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• One Of The Most Amazing Savants Just Passed Away

  
  Tai-Chi Policy — Authority: 442
  Kim Peek . Posted in Tragedy Tagged: Autistic Savant, Kim Peek, Rainman
  18 hours ago

• Eating Glucose Free For Health

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 468
  Each year, more and more people are being diagnosed with wheat and gluten allergies.  The only option for them to find relief from their symptoms is to switch to gluten free eating.  Gluten free diets are recommended for sufferers of celiac disease, gluten intolerance, Lyme disease and wheat allergies. Some migraine ...
  1 day ago

• Conversations on Creativity with Daniel Tammet- Part III, Nature and Nurture

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
    Although their unusual abilities compel considerable attention, there are fewer than 50 autistic savants worldwide. Daniel Tammet is one of them. Over 30 years, the London-born mathematical and language whiz has transformed from an awkward, reclusive boy into a confident adult. His quiet, private life of strict ...
  1 day ago

• Autism "Is What It Is", More Silly Neurodiversity Nonsense from Kev

  
  Facing Autism in New Brunswick — Authority: 471
  Kevin Leitch is up to his usual nonsense.  This time, at Opposing Views,  he asks whether "autism is a disability" and he gives his helpful answer that "autism is what it is, like the colour brown or the shape of a circle.  My reply to Mr. Leitchs silly comment on OV, edited slightly, follows: "Kevin Leitch has ...
  1 day ago

• 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 ...
  2 days ago

• Autism and Intellectual Disability: Yet Another Article Claiming Shakespeare Was Autistic While Ignoring Intellectually Disabled Autistic Persons

  
  Facing Autism in New Brunswick — Authority: 471
  While the mainstream media and prominent on line sites ignore the existence of the 80% of persons with Autistic Disorder who are intellectually disabled they love to talk about how talented individuals and historical geniuses were autistic or displayed autistic traits. In Research Reports Link Between ...
  2 days ago

• Autistic student’s right to service dog upheld

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 554
  An autistic student’s right to bring his service dog to school was upheld by an Illinois appeals court last week. The appeals court upheld a Monroe County court ruling that permitted Carter Kalbfleisch to bring his autism service dog , Corbin, to school. The Columbia School District had appealed the lower court ...
  3 days ago

• Tinted lenses for visual perceptual and reading problems

  
  Donna Williams' Blog — Authority: 115
  BEYOND IRLEN LENSES As a qualified teacher and autism consultant since 1996  I have worked with hundreds of children and adults experiencing Scotopic Sensitivity (Irlen Syndrome), visual perceptual disorders or dyslexia. Tinted lenses will not work for all visual perceptual or reading problems and Irlen ...
  3 days ago

• Conversations on Creativity with Daniel Tammet - Part II, How an Autistic Savants Mind Works

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Although their unusual abilities compel considerable attention, there are fewer than 50 autistic savants worldwide. Daniel Tammet is one of them. Over 30 years, the London-born mathematical and language whiz has transformed from an awkward, reclusive boy into a confident adult. His quiet, private life of strict ...
  3 days ago

• Google Execs Facing Jail Time in Italy?

  
  SubmitEdge SEO News — Authority: 424
  The BBC ran a story back in October regarding Google and Italian privacy laws: [A] video, posted on Google Video in 2006 shortly before the firm acquired YouTube, showed a teenager with Down’s Syndrome being bullied by four students in front of more than a dozen others. Prosecutors argue that Google did not have ...
  3 days ago

• Autistic Children and the Strain on Marriage

  
  My Marriage Secrets — Authority: 146
  Unfortunately, in modern times, many marriages end in divorce or separation. This statistic rises even higher when you mix in an autistic child. No matter how loving and understanding you both may be towards your child, the truth is that autism is a very difficult matter, and strain on the marriage is not uncommon. By ...
  4 days ago

• Recent Autism News

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 161
  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 ...
  4 days ago

• Mainstream schools to admit autistic children: Sibal

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Mainstream schools in the country may soon have to admit autistic children, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Saturday.”We are trying to bring autistic children within the mainstream schools,” Sibal said at an event attended by President Pratibha Patil.Sibal said his ...
  5 days ago

• National Digest: 1 percent of American children autistic, CDC report says

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 947
  About one out of every 110 U.S. children has been diagnosed with autism, according to a new federal estimate released Friday.
  5 days ago

• Conversations on Creativity with Daniel Tammet - Part I, Embracing the Wide Sky

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Although their unusual abilities compel considerable attention, there are fewer than 50 autistic savants worldwide. Daniel Tammet is one of them. Over 30 years, the London-born mathematical and language whiz has transformed from an awkward, reclusive boy into a confident adult. His quiet, private life of strict ...
  5 days ago

• Autism: Fast Forward Four Years

  
  Autismville — Authority: 103
  Just four years ago, everything changed for my family. Diagnosis: Autism Spectrum Disorder Come again? I gazed down at my blue-eyed toddler, sucking his thumb. God, I loved that kid. His smell. His smile. My baby. The last I would have. No known cause. No cure. He lounged in the red all-terrain, super-cool ...
  5 days ago

• My Name Is Khan – Trailer

  
  CrossRoads... — Authority: 118
  The trailer of Karan Johar’s upcoming movie My Name is Khan was released yesterday on the TV channels. I checked the promo today on YouTube and was totally mesmerized by it. Kajol is looking gorgeous and extremely at ease with Shahrukh Khan as usual. Their impeccable chemistry could be felt on screen. While ...
  6 days ago

• ASA: Dore advert is “misleading” and breaches rules on “truthfullness” and “substantiation”

  
  Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science — Authority: 109
  I was delighted to see that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint of mine about Dore’s advertising. I complained about an advert referring to “help with Dyslexia, ADHD, Dyspraxia or Asperger’s”. The ASA has reviewed the evidence Dore submitted to support their claims, and found ...
  6 days ago

• Autism Reality NB Reviews Alex Planks "Autism" Reality Video

  
  Facing Autism in New Brunswick — Authority: 471
  Alex Plank a young man with an Aspergers diagnosis, apparently a very, very mild version of Aspergers, has produced a video called " Autism Reality ". The video can be accessed at Static Vox . In the video, posted on a Facebook thread started by Lisa Jo Rudy on which I participated, Mr. Plank ...
  1 week ago

• Study Reveals Differences In How The Autistic Brain Distinguishes Oneself From Others

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 162
  Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published in the journal Brain [...]
  1 week ago

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