20/09/2012

Autism in the News


  1. Experimental drug gives hope for rare disease, autism

    Press & Sun-Bulletin
    For the first time, a drug has shown success in treating social withdrawal symptoms in children with a rare disorder called Fragile X Syndrome, ...

    ABC News
  2. Study may offer peek into mind of autistic

    Pittsburgh Post Gazette
    That's what the environment may be like for people with autism, based on a ... The study found that the brains of people with autism responded ...
  3. School Planning for Autistic Spectrum Disorders in 500 Words Or Less

    Huffington Post
    A child with an autistic spectrum disorder does not intuitively understand the social world. Severely affected kids may have little apparent ...

    OurKids.net (blog)
  4. Autistic man beaten hundreds of times; 1 arrested

    U-T San Diego
    VALLEY CENTER — Video surveillance showing a 23-year-old Valley Center man with autism being beaten hundreds of times over a ...
  5. Families for Effective Autism Treatment offers workshop Sept. 22

    Houston Chronicle
    Families for Effective Autism Treatment - Houston will hold its "Teaching and Managing a Public School Classroom Using ABA" seminar from 9 ...
  6. Autism Speaks engages in debit card program

    Examiner.com
    BillMyParents, Inc. and Autism Speaks announced a partnership on Wednesday to promote financial lessons and independence for families ...

    Examiner.com
  7. Autistic Adults Have Unreliable Neural Responses, Carnegie Mellon ...

    RedOrbit
    “Within the autism research community, most researchers are looking for the location in the brain where autism happens,” said Ilan Dinstein, ...
  8. Mother Petitions For Autism Awareness

    KREX News Channel 5
    In Mesa County, autism cases are increasing as well, but one mother says there just aren't enough helpful programs for autism there. Now she ...
  9. Calif. man overcomes autism to pursue dream job

    CBS News
    (CBS News) When Jamaal Street was diagnosed with autism as a toddler, the news dealt an emotional blow to his mother. "There were a lot of ...

    CBS News
  10. Man charged with molesting autistic woman

    Ocala
    He said the woman suffers from severe autism and is unable to talk, and is a client at Community Links, 5608 SE 113th St., Belleview, which is ...