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A Call For Action On Un World Autism Awareness Day, UK
Categorie : AutismThe first ever global day for autism takes place tomorrow - the United Nations General Assembly in New York declared Wednesday 2nd April 2008 as the first ever World Autism Awareness Day on the recommendation of the State of Qatar. It was on the recommendation of the State of Qatar. On the eve of th ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Newly Awarded Autism Centers Of Excellence To Further Autism Research
Categorie : AutismThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on April 1, 2008, the latest recipients of the Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) program. ...
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World Autism Awareness Day
Categorie : AutismOn the first World Autism Awareness Day, we pause to reaffirm our commitment to protecting the health of children in our country and throughout the world. Our determination remains strong as we continue our research efforts to increase understanding of how to treat and prevent autism and autism spe ...
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Kids With Autism May Have Gene That Causes Muscle Weakness
Categorie : AutismSome kids with autism may have a genetic defect that affects the muscles, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 12 - 19, 2008.The study looked at 37 children with autism spectrum disorders who were evaluate ...
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UMDF Statement On The Connection Between Mitochondrial Disease And Autism
Categorie : AutismThe United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation released the following statement from its executive director and CEO, Chuck Mohan, in light of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee's (NVAC) meeting of its Vaccine Safety Working Group and recent published reports of possible links between mitochondrial ...
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Columbia University Begins Search For Causes Of Autism International Effort Considered Groundbreaking
Categorie : AutismColumbia University researchers are involved in a multi-site consortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 2,000 autism patients and their families over the next three years. The Simons Simplex Collection (SSC) is a coordinated effort to create a database of information about cases where ...
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Study Supports Theory That Rise In Autism Is Related To Changes In Diagnosis
Categorie : AutismResearch funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests that many children diagnosed with severe language disorders in the 1980s and 1990s would today be diagnosed as having autism. The research supports the theory that the rise in the number of cases of autism may be related to changes in how it is diagnose ...
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Childhood Autism Linked To Substantial Loss Of Household Income
Categorie : AutismFamilies of children with autism incur substantial out-of-pocket costs for educational, behavioral and health care services. A new study in the journal Pediatrics found autism also has an impact on the income side of the family economy. The study, "Association of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders ...
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Premature Babies And Autism
Categorie : Autism"One in four premature babies 'faces the risk of autism'," reports the Daily Mail. The Daily Express also covers the story, saying that those who are the smallest at birth are the most vulnerable. Both newspapers go on to say that this could explain the rise in the number of children with autism in ...
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University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center Receives 250,000 Dollars To Create Autism Treatment Network Site
Categorie : AutismThe University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has received $250,000 in funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) Bureau of Autism Services to support the start-up of an Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network (ATN) site, which will offer comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, ...
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Children's Hospital Contributes Genotype Data To Enhance Autism Research Worldwide
Categorie : AutismThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has contributed a large genotype dataset to the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE), a scientific program of the organization Autism Speaks, dedicated to advancing genetic research in autism. This large genetic dataset will now be broadly accessible to aut ...
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Training People With Autism To Recognize Faces
Categorie : AutismResearchers might have gained insight into why people with autism have difficulty remembering faces and distinguishing facial emotion. In an ongoing study, Dr. Nim Tottenham, assistant professor of psychology in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, is examining how normal and autistic brains ...
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Autism/PDD And Special Needs Children Can Take Advantage Of Newly Released Mac Educational Programs By BloomingKids Software
Categorie : AutismBlooming 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 been wo ...
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Autism Campaign Launches In The South East, UK
Categorie : AutismThousands of adults with autism in the South East are isolated and ignored, unable to access the support they need, and are often completely dependent on their families. These are the findings of The National Autistic Society (NAS) I Exist report, which has its South East launch on Thursday 17th Apr ...
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Vaccine Autism Case Gets US Government Compensation
Categorie : AutismThe parents of 9 year-old Hannah Poling spoke to the media this week about the US government's landmark decision to pay compensation following their claim that childhood vaccines caused their daughter's autism. The government's sealed decision, made last November, was recently made public on an auti ...
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Drosophila Drug Screen For Fragile X Syndrome Finds Promising Compounds And Potential Drug Targets
Categorie : AutismScientists using a new drug screening method in Drosophila (fruit flies), have identified several drugs and small molecules that reverse the features of fragile X syndrome -- a frequent form of mental retardation and one of the leading known causes of autism. The discovery sets the stage for develop ...
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Clues To Autism Found In Sticky Blood Protein
Categorie : AutismMany children with autism have elevated blood levels of serotonin - a chemical with strong links to mood and anxiety. But what relevance this "hyperserotonemia" has for autism has remained a mystery.New research by Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators provides a physical basis for this ...
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Reaching Out To Siblings In The Shadow Of Autism
Categorie : AutismWith one out of every 150 people at risk of getting autism, it has become the fastest growing developmental disability in the U.S.* For every child who is treated for autism, there are often many more who have to learn to deal with it. They are the brothers and sisters of autistic children. A new ...
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'Virtual Peers' May Teach Children With Autism
Categorie : AutismUsing "virtual peers" -- animated life-sized children that simulate the behaviors and conversation of typically developing children -- Northwestern University researchers are developing interventions designed to prepare children with autism for interactions with real-life children. ...
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West Australian Autism Strategies Could Work For Other States
Categorie : AutismStrategies for the management and assessment of patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in Western Australia could be introduced to other states and territories, according to an article in the latest Medical Journal of Australia. ...
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