19 April 2010
SARAH WHYTE CHILDREN with autism who attend weekly playgroups have improved development and social skills, a study has found, supporting the inclusion of children with autism into mainstream education.
16 April 2010
ASHER MOSES Few can legitimately boast that an iPhone app changed their life but for 10-year-old Grace Domican, unable to speak due to autism, the touchscreen phone has given her a voice for the first time.
16 April 2010
By ALYSSA FORD Joe Keely of Bloomington never gave up on his lifelong goal of making Scouting’s highest rank.
16 April 2010
On Friday, a girl with Asperger’s syndrome disappeared into the woods near her Winter Springs home. Nadia Bloom, 11, was found alive Tuesday after an exhaustive search involving hundreds of people.
16 April 2010
by Christopher Eshleman Interior groups last week urged a Wasilla representative to move a plan to require insurance companies here to cover autistic patients. But Rep. Wes Keller, a Republican who leads the Health and Social Service Committee, said the bill and another autism-focused measure from his office will wait for more [...]
07 April 2010
By Lauren Barack — School Library Journal, 4/5/2010 Libraries and schools are kicking off National Autism Awareness Month in April with a variety of activities meant to help kids understand why those affected by this complex developmental disability can act differently—and how to accept, and even embrace, these differences. http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6725126.html
01 April 2010
A support group for adolescents and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, held in Fairbanks AK.
31 March 2010
An autistic woman is misdiagnosed and spends five years in a psychiatric hospital. Based on a true story. A movie by Mosaique Films.
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