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A leaked report by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, head of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University notes the incidence of autism was far higher than previously thought – as many as one in 58 children – with the MMR vaccine back in the dock as a possible culprit.

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This article may be helpful in making a diet change or be a reminder of how much our food and body effect or behavior. read more »
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Tim Rayment of The Sunday Times writes an article about a family's journey thru Mongolia in hopes of healing their son with autism using horses, sacred waters and local healers. read more »
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Found in the Guardian
Sarah Boseley, health editor
Saturday September 22, 2007

"Thousands of children with autism in the UK could benefit from taking drugs such as Prozac, a US psychiatrist said yesterday.

Professor Eric Hollander, from the Mount Sinai medical centre in New York, said a th read more »
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This is a wonderful story I found on leftbrainrightbrain about kids, their dad, and a garbage man that took the time to make a difference in their lives. It made my hart warm. If you want to smile, read this. read more »
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On April 22 2008 the MARI Symposium was held at Vanderbilt University and provided researchers a platform to discuss the role of environment in increasing autism risk and impact on the diversity of behavioral and medical symptoms.

The Symposium was video taped and the topics include:

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The number of adults who suffer from autism in England will be counted for the first time.

Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis unveiled the £500,000 project, which aims to include adults who have not yet been diagnosed.

The information will be used to devise the first Government strategy on adu read more »
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Chemicals found in pet shampoos may be linked to a raised risk of autism, a study of how environmental factors influence the developmental disorder has suggested.

Mothers who used pesticide-based shampoos to wash their pets while pregnant were twice as likely to have a child with an autistic spe read more »
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Autism is something of a paradox. Since a seminal 1977 study led by Michael Rutter found that identical twins are much more likely both to be autistic than are fraternal sets, it has been understood that the disorder is heavily influenced by genetics. Three decades of research, however, have yet to read more »
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35,310 Lego Star Wars Clone Troopers mini-figs were arranged in just six and a half hours to raise money for The National Autistic Society in the UK. Check out this site to see the pictures. read more »
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