's largest autism advocacy group, Autism Speaks, is planning a legislative push in 20 states, including Massachusetts, to require private insurance companies to pay a portion of the intensive, expensive educational treatments that many medical professionals say are a child's best chance to overcome, or just learn to cope with, profound and lifelong developmental and learning disabilities.
September 16, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Girls with mild autism are less likely to be identified and diagnosed than boys, a study suggests.
September 16, 2008 - BBC News
DAYTONA BEACH - Repeating a favorite line from a Disney movie helped a Florida father and his autistic son survive more than 15 hours treading water in the Atlantic, the man said today.
September 10, 2008 - Associated Press
Ten years ago, a clinical research paper triggered widespread and persistent fears that a combined vaccine that prevents measles, mumps and rubella — the so-called MMR vaccine — causes autism in young children. That theory has been soundly refuted by a variety of other research over the years, and now a new study that tried to replicate the original study has provided further evidence that it was a false alarm.
September 9, 2008 - The New York Times
Melbourne-Australia: A new diagnostic tool to help detect autism in young children is the focus of new research at Flinders University in Adelaide. The new assessment tool has been designed to identify developmental and behavioural issues associated with autism in children less than 12 months old.
August 29, 2008 - The Age
BRATTLEBORO — Officials say the Vermont Board of Education is expected to approve a new school in Brattleboro that would be open to students with a primary diagnosis of autism. The school Inspire for Autism is due to open next month.
August 25, 2008 - The Associated Press
Recently, Harvard researchers reported that children with autism have a wide range of genetic defects, making it nearly impossible to develop a simple genetic test to identify the disorder.
August 19, 2008 - Science Daily
The Towson University Foundation has received a $24,900 grant from Autism Speaks for a pilot program in the school's new Center for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
August 16, 2008 - Baltimore Sun
San Miguel school district is ordered to pay tuition and more for not providing an appropriate education for a child with special needs
August 14, 2008 - SanLouisObispo.com
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Claire Danes is in negotiations to star in HBO's long-gestating biopic of Temple Grandin, a leading speaker on autism, animal expert and author.
August 15, 2008 - Washington Post
With an existing need for autism-related schooling in Ohio, the Haugland Learning Center will open three more doors this school year, and they need help doing it.
August 15, 2008 - Columbus Local News
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have embarked on one of the first double-blind, clinical studies to determine whether gluten and dairy products play a role in autistic behavior as parents have anecdotally claimed.
August 9, 2008 - Science Daily
Within three months of birth, babies show a strong preference for eye contact. They spend more time looking at eyes than any other part of a person's face or body. But in children with autism, this behavior falters early and seems to contribute to the difficulties they have relating to others, say researchers at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, Conn.
August 6, 2008 - The Oregonian
"...These kids, who look perfectly normal, often are very anxious and find travel -- the noise, the crowds, the lines, the disruption of their routine -- particularly difficult, explains Dr. Lynda Geller, a psychologist and nationally known autism expert at the NYU Child Study Center"
August 4, 2008 - CNN.com
The parents of a Hunterdon County autistic boy, who was left strapped in a car seat on a parked school bus for 4 1/2 hours on a hot summer day in 2003, have filed suit against the joint school transportation department that was responsible for the child.
August 4, 2008 - The Star Ledger
There is something very Paul Gauguin — impenetrable colors and primitive forms — about Kevin Hosseini's oil paintings.
July 27, 2008 - The Washington Times
There is a family down the street whom I envy. ..
July 20, 2008 - Washington Post
Kathy Deschenes once became so exhausted caring for her son Lee, who has autism, that she called 911 and begged them to take him away. "I couldn't take it any more," Ms. Deschenes recalled from her home in Toronto.
July 19, 2008 - The Boston Globe
WASHINGTON: Harvard University researchers have discovered half a dozen new genes involved in autism that suggest the disorder strikes in a brain that cannot properly form new connections. The findings, based on families in the Middle East, Turkey and Pakistan, also may help explain why intense education programs do help some autistic children: certain genes that respond to experience were not missing but were merely stuck in the "off" position.
July 11, 2008 - Associated Press
Be Our Guest: Jesse Mojica, autism advocate
July 7, 2008 - Daily News
A judge has upheld a restraining order barring an autistic boy from attending a northern Minnesota church. His mother said she would continue the legal fight.
