03/05/13 COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR AUTISM.

• Email This Article to a Friend _{2013-03-05, 05:32 am}
  ... to the care and education of a child. Organizations such as Great Start Livingston, the Pregnancy Help Clinic, Boxing Autism of Livingston County, and the Michigan Association for Gifted Children will be present to offer information and services. ...
• Neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders represent an interconnected molecular system_{2013-02-26, 03:00 am}
  E-mail: c.claudianos@uq.edu.au or a.cristino@uq.edu.au Many putative genetic factors that confer risk to neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorders and X-linked intellectual disability , and to neuropsychiatric disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and schizophrenia have been identified in individuals from ... (more)
• Living a Dream _{2013-03-05, 04:16 am}
  ... At the time, I did not know that I had a neurological disorder (Asperger's is on the Higher Functioning end of the Autism Spectrum), since it only became an official psychological diagnosis in 1994, the year I was taking the creative writing class. ...
• Pay It Forward to 4 Paws for Ability _{2013-03-05, 03:56 am}
  ... the service dog agencies they have located. While some children, for example children who have only the diagnosis of Autism, fit clearly into a specific type of service dog, (The Autism Assistance Dog), many of our families have children with ...
• Garage sale nets funds for equestrian center _{2013-03-05, 01:32 am}
  ... provides therapeutic horseback riding and carriage driving programs for children and adults with disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, brain injury and attention deficit disorder. The garage sale was held at Wirz's home in ...
• Woman starts autism fund _{2013-03-05, 12:43 am}
  A Cortland woman whose autistic son died four years ago has established a special fund in his memory to help other children and families who deal with autism issues on a daily basis.
• How Autism is Connected to Mercury Toxicity - and what to do about it _{2013-03-04, 07:36 pm}
  A recent study published in the Polish journal Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis raises new and pertinent questions about the intensifying link between mercury toxicity and autism spectrum disorders .
• Most Kids With Autism Overcome Language Delays, Study Finds _{2013-03-04, 06:12 pm}
  Severe language delays early in the life of a child with autism can be overcome, especially if a child exhibits nonverbal intelligence.
• Novel Technique Maps Genetic Cause of Autism _{2013-03-04, 12:24 pm}
  ... new details about the condition known as agenesis of the corpus callosum, which is one of the top genetic causes of autism. The condition was part of the mysterious brain physiology of Laurence Kim Peek, the remarkable savant portrayed by Dustin ...
• Cumberland Academy of Georgia Announces Deedra Hughes as New Board... _{2013-03-04, 10:15 am}
  The special needs school specializing in Autism, Asperger's, ADD, ADHD and learning disabilities welcomed Deedra Hughes to its Board of Directors.
• Can therapy dogs help kids with autism? _{2013-03-04, 03:00 am}
  For children with autism, trained dogs may offer not only a furry friend, but some therapeutic benefits, too, a new research review finds.
• Congressman Harper fights for disabled _{2013-03-04, 03:00 am}
  ... month." And then there were other signs. Livingston's parents noticed the flapping of his arms, a tell-tale sign of autism, among other things. He was sensitive to light and didn't like being touched or hugged too hard. It took one phone call to ...
• Beware: Universal flu jab just around the corner _{2013-03-04, 01:00 am}
  ... is that aluminum-based vaccine adjuvants can cause severe neurological damage, including mental retardation and autism. Other common vaccine additives include ingredients like antifreeze (ethylene glycol), monosodium glutamate (MSG), food coloring, ...
• What is Autism? _{2013-03-03, 03:51 pm}
  Autism is one of a group of serious developmental problems called autism spectrum disorders that appear in early childhood - usually before age 3. Though symptoms and severity vary, all autism spectrum disorders affect a child's ability to communicate and interact with others.
• Baby Einstein videos educate typical and autistic children _{2010-01-27, 08:25 pm}
  ... for the arts. That is what the Baby Einstein videos create. This is personal. As a mother of a child with autism , I received the Baby Bach video as a gift from a friend. From the very first time the video played, my son received the needed feedback ...
• Staten Island Judge: Autism not caused by slip and fall _{2013-03-03, 08:18 am}
  A Staten Island justice has dismissed the lawsuit of a New Springville woman who alleged she went into premature labor after slipping and falling on a manhole cover, giving birth to a daughter later diagnosed with autism.
• Hope remains for Hilltop residents who want to re-establish community _{2013-03-02, 09:35 pm}
  ... and she has a half-hour drive back into town to meet with her son's doctors - he has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. She also must drive in for her part-time job with event parking at Penn State. She lost her other job the week before they ...
• Families fighting to take their children out of Weymouth schools _{2013-03-02, 09:15 pm}
  ... bullying incidents, she said, and she wants him to go to a school that specializes in children with her son's form of autism, Asperger's syndrome, where he can have friends and feel safe. "He walked out the front door of the school because he didn't ...
• Dog's day out: Airline lets pet fly with autistic master _{2013-03-02, 06:28 pm}
  ... interpret it to mean only persons with physical disabilities. This is the grey zone that Jiyon, afflicted with Autism Spectrum Behavioural Disorder , and his therapy dog Simbaa, a nine-month-old labrador, navigated on January 12, when, after two ...
• Common Types of Developmental Disabilities _{2013-03-02, 02:34 pm}
  ... types of developmental disabilities and organizations where additional information on each one may be obtained. Autism is a bio-neurological developmental disability that generally appears before the age of 3. Autism impacts the normal development ...