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• Autism Research Paradigm Shift

  Published: July 15, 2007, 2:08 am

  Tags: Autism Treatment, Applied Autism Research, University Of Minnesota, Thomas Kuhn, Scientific Revolution, Autism Knowledge Revolution, Paradigm Shift

  Autism Knowledge Revolution is taking shape before our eyes on the inter-net with reports on a regular basis of new breakthroughs in autism research. At the University of Minnesota it is hoped that a new autism research center will be accompanied by a paradigm shift in how autism is viewed. In an opinion article, TwinCities.com reviews the

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• Autism Surging - the Numbers Are Going Up

  Published: August 9, 2007, 3:08 am

  Tags: Simon Baron Cohen, Behavioral Treatments, Biomedical Treatments, Autism Incidence, Autism Disorder, Applied Autism Research, Boulder, Usaaa

  as the incidence figure for autism in the UK. To my knowledge no one has explained the divergence between the 1 in 150 US figure and the 1 in 100 UK figure. Hopefully though we will one day know what is creating the surge in diagnoses of autism disorder.There is an explosion of research into the causes of autism now taking place. The Autism

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• Autism Research - Autism's Environmental Triggers

  Published: August 13, 2007, 4:38 am

  Tags: Dr Gary Goldstein, Dr Martha Herbert, Autism Disorder, Applied Autism Research, Environemental Triggers, Dr Thomas Insel

  shift taking place in autism research is well underway and it is intensifying with the announcements of funding of several autism research centers in the United States. The focus of much current research is to find the environmental factors that may trigger the onset of autism in genetically vulnerable children.Specific pesticides have

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• The Help Group - UCLA Autism Research Alliance

  Published: September 25, 2007, 3:57 am

  Tags: Evidence Based Best Practices, Autism Education, Autism Disorder, Applied Autism Research

  research is essential in furthering the development of evidence-based best practices for the effective education of children with autism spectrum disorders" - Dr. Barbara Firestone, President & CEO of The Help Group and Vice Chair of the California Legislative Blue Ribbon Commission on AutismOn Monday, September 10, 2007, the UCLA

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