July 3, 2008 - USA Today
Camp staffers delayed calling police to search for missing boy
July 2, 2008 - BaltimoreSun.com
A Scientist Wrestles With the Realities of His Daughter's Illness
July 2, 2008 - The Washington Post
Ari Ne'eman and Kristina Chew say they are the faces and voices of autism's future. They're part of a controversial group hoping to radically change the way others look at autism. Their message: Stop the search for a cure and begin celebrating autistic people for their differences. It's a message that has some parents of autistic children bewildered and angry.
June 10, 2008 - ABC News
In public health circles they are known as "exempters" -- parents who for reasons of faith or philosophy choose not to immunize their children against diseases such as measles and whooping cough. Some exempters claim that childhood vaccines contain unnatural or harmful ingredients; others say they regard vaccination as a "dark force" that conflicts with their belief in a benevolent deity; still others are members of a religion that bars invasive procedures.
June 10, 2008 - Washington Post
An attorney representing the child voted out of kindergarten class at Morningside Elementary has notified the St. Lucie County School District the boy's mother intends to sue the district for "physical and mental abuse" reportedly inflicted on her son.
June 10, 2008 - Palm Beach Post
Applying modern genetics and molecular biology to clinical observations made more than 80 years ago, a team from the University of Iowa and the Veterans Affairs Iowa City Health Care System found that increased acid (pH) activates an ion channel in the brain that shuts down seizure activity. The findings were expected to be published online June 8 in Nature Neuroscience.
June 8, 2008 - Forbes.com
John LeSieur is in the software business, so he took particular interest when computers seemed mostly useless to his 6-year-old grandson, Zackary. The boy has autism, and the whirlwind of options presented by PCs so confounded him that he threw the mouse in frustration.
June 5, 2008 - USA Today
Research from the US suggests that compared to other developmental disabilities, low birthweight and premature birth was linked to a higher risk of autism, especially for girls.
The study was the work of Drs Diana Schendel and Tanya Karapurkar Bhasin, of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and is published in the June 2008 early online issue of the journal Pediatrics
June 3, 2008 - Medical News
A researcher spots areas linked to repetitive behavior
May 29, 2008 - LA Times
May 27, 2008 - Globe and Mail
May 23, 2008 - Treasure Coast
Joel Sidney is graduating from UC Berkeley today with an almost perfect grade-point average, a bachelor's degree in American Studies, an honors thesis on Bay Area bluegrass music and the certainty that having autism is not going to limit his expectations.
May 22, 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
Like lots of other little Brooklyn boys, Arren Ordover and Ryan Killen are enjoying learning the basics of martial arts. Every week, the 5-year-olds meet with instructor Lisa Chin, who has a black belt in tae kwon do, to do the blocks, punches and kicks of the Korean sport.
MAy 20, 2008 - The Daily News
Neurologist Dr. Fernando Miranda takes a radically different approach to behavioral disorders. Using high-tech scanning imagery he looks inside people's brains to diagnose and treat autism and attention deficit disorder.
May 20, 2008 - ABC News
One doctor in California is arguing that trying to diagnose autism without looking at the brain is like trying to diagnose a heart condition without looking at the heart, though the established autism community isn't so sure.
May 19, 2008 - ABC News
Parents claiming that the vaccine preservative thimerosal damaged their children's brains and led them to show symptoms of autism, brought their case before the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington yesterday...
May 13, 2008 - Medical News Today
For the first time the government is to calculate the number of adults with autism in England.
May 8, 2008 - BBC News
In Wil Kerner's world, happiness and grief — and all the feelings that come between — are puzzle pieces as alien as the curious construction-paper characters in the art he assembles on his grandmother's living-room carpet.
May 7, 2008 - The Seattle Times
A new publication in the journal Brain describes a significant anatomical difference in the face processing area of brain donors with autism compared to non-affected donors.
May 2, 2008 - Autism Speaks
LAKELAND | Polk County schools failed to adequately educate an autistic student and now must pay up to $720,000 to give 22-year-old Andrew "Drew" Sammons a proper education, an administrative law judge has ruled.
