Advocacy and Autism Spectrum Disorders

An important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others has been discovered: they spend less time looking at the faces of people who are modeling new skills.  

Autism Spectrum Disorder is on the rise, now affecting approximately 1 in 150 children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  

Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Paperback) newly tagged "diet" October 12th, 2008 Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A...  

Dickinson Mental Health Center now provides Sensory Integration Services to children diagnosed on the autism spectrum, as well as support services for their families. The program is made possible through funding provided by the George A. and Margaret Mee Charitable Foundation, along with the...  

A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has discovered an important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others: They spend less time looking at the faces of people who are modeling new skills.  

Washington, Oct 11 : Scientists have found the answer to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble in learning new things- because they spend less time looking at a person's face who's teaching them different skills.  

While the popular consensus is that every child should be immunized, there are some who express concern over the current schedule and the way the seven vaccines are administered.  

According to an article in Law.com, one major court has ruled that parents of an autistic child may sue vaccine makers based on the theory that thimerosal (a mercury preservative) in vaccines caused their child's autism. Earlier, similar cases in New York and Pennsylvania were denied by courts in...  

A new program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is helping children with autism spectrum disorders by integrating some of these children into a typical peer setting. Project EXCEED is a new program beginning this fall that has received two-year funding from the Barkley Memorial Center...  

On the last day of the Science Blogs Book Club discussion about Dr. Paul A. Offit's recently published Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure, I'll start by quoting the last paragraph of the book: The science is largely complete. Ten epidemiological...  

( University of California - Davis - Health System ) A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has discovered an important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others: they spend less time looking at the faces of people who are modeling new...  

Today’s Hope is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide families of children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders with access to early intervention services, specifically early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI). According to the Association for Science in Autism...  

At this point in history, a link between thimerosal and autism has grown increasingly tenuous. While it is clear that thimerosal itself is a toxic substance ...  

HAMPSHIRE Autistic Society (HAS) and Hampshire Constabulary are working together to support people with autism who may come into contact with the police.  

DOI CincyBPD Abstract This study determined the level of mercury, lead, and zinc in baby teeth of children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing children .