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.
By ALYSSA FORD Joe Keely of Bloomington never gave up on his lifelong goal of making Scouting’s highest rank.
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.
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 review by a [...]
An autistic woman is misdiagnosed and spends five years in a psychiatric hospital. Based on a true story. A movie by Mosaique Films.
Los Angeles Times For a reality check on how much scientists know about the genetics of autism, consider a study being published in Monday’s edition of the journal Pediatrics.
Reuters Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children’s illness.
By Bruce Bower BALTIMORE—Some infants headed for a diagnosis of autism, or autism spectrum disorder as it’s officially known, can be reliably identified at 14 months old based on the presence of five key behavior problems, according to an ongoing long-term study described March 11 at the International Conference on Infant Studies.
By Michelle Diament After years of criticism for not including self-advocates in its leadership, Autism Speaks said Tuesday it is appointing an individual with autism to one of its committees for the first time.
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