May 1, 2008 - The Ledger
The vaccination rate for young children has reached the highest level ever in NYC, and is higher than the national average, the Health Department announced today.
April 25, 2008 - NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
April 25, 2008 - Science Daily
A Post Press Release
April 24, 2008 - Medical News Today
Waukesha - With a measles outbreak reaching into Waukesha County, nervous parents lined up Wednesday to get their children - and sometimes themselves - vaccinated.
The Analysis of Frontal Lobe Microstructure May Provide Insight into the Biological Causes of Autism
April 16, 2008 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
There’s no question that the case of 9-year-old Hannah Poling of Athens, Ga., has fueled the controversy about childhood vaccines. But what’s less clear is whether it will help unlock the mysteries of autism.
April 12, 2008 - New York Times
DEERFIELD BEACH - Charlie Reilly was catching a wave on a big, blue surfboard, joining 50 other autistic kids for his first surfing lesson.
April6, 2008 - Sun Sentinel
UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised the courage of children with autism and their families on the first World Autism Awareness Day, calling Wednesday for all countries to respond to their needs.
April 2, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
"...As scores of autistic young adults enter universities for the first time, colleges across the country are trying to find ways to deal with the first generation of Asperger's students to hit campuses in large numbers. "
April 2, 2008 - ABC News
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- When -- after many visits to doctors and hospitals --- Tian Huiping's son was finally diagnosed with autism, the only advice she was given was to make use of a loophole in China's "one-child" policy that allows parents with disabled children to have one more.
April 2, 2008 - CNN News
Undeterred by California's remaining $8 billion budget deficit, Democratic lawmakers Wednesday unveiled a package of eight bills to address the dramatic rise in diagnosis of children with autism.
April 2, 2008 - The Sacramento Bee
"Leaky gut autism theory doubted", was the headline from BBC News on March 17 2008. The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail also reported that researchers have found no evidence to support the 'leaky gut theory'. They say that this theory proposes that vaccines such as MMR damage the intestine causing digestive problems, leading to the production of peptides "which can damage the brain and possibly cause autism".
March 25, 2008 - Medical News Today
... With estimates of children with an autism disorder running as high as one in 166, several new documentaries -- "Autism Every Day," "Autism: The Musical" and "Her Name Is Sabine" -- are attempting to broaden the public's understanding of the condition.
March 25, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
ABA therapy can cost up to a $100,000 a year, which is why it's a breakthrough that Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has signed House bill 2847 into law, forcing insurance providers to cover the costs of the treatment.
March 24, 2008 - ABC News
Since the Interactive Autism Network was launched more than a year ago by the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, 21,000 families have completed online questionnaires about themselves and autism, a developmental disorder that varies in its expression but significantly affects communication, social interactions and other behaviors. Scientists studying other diseases or disorders have created registries, but IAN is by far the largest database of its kind.
March 19, 2008 - Baltimore Sun
SANFORD - With little hope of winning in court, Seminole County school officials may be forced to pay millions of dollars to settle a barrage of lawsuits from parents who say their disabled children were abused by a teacher, according to transcripts from closed-door legal meetings.
March 13, 2008 - Orlando Sentinel
“It’s indisputable that autism is on the rise among children,” Senator John McCain said while campaigning recently in Texas. “The question is, What’s causing it? And we go back and forth, and there’s strong evidence that indicates that it’s got to do with a preservative in vaccines.”
March 4, 2008 - The New York Times
As states move to require more vaccines for school-age children, an increasing number of parents are saying no to some of the inoculations. They are seeking exemptions from the state in growing numbers, citing religious reasons or saying that they believe the vaccines will do more harm than good.
March 2, 2008 - The New York Times
"...Now the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Nationwide Children's Hospital is also setting the standard for the care of brothers and sisters of children with autism."
March 1, 2008 - Medical News Today
National Autism Association Asks Again for Removal of Toxic Mercury from Vaccines
Nixa, MO – The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended yesterday that flu shots be administered annually to children six months through 18 years of age. ACIP, functioning under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) umbrella, has been criticized for years by parents of vaccine-injured children for neglecting vaccine safety considerations in favor of keeping vaccination rates high.
