Autism in the News

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1. Axing of autism home tuition 'rash cost-cutting' ‎ Irish Examiner Children with autism are having their home tuition halted and instead are being ordered to attend new special needs units, according to one of ...

2. Autism linked to older fathers ‎ BioEdge Two contemporary trends have been linked by a recent article in Nature: the rising age of first-time fathers and the increasing rate of autism. The study, based on ...

3. WALKING FOR AUTISM:Local family in step with fundraiser The Daily News Journal Both her 9-year-old son, Caleb, and 4-year-old daughter, Lydia Rose, are on the autism spectrum, although both manifest in very different ways ...

4. GUEST COLUMN: How CCPS is addressing Autism Spectrum ... ‎ Culpeper Star Exponent We've all heard the startling statistic that one in 88 children has a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), an increase of 173% from 10 ... Ask Doctor K‎ Sioux City Journal all 2 news articles »

5. Garda autism help ‎ Leinster Express The Autism Safety Plan is the brainchild of Portlaoise's Community Policing Garda Seargent Justine Reilly. She came up with the idea of a ...

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6. Autism: It's personal ‎ HollandSentinel.com There's a saying: “If you meet one person with autism, you've met one person with autism,” Cathy Louden said. Autism is a term used for ...

7. Teachers learn teaching methods for autistic kids ‎ San Francisco Chronicle McNee and Nancy Dartnall, a Ph.D. specializing in autism, were demonstrating how the University of North Carolina's TEACCH method could ...

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8. Hispanic Children Focus of New Study on Developmental Delay and ... ‎ KQED (blog)  Hispanic children have had a lower rate of autism than other children — although their cases tend to be more severe. Researchers wondered ...

9. The Age of Autism Book ‎ Age of Autism "I wonder whether autistic enterocolitis isn't a kind of SSPE with a weakened (vaccine) virus," Kathy Blanco wrote in an e-mail this week, with a ...

10. "All Out for Autism" 5K Raises $17000 ‎ Patch.com The fourth annual New Canaan “All Out for Autism” 5K Walk/Run Road Race on Friday evening, August 24, raised about $17,000 for children ...