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• The Most Difficult Autism Questions

  Published: July 27, 2007, 5:35 am

  Tags: Conor, Autism Reality, Autism Adult Residential Care, Autism Disorder, Autism Awareness

  are of little weight. Cause, awareness, treatment - all the heated arguments fizzle away. The banter of the irrelevant academics who busily devise tests to "prove" that autistic persons actually have superior intelligence and the annoying posturing by some neurodiversity advocates who claim to know better than parents what is necessary to help

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• Autism Surging but Why? The Jury is Still Out

  Published: July 23, 2007, 5:38 am

  Tags: Simon Baron Cohen, Neurodiversity, Autism Incidence, Autism Disorder, Vaccines, Autism Awareness, Andrew Wakefield, Thimerosal

  in the DSM and in better awareness, diagnosis and reporting. But while everyone is aware of those factors no serious study or report actually attributes the entire increases in the incidence in autism to these factors alone, Baron-Cohen's opinion, and that of Neurodiversity bloggers notwithstanding.The graph from the California Department of

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• Autism Surging in Massachusetts - Part 2

  Published: July 19, 2007, 4:39 pm

  Tags: Massachusetts, Autism Prevalance, Autism Disorder, Aba, Autism Awareness

  With the focus right now on the allegations of very serious misconduct that have been levelled against "MMR" Dr. Andrew Wakefield many people are missing important information suggesting that autism is indeed, for whatever reasons, surging. Simon Baron-Cohen cites as authoritative a 1 in 100 incidence rate of autism in the UK; substantially

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• Autism Is Not the Essence of Conor

  Published: July 19, 2007, 5:32 am

  Tags: Autism Treatment, Conor, Autism Disorder, Autism Awareness

  Conor is my son. He is a great and wonderful joy in my life. Each and every day he brings a smile to my face. Conor is also autistic, his diagnosis is Autism Disorder, assessed with profound developmental delays. His autism is severe. For those who would ban the use of terms such as severe vs mild or high functioning vs low functioning to describe

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• Autism Truth - 1 in 100 - An Alarming Autism Number

  Published: July 17, 2007, 6:25 am

  Tags: Simon Baron Cohen, Autism Disorder, Autism Awareness

  assessed, greater public awareness, and a wider diagnostic net. The National Autistic Society also quotes a figure of 1 per cent for the incidence of autistic spectrum disorders. Benet Middleton, the NAS's director of communications, says that, having spoken to Baron-Cohen, the charity had no plans to revise its figures. Middleton says:

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• Adult Autism Reality in the UK

  Published: July 14, 2007, 11:54 am

  Tags: United Kingdom, Neurodiversity, Autism Disorder, Autism Awareness, National Autistic Society, Adult Autism

  The joy of autism advocates on the inter-net should read this report from from the BBC on adult autism realities in the UK. It provides some sobering perspective that the neurodiversity movement and the rose colored glasses brigade should consider before they continue to try and persuade the world that autism is wonderful. Hopefully the

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• Neurodiversity's Ten Autism Commandments

  Published: July 14, 2007, 5:35 am

  Tags: Neurodiversity, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Laurent Mottron, Autism Disorder, Curebie, Lovaas, Autism Awareness, Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism Every Day

  1. Thou shall not call autism disorder a disorder.2. Thou shall not seek to treat or cure thy autistic child for if you do you shall forever be known in the records as a "curebie".3. Thou shall not conduct research into environmental causes of autism.4. Thou shall not conduct research into the genetic nature of autism.5. Thou shall not abuse thy

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• Autism Surging - Some Plain Truth From Dr. McCarton

  Published: July 13, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: M D, Autism Rates, Cecelia Mccarton, Simon Baron Cohen, Autism Disorder, Autism Awareness

  criteria and increased awareness. On that assumption there is no scientific consensus.From Cecelia McCarton, M.D. comes some common sense and some truth speaking: we simply don't know what is behind the staggering increases in reported cases of autism. The implication of that factual statement is that we should not as Baron-Cohen advocates

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• Awareness of impending child's death from cancer and future mental health issues

  Published: July 29, 2007, 10:57 am

  Tags: Awareness, Childhood Cancer, Childhoodcancer, Death, Loss

  said that their intellectual awareness of their child's impending death came less than 24 hours before the death. 45 percent said that emotional awareness came also came less than 24 hours before the death.The risk of future mental health issues was increased if the intellectual awareness time was very short. Such mental health issues include

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• Autistic Teen Battered by 'Exorcist'

  Published: August 1, 2007, 4:49 am

  Tags: Autism Disorder, Exorcism, Autism Awareness

  There are many challenges to overcome in facing autism; in dealing with the challenges of autism. It is disheartening to see that ignorance about autism still results in serious physical harm to autistic youths or persons with any type of mental or developmental disorder. The story of a 14 year old Bloomington Indiana youth battered by a

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• Reese Witherspoon is ambassador for Avon, breast cancer

  Published: August 5, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Actress, Ambassador, Avon, Awareness, Breast, Cancer, Foundation, Global, Oscar, Products, Reese, Research, Survivor, Winning, Witherspoon

  breast cancer research and awareness, programs that they're working on. Someone very close to me is a breast-cancer survivor. It's a cause that's very close to my heart." Witherspoon will also represent Avon Products Inc.'s beauty brands and sales representatives.Read   Permalink   Email this

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• Autism Abuse in Iowa - 3 Hours in a Locked Room is Not a Time Out - It is Child Abuse

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:48 am

  Tags: Time Out, Autism Education, Autism Disorder, Iowa, Autism Awareness, Abuse

  Des Moines Register Image From Video of 8 Year Old Isabel Loeffler During "Time Out.Here is a message for the clueless officials at an elementary school in Waukee Iowa - there is no such thing as a 3 hour "time out". Locking an autistic child in a room by herself for 3 hours even leaving her there after she wets herself is not a time out, it is

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• Autism Discrimination Complaint 'at the YMCA' Settled

  Published: August 7, 2007, 5:38 am

  Tags: Autism Disorder, Autism Awareness, Ymca, Discrimination, Americans Disabilities Act

  place to begin with. Autism awareness still has a long, long way to go. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the West End YMCA, headquartered in Ontario, Calif., that resolves an investigation into alleged discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act

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• Autistic Man Kicked Off Southwest Airlines Flight, Wandered US for 12 Hours

  Published: August 7, 2007, 6:55 pm

  Tags: Human Rights, Autism Disorder, Southwest Airlines, Autism Awareness, Nick Andrews

  of autistic intelligence and awareness then you might be surprised by the story of Nick Andrews.Mr. Andrews is a 22 year old autistic man who had to be helped through the airport by his family and who was shortly thereafter kicked off a Portland to Chicago direct flight by Southwest airlines after explaining the mechanics of jet airplanes to

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• Conor's Autism is a Disorder Not "A Way of Life"

  Published: August 8, 2007, 7:47 pm

  Tags: Autism Reality, Autism Disorder, Autism Awareness

  " Autism is not a pathological condition or a disease, but a way of life that possesses a culture and history all its own" - Valerie Paradiz, School for Autistic Strength, Purpose and Independence in Education (Aspie) in New York StateI wish much happiness for the high functioning autistic persons who feel that their Asperger's is "a way of life"

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