February 28, 2008 - National Autism Asociation
Nixa, MO – It was announced that the US Court of Federal Claims and the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ruled in favor of a child who regressed into autism as a result of vaccinations, several of which contained the mercury-based preservative thimerosal.
February 28, 2008 - National Autism Association
Madison - The state Senate voted Tuesday to require Wisconsin health insurers to cover the treatment of children with autism - a priority of Gov. Jim Doyle.
Ferbruary 26, 2008 - Milaukee Journal Sentinel on line
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Some Connecticut families battle their child's autism with karate. Weller Simmons has been taking karate classes at Villari's Studios in West Hartford since December. The 6-year-old's classes involve one-on-one training with his karate teacher.
February 25, 2008 - WFSB Hartford
Wash. — Emilia Murry Ramey and Jody John Ramey met through a mutual friend. They soon discovered they had more in common than their friend. Both were students at Portland State University. And both have autism.
February 24, 2008 - The Seattle Times
DUBLIN, Ireland, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton displayed symptoms of psychiatric disorders that may have been a key to their genius, a Dublin psychiatrist said.
February 23, 2008 - Political Gateway
Many leading figures in the fields of science, politics and the arts have achieved success because they had autism, a leading psychiatrist has claimed.
February 22, 2008 - Telegraph.co.uk
Abnormal antibodies in maternal blood that bind to fetal brain cells may contribute to the development of autism, according to two new studies from the MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis.
February 20, 2008 - Newsday.com
When Temple Grandin argued that animals and autistic savants share cognitive similarities in her best-selling book Animals in Translation (2005), the idea gained steam outside the community of cognitive neuroscientists.
February 19, 2008 - Medical News Today
Carly Fleischman has severe autism and is unable to speak a word. But thanks to years of expensive and intensive therapy, this 13-year-old has made a remarkable breakthrough.
February 19, 2008 - ABC News
MADISON, N.J.—Drug maker Wyeth said Tuesday a Maryland court granted its motion for summary judgment in an alleged injury case claiming certain vaccines caused a patient's autism.
February 19, 2008 - Associated Press
COLUMBIA, MO. (AP) -- Researchers at the University of Missouri are joining a national effort to find out why some children have autism even though no member of their extended family suffers from the disorder.
February 18, 2008 - KHGA7online
Government rips an autistic boy from his home because it prefers a different treatment than the one offered by the parents.
February 17, 2008 - OC (Orange County ) Register
Virtual Talking Head Teaches Autistic Children Language Skills
February 15, 2008 - WebMD Autism HealthCenter
A new survey released last week by England’s National Autistic Society found that 63 percent of adults are not receiving the supports they need. The study was the largest of its kind in the U.K., with 1,700 people responding.
February 14, 2008 - Autism Society of America
Group Helping Children With Disabilities Signs Lease on Property
After sitting vacant for more than three years, the Paxton mansion in Leesburg was given new life last week with the signing of an agreement to reopen it as a school and resource center for people with disabilities.
February 14, 2008 - The Washington Post
Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay is 19 and has published two memoirs, a book of short fiction and poetry; what is most remarkable about him, perhaps, is that a precocious literary output is only part of his story. Tito was declared hopelessly autistic at age 3, unable ever to communicate, without cognizance of the world, a being with no mental presence.
February 14, 2008 - The Washington Post
Mice lacking a certain brain protein learn some tasks better but also forget faster, according to new research from MIT that may explain the phenomenon of autistic savants in humans. The work could also result in future treatments for autism and other brain development disorders.
February 12, 2008 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A commentary written by Dr. Darold Treffert (world renowned expert on savants) in response to the conclusions asserted by researchers of mice studies.
February 14, 2008 - Wisconsin Medical Society
The lack of a particular brain protein may explain the phenomenon of "Rain Man" - autistic savants who learn some tasks better but also forget faster, say researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
February 12, 2008 - CBS News
New research from the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute shows that an interaction between fetal brain cells and maternal antibodies could be linked with the repetitive behavior - also called stereotypies - that is characteristic of autism. While additional studies are needed to confirm the outcome, this result leads investigators to suspect that brain-directed antibodies during the prenatal period could be a causal factor for the disorder. The study appears online now and will be published in a future issue of Brain, Behavior and Immunity.
