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• Handwriting and Fine Motor Skills: New Insights into Autism

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  Handwriting and Fine Motor Skills: New Insights into Autism Over the last couple of years, Ive been privileged to interview several researchers who work at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore. Ive written about their work on the brains motor (movement control) regions and functions as they relate to autism. ...
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• Editorial: ‘A culturally rich autism’

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 436
  An editorial in the [Toronto] Globe and Mail says removing the term “Asperger’s” from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders would cause a “lamentable” loss of identity for many.The editorial says Asperger’s syndrome, with its combination of intelligence and social awkwardness, has ...
  2 days ago

• Autism Research Update

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 571
  A recent meeting by The Autism Consortium gave scientists, clinicians, advocates and parents an opportunity to share the latest information on causes of autism and their implications for diagnosis, prognosis and therapies. The symposium’s scope and attendance doubled this year, with an increase in scientific ...
  3 days ago

• Trains, trains, & MORE trains

  
  My Platypus Life — Authority: 91
  This summer my family had the pleasure of visiting the Crossville Model Railroad Club  in Crossville, TN.   We were traveling to Nashville and had heard about this incredible train display that was en route and KNEW we had to see it since there are TWO little train fanatics in our house (3 and 4.5 at the ...
  4 days ago

• Autism Priorities and the DSM V: Media Ignores Invisible, Severely Autistic in DSM V Discussions

  
  Facing Autism in New Brunswick — Authority: 423
  The invisible autistics , the severely autistic, those with Autistic Disorder, profound developmental delays, cognitive and intellectual deficits, those who can not live independently, who live on hospital wards and in large, antiquated psychiatric institutions do not make regular appearances in the New ...
  6 days ago

• Asperger’s diagnosis: On the way out?

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 436
  From the New York Times:Experts who are revising psychiatry’s diagnostic manual have proposed eliminating Asperger’s syndrome and another form of autism: Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). They propose including the two categories under a general diagnosis of autism spectrum ...
  1 week ago

• Autism and Vaccine Safety in the Swine Flu Era: Does Calling Something A Myth Make It So?

  
  Facing Autism in New Brunswick — Authority: 423
  According to many mainstream media sources here in Canada the H1N1 Swine Flu is perfectly safe and effective and .... oh yes ... any possible connection between vaccines and autism has been disproved. These sources usually provide little or nothing to back up their sweeping claims other than to rely on, and refer ...
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• Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety With Autism

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 571
  A Florida health care setting is using stimulus money to study the effectiveness of behavioral psychotherapy in treating anxiety among young adolescents with autism. A University of South Florida clinic in St. Petersburg, FL, is conducting a two-year federal trial testing the effectiveness of behavioral ...
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• Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Wide Range Of Disorders

  
  Healthy Living Times — Authority: 137
  Autism spectrum disorder is basically a wide range of behavioral and developmental disorders that results from a combination of certain traits. The disorder will range from low functioning autism to high functioning autism to normal behavior and to possibly hyper socialization. An autism spectrum disorder is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Study affirms genetic component in autism

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 436
  From Reuters:A study of autism in the current Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reports a higher correlation between identical twins than among fraternal twins, affirming the importance of genes in the development of the disorder.The study surveyed 277 pairs of twins in which at least one had autism. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Are There Organizations To Help Raise Autism Awareness?

  
  Healthy Living Times — Authority: 137
  Many organizations exist today with the purpose of raising autism awareness. One of these organizations is The Autism Society of America. This organization was founded with the purpose of helping individuals affected by it. Over the years, this organization has grown from just a handful of parents to well over 120,000 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Next Mental Health Videoconference – November 12

  
  The Wired Classroom — Authority: 113
  Sign up today for  Autism Spectrum Disorders on November 12 @ 4 pm CT: Autism is the third most common developmental disorder in the United States. It affects 1:150 individuals and its cause remains unknown. Research today is focused on early diagnosis and intervention. This 1 hour presentation will provide ...
  3 weeks ago

• Autism Research Advances

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 571
  A new article summarizes the current scientific view of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) highlighting the advances of the last several years and acknowledging the considerable work that remains to be done. “We summarized many new findings by autism researchers throughout the world, and give our perspective on the ...
  4 weeks ago

• For the First Time, a Census of Autistic Adults

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  A British survey is the first to assess the rate of autism spectrum disorders in the general adult population.
  5 weeks ago

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