Asperger Syndrome

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• Autistic Intelligence and Aspergers Syndrome

  
  Got Shares? (GotShares.com) — Authority: 131
  Two of my female cousins (they are twins) have autism, and I started reading up on Aspergers Syndrome. Here are some interesting observations I found: "Autistic intelligence" = the ability to see the world from a very unique perspective, often by focusing on details other people overlook. Apparently, many people ...
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• Recent Autism News

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 162
  Image via WikipediaAccording to a new CDC study that looked at medical and educational records, in 2006, .91% of eight-year-olds in the US (or 1.45% of boys and .32% of girls) were on the autistic spectrum (which includes Asperger Syndrome and PDD-NOS), though if you’re going for the scare story the way most of the ...
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• Forty Autism Charities attend 10 Downing Street Summit

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 610
  (London, UK) Forty autism charities recently attended a reception and discussion on partnership working. Small, medium and large charities were at 10 Downing Street to discuss key issues relating to Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.The reception and discussion convened by Sarah Brown was to celebrate the work of the ...
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• Study Finds Autism Disorders in About 1% of 8-Year-Olds

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  The estimate of children with autism, Asperger’s syndrome or a related developmental problem is the highest to date from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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• Condition: Grounded, But Determined To Try

  
  Dust in a Sunbeam — Authority: 120
  A word of warning: This is one of those MySpace-style, introspective emo blogs in which the blogger reveals a little too much inner dialogue and bores the pants off of anyone who doesnt watch dysfunctional reality-show soap operas for shits and giggs. If that (not to mention the boring details of my personal life) ...
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• Gary Mckinnon: Could be sent to the US very soon

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 610
  Gary McKinnon, could face extradition from Britain to the United States where he would stand trial for hacking into US government computers and could face a sentence of sixty years (Charged with 7 counts, proposed sentence Ten Years Per Count but 60 years is maximum they could impose.)I traveled down to London on ...
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• “My Name is Khan” first look unveiled

  
  movies, news, photos, gossip, videos - Searchandhra.com — Authority: 158
  The first look of “My Name is Khan” was unveiled by on December 16
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• ASA Smackdown On Dore For False Advertising – Science Bloggers Lead The Way!

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 133
  Question – what is Dore ? Dore is described by Dr Ben Goldacre in the Guardian Newspaper in May 2008 as an expensive ‘”miracle cure” for dyslexia, invented by paint entrepreneur Wynford Dore… despite the fact that the evidence base for the programme was spectacularly poor’. They target ...
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• “My Name is Khan” for Berlin Film Fest

  
  movies, news, photos, gossip, videos - Searchandhra.com — Authority: 158
  Karan Johar’s forthcoming film “My Name is Khan” has been selected for the Berlin
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• Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Aspergers UNABRIDGED CD Audiobook UNABRIDGED(Audio CD) John Elder Robison

  
  Free Your Mind All Free Download — Authority: 164
  Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Aspergers[Audio Book] | Robisons | ISBN: 1415942455 | 2007 | MP3 | 118 Mb Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, ...
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• Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 125
  This fact sheet on Asperger Syndrome appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Website .   It is an excellent reference. * Asperger Syndrome is an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and was first included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (American Psychiatric Association) under the general category of ...
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• Home

  
  califmom — Authority: 111
  Last week was supposed to be our family vacation to San Diego for Bug’s 13th birthday. He wanted to go to Legoland instead of having a party. Since thats where our timeshare is, we planned to make a weeklong trip of it, visit friends, go to the zoo, and enjoy the week together. We planned that before we knew what ...
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• Stranger in a Familiar Land

  
  Dust in a Sunbeam — Authority: 120
  One of the things I love about traveling for work is experiencing the alien flora and geography of faraway places, especially on the west coast. There are trees in California that to me seem almost like they belong on another planet. And the young terrain on the left side of the Great Divide is unlike anything Im used ...
  2 weeks ago

• Elemental Case

  
  Alexandria — Authority: 150
  Diagnosis Hidden Clues By LISA SANDERS, M.D. “You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive,” the middle-aged man said in greeting as the doctor entered the room. The doctor, just returned from the second Anglo-Afghan War, was amazed by the man’s perspicacity. But before he could ask him how he knew this to ...
  2 weeks ago

• NaNoWriMo RE: The Year of Doing Big, Fun, Scary Things Together 2010 Edition

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  Well, it’s that time of year again. NaNoWriMo is over, Script Frenzy is a few months away, and that can only mean one thing: It’s time for: The Year of Doing Big, Fun, Scary Things Together contest!!! YAY!Home » Forums » December and Beyond! » The Year of Doing Big, Fun, Scary Things Together ...
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• Elementary, my dear

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 136
  Writing the New York Times ‘Diagnosis’ column,  Dr. Lisa Sanders ponders whether Sherlock Holmes might have had Asperger’s syndrome. The famous fictional private eye, to be featured in an upcoming film starring Robert Downey Jr., had many symptoms of the syndrome, she says, including an obsessive focus on ...
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• We can focus amid Tiger Woods and Facebook. Not everyone can.

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Facebook has 350 million users. Photos of Tigers latest mistress are now online. They apparently are making another Twilight movie. The world is full of distractions. Still, somehow, when we drive down the street, we are able to stay focused on the driving rather than our thoughts, and the trees, and the signs, ...
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• Compassion in the Classroom

  
  Asperger's Diary — Authority: 91
  Recently, while catching up on the case of Wendy Portillo, the  teacher who, in May 2008, led her class in voting a 5-year old boy with Aspergers (Alex Barton) out of her classroom, I clicked into this story from one of the local Florida papers. Several comments on the article reminded me strongly of the ...
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• Just Being A Brat

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Recently, while catching up on the case of Wendy Portillo, the  teacher who, in May 2008, led her class in voting a 5-year old boy with Aspergers (Alex Barton) out of her classroom, I clicked into this story from one of the local Florida papers. Several comments on the article reminded me strongly of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dr. John Charlton on Video Game Addiction

  
  ExGamer.net — Authority: 103
  I have received a reply from Dr. Charlton regarding yesterday’s post on gaming addiction and autism. Please email me if you want to read the documents for yourself.In The Playing of Online Games: Addiction, Engagement & Personality, Dr. Charlton and his colleague wrote:Personality factors may play a substantial ...
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