February 12, 2008 - Medical News Today
Anti-autism activists, who successfully pushed Iowa to ban a mercury-based preservative from most childhood vaccines in 2004, now want the state to order the ingredient removed from flu shots.
February 10, 2008 - The Des Moines Register
RALEIGH - Kalon Jeffries' given name was William, but he changed it as a teenager. "Kalon" is Greek for "beautiful in body and soul," and that's how Jeffries wanted to be seen -- strong and unfettered by autism.
February 10, 2008 - The News & Observer
A practical, stepwise approach to diagnosing genetic causes of autism and related disorders is proposed in the January issue of Genetics in Medicine, official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG), published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
February 7, 2008 - Medical News Today
Researchers have pinpointed subtle deficits in the brains of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that they say could aid more precise diagnoses and perhaps improve treatment of ASD. The researchers discovered characteristic patterns of brain activity in people with ASD that reflect an inability to perceive themselves as social creatures.
February 7, 2008 - Medical News Today
Autism is a difficult diagnosis for any parent, but for a Murray family, the difficulty is multiplied by six. All six children have autism - the rarest documented case in the U.S. (Click above link to see video.)
February 6, 2008 - ABC4 news
There is no evidence of a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism according to a new independent virus study - the most comprehensive ever undertaken - published today. The new report comes ten years after the original Lancet article by Dr Wakefield called into question the safety of the MMR vaccine.
February 5, 2008 - Medical News Today
The National Autistic Society (NAS) has launched a new report which reveals that nearly two thirds (63%) of adults with autism in England do not have enough support to meet their needs. Based on the largest ever UK survey on the experiences of adults with autism and their families, it reveals for the first time the miserable daily reality for many thousands of adults with autism who feel isolated and ignored, are unable to access the required support, and are often completely dependent on their families. Go to - I Exist: the message from adults with autism The National Autistic Society
February 5, 2008 - Medical News Today
February's issue of Pediatrics offers another reason to rethink blaming the spike in autism diagnoses on thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative routinely used in several childhood vaccines until the late '90s.
January 31, 2008 - Medical News Today
Children with autism have normal-size heads at birth but develop accelerated head growth between six and nine months of age, a period that precedes the onset of many behaviors that enable physicians to diagnose the developmental disorder, according to new research from the University of Washington's Autism Center.
January 31, 2008 - Medical News Today
Recent research conducted at the University of Haifa found that children with autism improved their road safety skills after practicing with a unique virtual reality system.
January 29, 2008 - Medical News Today
In another tantalizing link between the immune system and autism, UC Davis researchers have found 11 genes, all governing "natural killer" immune cells, that are more active in autistic children than in other youngsters.
January 25, 2008 - The Sacramento Bee
A new way of understanding autistic disorders, incorporating both psychological and biological factors, could lead to the conditions being picked up earlier, research from UNSW has found.
January 25, 2008 - Medical News Today
Children's Mental Focus Foundation (CMFF), a nonprofit organization located in Henderson, Nevada, has discovered a virus that may be linked to children with autism and other mental disorders.
January 25, 2008 - Medical News Today
UC Davis Researchers Identify Gene Expression Profile Distinctions In Children With Autism (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A group of genes with known links to natural-killer cells — the first to attack viruses, bacteria and malignancies — are expressed at high levels in the blood of children with autism when compared to children without the disorder, according to a new study from the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute. Researchers also found gene expression distinctions in children with early onset and regressive forms of the disorder. The outcomes, published in the January issue of Genomics, offer hope that gene expression analyses can provide biological evidence of autism, currently diagnosed only through behavioral assessments, in some children.
January 24, 2008 - The UC Davis M.I.N.D. (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) Institute
At first glance, 8-year-old Kaede Sakai is a typical first grader. She's a smart student, and most of the time she is kind and cordial in class. But recess is an exercise in frustration for her because no matter how hard she tries to fit in, she just doesn't click with the other kids.
January 23, 2008 - ABC News
Two new studies connect structural variations to 1 percent of autism cases, a finding that may help unlock the enigmatic disorder's genetic footprint
January 23, 2008 - Scientific American
January 21, 2008 - Press Release News Wire
In a replay of a contentious scene that has unfolded many times over the past 20 years, supporters and opponents of the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center's use of shock therapy stood shoulder to shoulder in a State House hearing room yesterday as the Legislature considered sharply curtailing the school's controversial treatment approach.
