Altering
Autism Genes
Can the body heal itself? Some
say yes. ...
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Concord,
California has its own Spider-Man
I must tell you about an extraordinary
10-year-old boy from Concord and his fixation with said
superhero. He is Zoe Poston, and he is . . . Spider-Man...
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Community
of Caring
Imagine the day your doctor
sits you down and explains that the reason your gorgeous
little boy never speaks, the reason he doesn't play like
other kids, is because he's autistic...>> |
Oregon
Officer Breaks Arm Of Autistic Man In Struggle On Street
A Gresham, Oregon policeman
broke the arm of an autistic man who police say resisted
arrest Tuesday. .. >> |
Canadian
Statistics
A sample of Canadian birth statistics...
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Summer
Fun at Home for 5 and Under
Most young families look forward
to summertime - a holiday and a break from the old routines.
For those of us who have young children with autism, going
on a vacation is simply out of the question... >> |
A
Parent's Story: Outstanding Results from VitaminB6/Magnesium
We have been seeing a homeopathic
doctor in our state is who is also a DAN doctor and under
his advisement and with blood tests to back that up; have
started JR on a series of vitamins to rebuild his immune
system and antioxidants to chelate him as well. So far
the results are outstanding! >> |
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An
Interview with Norm Ledgin, author
“Diagnosing Jefferson” and newly released
“Asperger’s and Self Esteem, Insight Through
Famous Role Models
.Bio: Norm Ledgin is a professional safety educator
and in the newspaper publishing business for fifteen
years. .>>
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Teaching
People with Autism/Asperger’s to be More Flexible
Rigidity in both behavior and
thinking is a major characteristic of people with autism/AS.
They have difficulty understanding the concept that sometimes
it is OK to break a rule. I heard about a case where an
autistic boy had a severe injury but he did not leave
the school bus stop to get help.>> |
ARE
OUR BODIES PLASTIC?
Can the body heal itself? Some
say yes. By providing the proper nutrition to the cells,
genetic defects may be modified at the cellular level.
We are all in a transient state of evolving, including
those with autism. The genetic deficits associated with
conditions such as autism are not necessarily “set
in stone”, according to Dr. Walt Meyer...>> |
Asperger’s
Syndrome in Women: A Different Set of Challenges?
By Catherine Faherty
A young woman who has participated for several years in
a social group for adults with high functioning autism
and Aspergers sponsored at our TEACCH Center in Asheville,
recently remarked, “There aren’t a heck of a
lot of women who have Aspergers or autism. The majority
are males, and although we get along with the guys, there
are some issues that they are never going to understand.
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Different
Sensory Experiences - Different Sensory Experiences
Everything we know about the
world and ourselves has come through our senses. All
our knowledge therefore is the product of what we have
seen, heard, smelt, etc.
Though autistic people live in the same physical world
and deal with the same ‘raw material’, their
perceptual world turns out to be strikingly different
from that of non-autistic people. >>
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Autism,
Milk Link 'Hidden'
Dairy giant Fonterra is trying
to suppress explosive research linking milk with autism
in children, according to a lawsuit filed in New Zealand's
High Court.... >> |
| Karyn
Seroussi's List of Autism-Bio Studies |
| A
Review of An OT and SLP Approach: Sensory and Communication
Strategies That Work Nancy
Kashman, occupational therapist, and Janet Mora, speech-language
pathologist, have joined forces to create a team approach
in tackling the difficulties of sensory integration...
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Autism,
Milk Link 'Hidden'
Dairy giant Fonterra is trying
to suppress explosive research linking milk with autism
in children, according to a lawsuit filed in New Zealand's
High Court.... >> |
US
Government Asks Court to Seal Vaccine Records
Attorneys for the Bush Administration
asked a federal court on Monday to order that documents
on hundreds of cases of autism allegedly caused by childhood
vaccines be kept from the public..... >> |
A
Mysterious Upsurge in Autism
A shocking report from California
last week suggested that a large increase in childhood
autism in that state over the last 15 years is a true
epidemic, not a statistical mirage inflated by artificial
factors..... >> |
| Inclusion
Initiative: Schools Strive To Integrate Special-Ed Students |
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