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Newsday - Spurred by soaring numbers of students diagnosed with autism and other neurological disorders, the state is more than doubling the capacity of residential schools for such students on Long Island, while lifting a de facto 12-year freeze on expansion ...

Tuscaloosa News - Diagnosing autism early in a child's life can be difficult and is usually done by observation and conversation with parents. Researchers have long searched for some sort of measurable, distinguishable trait in the brain to show some degree of the ...

Salt Lake Tribune - If that's the approach they choose, she said, they should also expect a far larger group of families with children who have autism to make a run at extra money this year. Church suggested a new approach to helping families on the waiting list ...

East Valley Tribune - The work has the potential to improve therapies for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and autism while reducing costs, organizers said. The partnership will include several high profile medical research institutions including the Fred Hutchinson Cancer ...

Chicago Sun-Times - It's misleading,'' Rahim admitted, but she said she fears that earlier vaccinations may be to blame for her son's autism. ''I find it very troubling, but for my son's safety, I feel this is the only option we have.'' Many states are seeing increases ...

USA Today - CHICAGO — What's so unusual about a baby fascinated with spinning a cup, or a toddler flapping his hands or a preschooler walking on her toes? Parents and even doctors sometimes miss these red flags for autism, but a new online video "glossary ...

Newsday - Some of these parents say they are being forced to lie because of the way the vaccination laws are written in their states. "It's misleading," Rahim admitted, but she said she fears that earlier vaccinations may be to blame for her son's autism. "I ...

News.com.au - As a consequence, Cameron's behaviour has deteriorated to the point where it is now no longer possible to tell what is due to autism and what is the result of his inappropriate imprisonment behind locked doors in the Lutana respite centre. It's been ...

Times Online - Some may infer it is because he is the revealer of an unsayable truth, just as some parents believed wrongly that the MMR-autism theory must be right when public health officials refused to appear on the same platform as Andrew Wakefield, the doctor ...

St. Louis Business Journal - Judevine Center receives Mo. tax credits [St. Louis] Mo. Foundation for Health grants $5 million to area organizations [St. Louis] The Judevine Center for Autism in St. Louis received more than $110,000 in Youth Opportunities Program tax credits over ...