Autism Articles

Eastern Daily Press - ... to take a bath because they are told going near water is dangerous and others continually worry they have not eaten their daily five portions of fruit and vegetables. Very often, autistic children are bullied at school. The council said that autism ...

Detroit Free Press - Paul Werth darted out the front door of his New Boston home last week with his dog, Atlas, in tow. The dark-haired 7-year-old may have held Atlas' leash, but the yellow Labrador-golden retriever mix is taking the lead in giving the second-grader ...

Newsday - Attorney David Gould and his wife, Lauretta Murdock, the founder of a school in New Hyde Park, were not prepared for the phone call they recently received. It was from a neighbor, someone they had never met. The caller was frightened. The Gould's 16 ...

PhysOrg - The Autism Consortium, a group of researchers, clinicians and families dedicated to radically accelerating research and enhancing clinical care for autism, announced today that it has completed the first genome scan for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD ...

Newsday - Strawberry, who is 45, and married for a third time - has formed a foundation to get help families dealing with autism. Strawberrry who lives in a suburb of Saint Louis, Missouri says his sister-in-law works with autistic children and after a visit ...

National Post - There also are some theories that vitamin D deficiency may play a role in the development of autism and autoimmune diseases like type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis. Researchers have proposed a link between low ...

Jackson Clarion-Ledger - It's misleading," Rahim admitted, but she said she fears earlier vaccinations may be to blame for her son's autism. States' vaccination records and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found many states are seeing increases in the ...

Celebrity Baby Blog - Jenny McCarthy has been extremely vocal since learning that her son, Evan Joseph , 5, has the brain development disorder autism. The actress has written a book, Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism , joined forces with Talk About ...

News-Democrat - At least 10 percent of the gross profits will go to TheSpecialCookieCompany.com, which the family dreams will be able to hire others with autism. Don't expect the chapters to be in bookstores; Costanza said it was tough getting them to stock the book ...

Observer - She is also celebrated for her books about her own autism - a condition that, she believes, helps her understand the minds of farm animals - since she sees and thinks in shapes, as they do. Using these insights, Grandin first suggested back in the ...