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Information about preparing to gain admission and links to a list of Autistic frendly colleges with details on why they may be sutable or not. read more »
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Dr. Ted Fogarty and Autistic son go on restrictive diet and within weeks after Riley cut out gluten and casein, his verbal skills, attention span and read more »
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Some opt for removing gluten, and casein, others load up on vitamin B6, supplements, etc. The article notes in general, these strategies have no str read more »
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Family with triplets learn they all have autism, and huge hurdles to make them successful in life.

"Two years ago, when the boys were 4, specialists confirmed the Gastons' suspicions: The boys have varying degrees of autism, a neurological disorder that hampers communication and social inter read more »
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Gary Kuhre the founder of Stride 4 Autism will walk 2,800-miles to Washington D.C.. He will be away from his family for more than 4 months to bring national attention to the need for healthcare reform for all people affected by autism.

Gary Kuhre hopes his walk to Washington D.C. will raise awar read more »
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an autistic man draws a near perfect 5 foot long sketch of Rome from a single helicopter ride and is able to recreate a near-perfect panorama of the city. This short video documents his drawing. read more »
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In a report in the current issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry and currently online, UCLA researchers provided ASD children with explicit instructions to pay more attention to facial expressions and tone of voice and have measured an increased response in the medial prefrontal cortex read more »
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Tucson mom Holly Rasmussen wants her two autistic sons and other boys to experience the fun and adventure of Scouting so she has created what she says is the first Cub Scouts troop in Arizona for autistic boys.
Rasmussen, the mother of Kevin, 9, and Casey, 6, formed the group to show her own and o read more »
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The only way to determine whether or not a specific treatment is effective is to introduce only one treatment at a time and keep other treatments constant. The amount of time needed to decide if an intervention is beneficial varies. This is a great tool and service to help measure your progress. read more »
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Taken from an article on dissidentvoice.org
Autism: “An Epidemic of Fairly Recent Origin”
by Anne Dachel / July 7th, 2007

"One big question looms out there: How we will pay for all these children disabled with autism? Carey Goldberg talked a little about the financial aspe read more »
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