BY LAURA D’ONOFRIO The Item of Millburn and Short Hills Emergency situations can be precarious for anyone involved. But imagine dealing with someone who doesn’t respond to their name or doesn’t respond at all. There is a chance he or she is a person with autism.
By Rob Stein, Washington Post Staff Writer Federal health officials on Thursday announced a crackdown on a controversial therapy widely hawked on the Internet and elsewhere as an alternative treatment for conditions such as autism, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease by “cleansing” the body.
by Jon Hamilton, NPR Children with autism tend to have brothers and sisters with language delays and other, less obvious characteristics of the disorder.
By Frederik Joelving, Reuters A new government study adds to the evidence that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative until recently found in many vaccines, does not increase children’s risk of autism.
By Linda Borg The Groden Network will participate in a $10-million, five-year grant for the development of new technology for measuring and analyzing behavior in children with autism. The project will be headed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab.
by Len Cannon / 11 khou.com While Apple’s I-Pad is known for its convenience and high-tech capabilities, it’s also being used to help change the lives of autistic children.
Boston Business Journal – by Julie M. Donnelly Seaside Therapeutics has issued positive results for a second phase 2 clinical trial on its drug candidate to treat autism. While the first study focused on fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of autism, the second study expanded the indication to a variety of autism spectrum [...]
Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times HBO’s critically acclaimed “Temple Grandin” told the remarkable real-life story of the bestselling author and groundbreaking agricultural scientist who struggled early in life to learn to cope with autism before the disease was widely known. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-emmy-temple-20100830,0,5812073.story
Source: National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders The Autism Internet Modules (AIM) Web site, hosted by the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI), has posted a number of new AIM modules, including: Antecedent-Based Interventions, Computer Aided Instruction, Functional Communication Training, Naturalistic Interventions, Parent Implemented Interventions, Prompting, Reinforcement, Response Interruption/Redirection, Self-Management, Task [...]
guardian.co.uk A Leeds man is championing equality for people with autism – after successfully setting up his own independent enterprise in the city.Luke Aylward, 25 from Swarcliffe, struggled for three and a half years to find employment after graduating with a degree in journalism from the University of Lincoln in 2006.
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