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Develop Routines with Special Needs Child
Suite 101: Partners and Parents Articles &bull Mar 8, 2010
Some kinds of special needs are characterized by a desire, or even obsession with routine. This is true for most children and teens on the autism spectrum. Even the most minute part of routine is huge to an autistic child. It might be something… Full Story »
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Strollerderby
jeanne26 &bull Mar 1, 2010
The “study” that kicked off this misguided notion has been fully retracted by the medical journal that ran it. A host of other studies have shown no link between the life-saving vaccines and autism. Full Story »
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Autism: Who's afraid of Jenny McCarthy?
CNN: Living &bull Feb 25, 2010
In person, surprisingly, Jenny McCarthy comes across as corn-fed cute rather than overwhelmingly beautiful. She has a common touch, and a woman even slightly more beautiful would struggle to connect as she does. When McCarthy meets a mom, when she spits forth a stream of profanity and common sense the foulmouthed comedian from Chicago never far from the surface she is there as a mother, not as a celebrity or starlet. That's what got her there, but that's not who… Full Story »
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Do Toxins Cause Autism?
NYT > Children's Health &bull Feb 25, 2010
Autism and other development disorders constitute a huge national health burden and suspicions are growing that one culprit may be chemicals in the environment. Full Story »
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Tenants' new rights in foreclosure
CNN: Living &bull Feb 18, 2010
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Renting a home that is going through foreclosure? If so, don't be fooled: Lenders can't kick you out; they have to honor the terms of your lease. Sandra Pearson has lived in her rented townhouse in Santa Maria, Calif., since July 2007. But last October, the single mom -- whose 17-year-old son suffers from epilepsy and autism -- was served with a vacate notice. The owner of the home had lost it to foreclosure and the servicer, First Federal Bank, wanted Pearson out. She showed them… Full Story »
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DSM Changes, Good or Bad?: Special Needs Living
CafeMom Toddler Buzz &bull Feb 18, 2010
Photo by damira Doctors are currently in the process of revising the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). One of the revisions stands to lump several childhood disorders together under one umbrella "autism spectrum disorders," which would include autism as well as Asperger's Syndrome , often described as "high functioning" autism. This week in Special Needs Living , CafeMom aurorabunny , mom to… Full Story »
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Scientists Intrigued By Hormone Spray For Autism
NPR Topics: Children's Health &bull Feb 16, 2010
There's quite a buzz over an experiment in which some mildly autistic people were more sociable after receiving a spritz of the hormone oxytocin. But the test was performed in just 13 high-functioning people, raising questions about its applicability to… Full Story »
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Oxytocin Hormone May Treat Autism
MedicineNet Healthy Kids General &bull Feb 16, 2010
Title: Oxytocin Hormone May Treat Autism Category: Health News Created: 2/16/2010 11:51:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/16/2010 11:51:13 AM Full Story »
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Autism's earliest symptoms not evident in children under 6 months
ScienceDaily: Children's Health News &bull Feb 16, 2010
Researchers conducted the study over five years by painstakingly counting each instance of smiling, babbling and eye contact during examinations until the children were 3. They found that by 12 months the two groups' development had diverged significantly. Intentional social and communicative behavior among children developing normally increased while among infants later diagnosed with autism it decreased dramatically. This study provides an answer to when the first behavioral signs of autism become evident, said Sally Ozonoff, the study's lead author, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and a researcher with the UC Davis MIND Institute. Contrary to what we… Full Story »
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Want your kids up on shots? Keep the record
MSNBC.com: Kids and Parenting &bull Feb 15, 2010
Snyderman calls autism-vaccine link 'bad science'Author Chris Mooney and NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman discuss the recently debunked study linking autism to vaccines. Experts agree that kids aren't getting the vaccines they need, from those for measles, mumps, and rubella to… Full Story »
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Rolling out the welcome mat for kids with autism
BabyCenter: MOMInformation &bull Feb 15, 2010
Traveling with any child can be plain old tough. Traveling with a child with special needs can be even tougher. A hotel in New Jersey recognizes the challenges faced by families in this situation and is out to help. According… Full Story »
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Autism-vaccination link back in the news
BabyCenter: MOMInformation &bull Feb 14, 2010
In the past two weeks, the vaccination-autism link has gotten a lot of ink First it was the British Medical Journal, the Lancet retracting a paper, written by Doctor Andrew Wakefield, published 12 years ago, which linked autism to the… Full Story »
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Autism-Related Hypersensitivity Better Understood
MedicineNet Healthy Kids General &bull Feb 11, 2010
Title: Autism-Related Hypersensitivity Better Understood Category: Health News Created: 2/10/2010 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 2/11/2010 Full Story »
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New clue why autistic people don't want hugs
ScienceDaily: Children's Health News &bull Feb 11, 2010
New research has found in fragile X syndrome there is delayed development of the sensory cortex, the part of the brain that responds to touch, according to a study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. This delay may trigger a domino effect and cause further problems with the correct wiring of the brain. Understanding how and when the function of the brain is affected in fragile X offers a target for a… Full Story »
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Removal Of Asperger's To Change Special Ed Access
NPR Topics: Education &bull Feb 11, 2010
The American Psychiatric Association announced yesterday that it is proposing to eliminate the diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome from the official diagnostic guide of mental disorders. The revised manual would place kids who are currently said to have Asperger's within an… Full Story »
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New proposed changes posted for leading manual of mental disorders: Draft diagnostic criteria for DSM-5
ScienceDaily: Children's Health News &bull Feb 10, 2010
The draft criteria represent content changes under consideration for DSM, which is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health and other health professionals, and is used for diagnostic and research purposes. These draft criteria represent a decade of work by the APA in reviewing and revising DSM, said APA President Alan Schatzberg, M.D. But it is important to note that DSM-5 is still very much a work in progress -- and these proposed revisions are by no means final. The proposed diagnostic criteria will be available for public comment until April 20, and will be reviewed and… Full Story »
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Autism Risk Rises With Mother's Age
MedicineNet Healthy Kids General &bull Feb 9, 2010
Title: Autism Risk Rises With Mother's Age Category: Health News Created: 2/9/2010 9:26:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/9/2010 9:26:45 AM Full Story »
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Older Moms More Apt to Have Autistic Child (HealthDay)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Feb 8, 2010
We need to look at this finding in context, Dawson said. But subsequent studies did not confirm those findings. United States has such a disorder, according to the U.S. Disease Control and Prevention. Free. No obligation. Get 4 quotes. All… Full Story »
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Autism Risks Detailed In Children Of Older Mothers
NPR Topics: Children's Health &bull Feb 8, 2010
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found. Mothers older than 40 were about 50… Full Story »
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An Indoor Swing for Renters
Apartment Therapy ohdeedoh &bull Feb 8, 2010
When Maxwell recently posted his best how-tos of all time we were reminded about the great indoor swing he made for his daughter Ursula last year. But admiration soon turned to envy and we wondered if we could find an… Full Story »