January 17, 2008 - Boston.com
Texas researchers believe that people suffering from Asperger's syndrome -- a cognitive disorder often referred to as high-functioning autism -- may have found a new therapy in an unlikely place: the online virtual world Second Life.
January 15, 2008 - ABC News
Research into the causes of autism has focused on genetic causes because so many families have multiple children with the disorder. Thus far, only about 10 percent of autism cases have a known genetic cause. Boston-area researchers estimate the gene glitch they've identified accounts for another 1 percent of cases.
January 10, 2008 - The Associated Press
Using the Autism Speaks Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE), researchers from the Boston-based Autism Consortium reported in the January 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that a submicroscopic deletion or duplication on chromosome 16 is strongly associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
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Januuary 9, 2008 - The New England Journal of Medicine
January 9, 2008 - The New England Journal of Medicine
Autism cases in California continued to climb even after a mercury-based vaccine preservative that some people blame for the neurological disorder was removed from routine childhood shots, a new study found.
January 8, 2008 - The Associated Press
Adding to a growing body of evidence that rejects the idea that immunizations boost autism rates, a new study finds no proof that incidences of the disorder dropped after makers of most childhood vaccines stopped using a mercury-based preservative in their products.
January 7, 2007 - Health Day News
A DVD Program developed by a mom and occupational therapist.
Susan Ellis couldn’t seem to help her 5-year-old son with autism learn to write the alphabet, even after two years of occupational therapy. Eventually, she and her son Ryan’s therapist, Marnie Danielson, decided to try a new approach. They made a short video in the hopes that Ryan would learn better through one of his favorite activities - watching television. The attempt was successful enough that Danielson and Ellis created The TV Teacher, LLCTM, a professional DVD writing program. The two donated five percent of last year’s profits to ASA's Greater Georgia Chapter. To learn more, visit http://www.thetvteacher.com/.
January 3, 2008 - Autism Society of America
The University of Washington launched one of the nation's first studies on preventing autism in infants Wednesday and will spend the next four years exploring the benefit of intensive and early therapy on the mysterious disorder.
January 2, 2008 - Seattlepi.com
Today, at age 8, the once-silent boy is using his singing voice to stretch the boundaries of what is believed to be possible for children with autism and to help raise money for a cure.
January 2, 2008 - The Atlanta Journal - Constitution
A new study by an international group of scientists describes in atomic detail a protein complex that is affected by genetic mutations implicated in autism spectrum disorders.
January 1, 2008 - Medical News Today
A month into college, Claire Sayers was excited about coming back home during the first break of the semester. The Adirondacks Trailways ticket counter at the Albany University, SUNY, Student Center should have been an easy place to buy a bus ticket back to New York City.
December 30, 2007 - Lower Hudson Online
The Center for Excellence in Autism Research (CeFAR) at the University of Pittsburgh has been named an Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This prestigious and highly competitive award comes with $9.6 million of funding over five years for the autism research program led by Nancy Minshew, M.D., director of CeFAR and professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
December 28, 2007 - Medical News Today
A researcher says teachers at a Bergen County school that serves autistic children are giving birth to an unusually high number of autistic children.
December 26, 2007 - Ch.4 WNBC News
A special education school which has been in the news for inappropriate use of electric shock treatment has been allowed to continue using shock treatment for the most dangerous and self-destructive behaviors. The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center (JRC) has to prove that these treatments really work.
December 23, 2007 - Medical News Today
BRICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. - In the training, the officers were taught that turning off flashing lights and sirens on a police car could make the difference between a peaceful or chaotic encounter, and that if they asked someone with autism if they wanted to waive their rights, they might find that the person waved back at them.
December 21, 2007 - New York TImes
$162 Million Appropriated to Fund Autism Research, Services and Treatment
December 19, 2007 - Autism Speaks
December 18, 2007, marked the final step in the creation of a World Autism Awareness Day. Around 11 a.m., the United Nations General Assembly, by unanimous consent, passed the resolution of the Third Committee designating April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day in perpetuity starting in 2008.
