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Autism Employment Campaigners Claim Victory From Government, UK
Categorie : AutismThe Government announced Jobcentre Plus staff are to receive autism training in the adult autism strategy published on 3rd March. The National Autistic Society (NAS) celebrated the move, in response to their Don't write me off campaign, along with a raft of new measures to tackle the routine isolati ...
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Sun Mar 2010
Controlled Study Finds Possible Early Warning Signs For Autism Spectrum Disorders Within Families
Categorie : AutismA new study suggests a trend toward developing hyperactivity among typically developing elementary-school-aged siblings of autistic preschoolers and supports the notion that mothers of young, autistic children experience more depression and stress than mothers with typically developing children... ...
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Autism Walk Expects 15,000 People
Categorie : AutismThousands will unite for autism at the 8th annual Los Angeles Walk Now for Autism Speaks at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, Saturday, April 24, 2010. Powered by volunteers and families with loved ones on the autism spectrum, this fundraising effort generates vital funds for autism research, awareness and f ...
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Federal Vaccine Court Rules Against Autism Families
Categorie : AutismAutism and mercury advocacy organization SafeMinds regrets today's ruling by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against three families who argued that vaccines which contained the mercury-based preservative thimerosal contributed to their child's autism... ...
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Loss Of Enzyme Reduces Neural Activity In Angelman Syndrome
Categorie : AutismAngelman Syndrome is a rare but serious genetic disorder that causes a constellation of developmental problems in affected children, including mental retardation, lack of speech, and in some cases, autism... ...
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Developmental Delay In Brain Provides Clue To Sensory Hypersensitivity In Autism
Categorie : AutismNew research provides insight into why fragile X syndrome, the most common known cause of autism and mental retardation, is associated with an extreme hypersensitivity to sounds, touch, smells, and visual stimuli that causes sensory overload and results in social withdrawal, hyperarousal, and anxiet ...
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New Proposed Changes Posted For Leading Manual Of Mental Disorders
Categorie : AutismThe American Psychiatric Association today released the proposed draft diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)... ...
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Autism's Earliest Symptoms Not Evident In Children Under 6 Months
Categorie : AutismA study of the development of autism in infants, comparing the behavior of the siblings of children diagnosed with autism to that of babies developing normally, has found that the nascent symptoms of the condition - a lack of shared eye contact, smiling and communicative babbling - are not present a ...
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Insight Into Causes Of Autism: Brain Study
Categorie : AutismScientists are a step closer to understanding how abnormalities in brain development might lead to autism and behavioural disorders. Research into Fragile X Syndrome - a genetic condition that is the leading known cause of autism - has discovered that critical phases in the brain's development may b ...
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New Clue Why Autistic People Don't Want Hugs
Categorie : AutismWhy do people with fragile X syndrome, a genetic defect that is the best-known cause of autism and inherited mental retardation, recoil from hugs and physical touch - even from their parents? New research has found in fragile X syndrome there is delayed development of the sensory cortex, the part of ...
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Seaside Therapeutics Announces Issuance Of Key Patent For Treatment Of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Categorie : AutismSeaside Therapeutics LLC announced the issuance of U.S. patent 7,648,993 B2 ('993 patent), which covers methods of treating autism with group 1 antagonists of the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) pathway. An earlier related patent, U.S... ...
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Autism And Schizophrenia: Research Builds On Genetic Link
Categorie : AutismA genetic link between schizophrenia and autism is enabling researchers to study the effectiveness of drugs used to treat both illnesses. Dr Steve Clapcote from the University of Leeds's Faculty of Biological Sciences will be analysing behaviour displayed by mice with a genetic mutation linked to sc ...
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Curemark CM-AT Autism Treatment Granted FDA Fast Track Status
Categorie : AutismCuremark LLC, a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological diseases, announced that its CM-AT autism treatment, now in Phase III clinical trials, has been designated as a Fast Track drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... ...
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Music Training Enhances Brainstem Sensitivity To Speech Sounds
Categorie : AutismAt a press briefing, Saturday, Feb. 20, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, a Northwestern University neuroscientist argued that music training has profound effects that shape the sensory system and should be a mainstay of K-12 education... ...
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Autism: The Administration Of Oxytocin Improves The Social Behavior Of Patients
Categorie : AutismAutism is a disease characterized by difficulties in communicating effectively with other people and developing social relationships... ...
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MeCP2 Goes Global - Redefining The Function Of The Rett Syndrome Protein
Categorie : AutismA paper published online in Molecular Cell proposes that Methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) impacts the entire genome in neurons, rather than acting as a regulator of specific genes. Mutations in MeCP2 cause the autism spectrum disorder Rett Syndrome as well as some cases of neuropsychiatric probl ...
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Hormone Study Gives Scientists A Sense Of How Animals Bond
Categorie : AutismScientists have pinpointed how a key hormone helps animals to recognise others by their smell. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have shown that the hormone vasopressin helps the brain differentiate between familiar and new scents... ...
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Discovery Of Gene Mutation Linked To Autism-Like Symptoms In Mice
Categorie : AutismWhen a gene implicated in human autism is disabled in mice, the rodents show learning problems and obsessive, repetitive behaviors, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The researchers also report that a drug affecting a specific type of nerve function reduced the obsessive beha ...
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Neuroscientist Steers Research Into Neurological Disorders
Categorie : AutismScientists at the Queensland Brain Institute have uncovered a vital clue into how the brain is wired, which could eventually steer research into nervous system disorders such as Parkinson's disease and cognitive disorders including autism. It's long been known that growing nerve fibres, also known a ...
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Launching Of New Genetic Test For Cause Of Intellectual Disability
Categorie : AutismFor the second time in as many months the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has signed a licensing agreement with US-based Athena Diagnostics Inc. to market a new genetic test. The test was developed by CAMH scientist Dr. John Vincent as well as independent clinical researcher Dr. Muhamm ...
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