26 January 2010
Jennifer Chambers / The Detroit News Birmingham — The enticing aroma of baking biscuits envelops the room, but workers at a nearby table remain focused on the task at hand: making more biscuits. There’s Alex, who kneads the dough standing up, pushing the light-brown mixture of flour and oil around the bowl. Josh sits, grasping the [...]
25 January 2010
By April Dembosky Most parents never think they’ll have to learn how to play with their own children. But if a toddler is diagnosed with autism, moms and dads can spend years with the child and a therapist, drawing with crayons and playing hide and seek. Research is proving that as parents color and stack building [...]
22 January 2010
The Fairbanks AARC office now has a Make and Take area set up for making visual supports.
18 January 2010
By Trine Tsouderos Tribune reporter January 17, 2010 An industrial chemical developed to help separate heavy metals from polluted soil and mining drainage is being sold as a dietary supplement by a luminary in the world of alternative autism treatments. Called OSR#1, the supplement is described on its Web site as an antioxidant not meant to treat any [...]
13 January 2010
She's only 9 years old, but Rachel Pymm plays a critical role at Discovery Elementary School. The fourth-grader has taken an autistic classmate under her wing - teaching him to jump rope and encouraging him when he's frustrated. "You're doing a good job!" she told him during a recent lesson on cursive writing.
13 January 2010
MONDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) – A new study adds to growing evidence that autism is caused by a miswiring of connections in a child’s developing brain, resulting in impaired information flow. According to researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston, it may be possible to one day treat the problem with drugs that target the molecular pathways [...]
12 January 2010
How far would you travel to heal someone you love?
12 January 2010
FastCap of Bellingham, Washington has donated a large supply of coffee caps to the AARC. The caps say “April is Autism Awareness Month” and will be available from your favorite barista (Starbucks, Kaladis, etc.) across Alaska During April! Thanks FastCap!
11 January 2010
The producer and director of a film that addresses the challenges and gifts of teens with a high-functioning form of autism sat in her seat at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck last November wondering if anyone would show up. They did.
11 January 2010
By Shaun Heasley Brain scans detecting a sound processing delay common in children with autism could lead to earlier diagnosis of the developmental disorder, researchers said Friday. In a study of children with and without autism, researchers monitored brain activity while the children listened to various sounds. They found that it took children with autism an [...]
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