December 18, 2007 - Autism Speaks
WASHINGTON, DC (December 10, 2007) -- Autism Speaks, through its Federal Legal Appeals Project (FLAP), this morning filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court to support the certiorari (appeal) bid of Florida triplets with autism who had been receiving services under Florida's Early Intervention program, but were denied "pendency" by their local school district when a dispute arose concerning the adequacy of the Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) that the school district offered to the children.
December 13, 2007 - Autism Speaks
New York City, at the suggestion of private consultants, is significantly ramping up its effort to challenge cases in which it pays for private school tuition of children with disabilities whose parents say they are ill-served by the public schools.
December 12, 2007 - New York Times
DIXON - Starting Jan. 1, Sauk Valley families and individuals dealing with autism will have a new, free resource for information, services and support.
December 10, 2007 - SaukValley.com
An autism task force plans to ask state lawmakers for $2 million in the 2008 legislative session to begin improving treatment for Mississippi children diagnosed with the disorder.
December 6, 2007 - Clarion Ledger
Law enforcement officials in California and Ohio who were not trained in dealing with autism used stun guns to subdue two children with autism earlier this year. Two local organizations want to prevent that from happening in New Jersey - the state with the highest incidence of autism in the country.
December 5, 2007 - Autism Today
Heather Kuzmich has the neurological disorder known as Asperger’s syndrome. She is socially awkward, has trouble making eye contact and is sometimes the target of her roommates’ jokes. She is one of 13 young women selected by the supermodel Tyra Banks who competed on the popular reality television show “America’s Next Top Model.”
December 4, 2007 - The New York Times
...Her mother credits Abby's remarkable progress to a treatment plan called Applied Behavior Analysis or ABA.The only problem with the plan was it wasn't covered by their insurance company and...
November 30, 2007 - 4HD WNBC.com
Maier, 18, of Huntington, can play hundreds of songs on the piano, but she rarely speaks. She is on the low-functioning end of the autism spectrum but her musical ability, including two albums and several original songs, makes her a savant, her mother said. Link to Video performance by Brittany Maier performs "Tears for My Country"
November 29, 2007 - ABC News
EDMONTON - A St. Albert mother who says Alberta Education discriminated against her autistic son by refusing to provide him with speech therapy has won the right to make her case before a provincial human rights panel.
November 23, 2007 - Edmonton Journal
Siobhan's finger paintings, a swirl of colors on canvas, are selling. Her work is displayed at The NeuroDevelopment Center gallery in Rhode Island.
November 23, 2007 - Sun Sentinel
Scores of grumbling parents facing a threat of jail lined up at a courthouse today to either prove that their school-age kids already had their required vaccinations or see that the youngsters submitted to the needle.
November 20, 2007 - Baltimore Sun
Washington, D.C. -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons today condemned the “vaccine roundup” executed in Prince George’s county Maryland this week, and promised to do everything it can to support parents who refuse to immunize their children.
November 16, 2007 - (AAPS) Association of American Physicians & Surgeons
SOUTH BAY - The Palm Beach County School Board approved a charter high school for students with autism to open in 2009-10, but denied four other charter applications at its meeting Wednesday at Rosenwald Elementary.
November 15, 2007 - South Florida Sun Sentinel
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (AP) — A doctor was ordered on Thursday to stand trial on charges he caused the death of a 5-year-old autistic boy by incorrectly administering a controversial chemical treatment.
November 15, 2007 - The Associated Press
Researchers from Kaiser Permanente and the California Department of Public Health, as well as from five other sites nationwide, are now enrolling families in the largest study to date investigating the genetic and environmental factors that may cause autism and other developmental disabilities.
November 15, 2007 - Medical News Today
Fifteen parents and supporters gathered with signs proclaiming "Our Children Are Being Left Behind" and "Stop Holding Back Services" -- rare appearances for some parents, who said they had been reluctant to speak publicly of their problems in the past.
November 11, 2007 - Newsday.com
Columbus- Fully insured health plans would be required to cover treatment as well as diagnosis for autism under an Ohio House bill that advocates say would expose autistic children to early treatment that will benefit them the rest of their lives.
November 9, 2007 - Associated Press
Leading experts on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and child development will discuss new advances in the screening, diagnosis, treatment, education, and family dynamics of autism and associated disorders, at a major conference on Nov. 9-11 at Tyson's Corner, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C.
