Summer Hours June 21-August 6, 2010

Summer Hours June 21-August 6, 2010

18 June 2010

Beginning June 21st the Alaska Autism Resource Center will be operating on summer hours and the Anchorage office will be open via appointment. A specialist will be monitoring and responding to email and voice messages on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1-4:30. Please email Krista James at kjames@sesa.org to schedule an appointment. Have a wonderful summer!

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Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety and Depression

17 June 2010

The Anchorage SESA office will not be open for visitors for this videoconference. You can still connect via videoconference and teleconference.

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Scientists find autism has complex genetic roots

10 June 2010

The world’s largest genetic scan of people with autism in their families has found that many patients have their own unique pattern of genetic mutations, not necessarily inherited.

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Scanning Babies for Autism

27 May 2010

By SHIRLEY S. WANG By taking scans of sleeping children, researchers are discovering what occurs in the brains of babies and young children with autism.Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to peer at images of the children’s brains, researchers from the University of California, San Diego, found that autistic children as [...]

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Study challenges one view of autism

17 May 2010

By Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette There is something obviously wrong in the brains of people with autism, and one of the chief symptoms of that is the difficulty they have in understanding other people’s emotions and intentions.But exactly what causes that social awkwardness is still being debated among neuroscientists — and the debate [...]

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No Link Between Childhood Infections, Autism

17 May 2010

By Jenifer Goodwin HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) — Infections during infancy or childhood do not seem to raise the risk of autism, new research finds.

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MIND Institute starts clinical trial for autism

06 May 2010

The MIND Institute at UC Davis is enrolling participants in clinical trials for an autism treatment developed by Curemark LLC, a drug research and development company in Rye, N.Y.

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Five Appointed To Federal Autism Research Committee

04 May 2010

A self-advocate and Autism Speaks’ chief science officer are among the latest appointees to a federal committee tasked with guiding autism research priorities.

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Nutritional risks of picky eating may be higher in autism

04 May 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Many kids are picky eaters but new research suggests the trait is even more common in autistic children who tend to refuse more foods and are more likely to restrict their diets to a smaller variety of foods than other children.

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Alaska Walk for Autism ENCORE!

Alaska Walk for Autism ENCORE!

20 April 2010

Please join us to show support and raise awareness.

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Contact The AARC

Anchorage:
3501 Denali Street, Suite 101
Anchorage, AK 99503
(907) 334-1300 | 866-301-7372
aarc@sesa.org

Fairbanks:
542 4th Avenue
Fairbanks, AK 99701
907.456.2600 PH | 907.456.2618 FAX
FAI_aarc@sesa.org

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