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Differences Found in the Brains of People with Autism:

A new publication in the journal Brain describes significant anatomical differences in a facial processing area of the brain in people with autism.
Autism Speaks
April 2008

April is Autism Awareness Month

The United States recognizes April as a special opportunity for everyone to educate the public about autism and issues within the autism community. You can read the Autism Society of America's eight ways to celebrate the month or watch a video on how to become involved in Autism Awareness Month from Autism Hangout.
Autism Hangout
April 2009

Autism Speaks 100 Day Kit

The Autism Speaks 100 Day Kit is created specifically for newly diagnosed families, to make the best possible use of the 100 days following the diagnosis of autism. The kit contains information and advice collected from experts on autism as well as from parents of children with autism. There is a week by week plan for the next 100 days, as well as organizational suggestions and forms that parents/caregivers can use to help with the paperwork and phone calls, as they begin to find services for their child.
Autism Speaks
August 2008

When It's More Than The 'Terrible Twos'

We all know how infants can act up during their terrible twos, but when these behaviors are accompanied by developmental setbacks, they could point to something more serious.
Science Daily
December 2008

Court Rules Autism Not Caused by Childhood Vaccines

The vaccine court set up by Congress as part of what is known as the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ruled today, in three decisions with far-reaching implications for a bitterly fought medical controversy, that childhood vaccines do not cause children to develop autism and families of children with autism are not entitled to federal compensation.
The Washington Post
February 2009

Scientists Link Gene Abnormality to Autism

Researchers Hope Finding May One Day Lead to Genetic Screening Tests A rare chromosome abnormality increases the risk of developing autism by about 100 times, a new study finds.
ABCnews.com
January 2008

Autism Classroom Organization and Set Up

Classrooms serving students with autism should have basic items in place to help that student be successful in the school environment.
Teachers 2.0
January 2009

State's schools lack cohesive plan for autism

Jonah is one of more than 46,000 California schoolchildren diagnosed with the enigmatic condition known as autism. That's more than triple the 14,000 enrolled at the beginning of the decade, making autism the fastest-rising disability in the state - and the most expensive and challenging for schools to address.
San Francisco Chronicle
July 2008

Scientists Link Gene Abnormality to Autism

A rare chromosome abnormality increases the risk of developing autism by about 100 times, a new study finds. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found that a tiny segment of chromosome 16 is missing or duplicated in about 1 percent of children with autism. Autism experts hope the finding could someday lead to the development of a genetic test that will help parents determine their risk of having a child with autism.
ABC News
March 2008

Teachers Get Lesson in How to Work with Students with Autism

Teacher training programs that give teachers strategies to work with children who have autism are in high demand. As the number of children diagnosed with the neurological disorder continues to rise—one in 150 children in the U.S. is now diagnosed with autism—teachers will be challenged more often, experts say.
Chicago Tribune
May 2008


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