November 6, 2007 - Medical News Today
CHICAGO - All U.S. children should be formally screened for autism twice by the age of 2, the nation's top pediatrician group recommended on Monday.
October 29, 2007 - Reuters
The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a ruling that requires New York City schools to reimburse a wealthy businessman for private special education for his son. News Video Clip Available
October 10, 2007 - WABC
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today affirmed a ruling that requires New York City schools to reimburse a wealthy businessman for private special education for his son.
October 10, 2007 - Associated Press
A state study suggests two farm sprays may raise chances of having a child with the disorder.
October 10, 2007 - Autism Today
The question before the Court was whether parents of a child who has never received special education and related services from the public school district can obtain reimbursement for a unilateral private placement.
October 4, 2007 - Wrightslaw
Conclusions Our study does not support a causal association between early exposure to mercury from thimerosal-containing vaccines and immune globulins and deficits in neuropsychological functioning at the age of 7 to 10 years.
September 27, 2007 - The New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 357 pp. 1281-1292 #13
A Neverending Story
Even as researchers report once again that there is no link between a vaccine preservative and the way kids develop, parents of children with autism continue to press their cases against drugmakers. A coming wave of lawsuits?
September 26, 2007 - Newsweek
..."On average, people are getting better," says Paul T. Shattuck, an assistant professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis who worked on the study as a graduate student and post-doctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center and is the first author of the paper."
September 25, 2007 - University of Wisconsin News
New York City schools will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to limit how much public schools must spend on private school tuition, claiming that wealthy parents are manipulating the system to give their children a free private education. The parents say the public schools designed poor individualized education plans, giving them no choice but to send their children to private institutions.
CEC Smartbrief September 24, 2007 - Education Week (brief free subscription)
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"...Aluteva is the only vacation spot in Israel, and possibly in the world, designed to cater to families with autistic children."
September 24, 2007 - Medical News Today
The United Autism Foundation is raising funds for the center's construction and maintenance and is looking for a possible land donation. The foundation already has a staff of two dentists, three hygienists and 10 dental and clerical assistants signed up to begin work once the center opens.
September 20, 2007 - South Florida Sun Sentinel
The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Massachusetts , a school that uses electric shock is under renewed scrutiny. The school treats 230 students with autism, mental retardation and emotional problems.
September 13, 2007 - The Boston Globe
After attending the San Juan Girls Government School she migrated to the United States where she went to High School until Grade eight then moved to England where she attended the North Hampton England Middle School. Britto returned to Trinidad in 1999 and attended special classes for slow learners after which in 2001 she attended the Goodwill Industries for autistic children until 2004. It was there she started learning the preparation of breakfast, lunch and dinner and table setting under her trainer Barbara Alleyne who then approached The Cascadia Hotel's management to take Britto in as a trainee.
September 2, 2007 - Trinidad News
In the first study of its kind, researchers have discovered that in autistic individuals, connections between brain cells may be deficient within single regions, and not just between regions, as was previously believed.
August 23, 2007 - Science Daily
5-year-old suffered cardiac arrest in 2005 after chemical (chelation) treatment
August 23, 2007 - Associated Press
Alternative treatments for autism - some of them potentially deadly - are growing more pervasive and run the gamut from dietary supplements to prescribing a potentially dangerous diabetes drug, which now carries the government's most stringent warning.
August 21, 2007 - Newsday
Coverage for the therapies and treatment associated with autism is limited in most states. But a growing number of states are mandating more complete coverage for this condition.
August 21, 2007 - District Administration (DA -The magazine for K-12 Education Leaders)
Ineffective or even dangerous fad treatments for autism, always a problem, seem to be growing more pervasive, according to researchers who studied the problem.
Aug. 20, 2007 - Ohio State University Research News
Researchers at the University of California at Davis announced Wednesday they are getting federal money to probe the roots of the disease - assisted by families who already have a child with autism.
August 10, 2007 - KCRA, Sacramento, California
June 27, 2007 - U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Several weeks ago I did an interview with David Kirby, which was subsequently made available to F.A.I.R. Autism Media. During this interview, I made a few comments which upset some members of NAAR as well as some parents of older autistic children.
June 2007 - National Autism Association
