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• Downs but not out.

  Published: June 17, 2007, 5:01 pm

  Tags: Quackery In Autism, Autism Research, Downs Syndrome, Genetic Research, Research Ethics, Disability Rights, Autism, Abortion, Neurodiversity, Parents

  syndrome novel tugs at America’s heartstrings Moving tale that highlights genetic condition becomes sleeper hit of the year Paul Harris in New York Sunday June 17, 2007 The Observer Like many good stories, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter begins on a dark and snowy night. But, unlike most first novels from barely known

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• Interesting Story About a Vaccine/Autism Book in 2001

  Published: July 16, 2007, 10:08 am

  Tags: Autism Blogs, Pharma, Thimerosal, Eli Lilly, Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy, Lisa Blakemore Brown

  use of the label Munchausen Syndrome by proxy when children were genuinely ill - many had suffered reactions to vaccines. The fact that during the time my Editor was working on the book he was invited to change jobs and work on the MSBP/Factitious Illness Guidlelines at the RCPCH - Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, I am sure was

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• Inspirational Story About Children With Down Syndrome

  Published: June 30, 2007, 4:49 pm

  Tags: Down Syndrome Adoption, Adoption, Adoption Blogs, Barbara Curtis, Down Syndrome, Laura Christianson, Marriage Partnership

  about her son, who has Down syndrome. The story, called, "A Little Extra," is a timeless slice-of-life vignette that I think you'll enjoy. In addition to giving birth to a son with Down syndrome, Barbara and Tripp have adopted three sons, all of whom have Down syndrome. Their (adopted) sons are now 7, 11, and 12. Jonny, who

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• Who is to blame for Tim Whattler's death?

  Published: July 29, 2007, 8:33 pm

  Tags: Psychiatry, Asperger S Syndrome, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Coroner, Depression, Education, Family, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Psychiatry, Suicide

  had Asperger’s syndrome and had a history of difficulty with both educational and psychiatric placements; he had attempted suicide before and he had several self-inflicted cuts on his arms. The coroner, Michael Rose, ruled that staff were not guilly of neglect but needed more training in Asperger’s Syndrome, as reported by the

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• The Hundreth Monkey Syndrome

  Published: April 24, 2007, 7:19 pm

  Tags: Vegan Events, 100th Monkey Syndrome

  Hundreth Monkey Syndrome: "Organisers of an international ethical living eco festival at The Eco chic greener than green, 5th Bristol Vegan Fayre plan to broadcast live on international TV channel www.veggievision.co.uk as they search for the hundredth monkey. Viewers will be encouraged to spot the person who will invoke the hundredth monkey

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• Autism Linked To Pesticide Exposure

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:34 pm

  Tags: Health, Autism And Pesticides, Autism Pesticides, Autism Society Of America, Autistic Children, Developmental Disability, Down Syndrome, Epilepsy, Horrible Disease, Organophosphate Insecticides, Pesticide Exposure, Seizures, Toxic Exposure

  disability, down syndrome, epilepsy, horrible disease, organophosphate insecticides, pesticide exposure, seizures, toxic exposureIf you enjoyed this post invite me to drink a

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• JP

  Published: August 1, 2007, 8:37 pm

  Tags: Adulthood, Living Arrangements, Siblings, Family, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Developmental Disability, Down Syndrome, Education, Family, Father, Health, Institution, Mental Retardation, Parenting, Pdd Nos

  who was born with Down Syndrome in 1962 and immediately placed in the Southbery Training School in Connecticut. Miller did not mention Daniel in his autobiography, nor did he publicly acknowledge him, and he visited his son “seldom or never.” Among those 100,000 children was Jim’s first cousin, JP, who I have always been

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• Your Asperger's Quotient

  Published: August 2, 2007, 10:55 am

  Tags: Q Amp Amp, Asperger S Syndrome, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Education, Family, Health, Meme, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Test, Weblog

  thing about Asperger’s syndrome is that its “discoverer” decided he had it and named it after himself, which he might have done even if not “suffering” from this “disorder.” Maybe. and asks if is AS simply an “almost whimsical diagnosis of exclusion”: I would say, I think not; saying that

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• John Robison Speaks

  Published: August 7, 2007, 7:04 pm

  Tags: Autism Lit, Adulthood, Books, Work, Asperger S Syndrome, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autos, Bmw, Cars, Children, Dsm, Education, Family, Health, Land Rover, Literature, Normal, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Rolls Royce

  “Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s” (John Elder Robison), John Elder Robison’s memoir of growing up with Asperger’s (before knowing that he had Asperger’s), appears in bookstores September 25. In the meantime, the July 31st Library Journal interviews the author; here are some of his Robison’s

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• Are you suffering from caregiver syndrome?

  Published: August 15, 2007, 10:32 am

  Tags: Aging, Ama, Anger, Boomers, Caregiver, Caregiver Syndrome, Caregiversyndrome, Children, Chronic Stress, Chronicstress, Dementia, Elderly, Exhaustion, Families, Family, Grandparents, Health, Memory Loss, Memoryloss, Mental Disorder, Mentaldisorder, Parents, Stress

  to it as 'caregiver syndrome'. Dr. Jean Posner, a neuropsychiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland describes caregiver syndrome as "a debilitating condition brought on by unrelieved, constant caring for a person with a chronic illness or dementia."Because the syndrome is not yet recognized in American medical literature, it is rarely addressed

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• Anorexia as the Female Asperger's

  Published: August 17, 2007, 7:51 am

  Tags: Anorexia, Gender, Health, Genetics, Psychology, Asperger S Syndrome, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brain, Children, Genetics, Health, Ocd, Parenting, Pdd Nos

  “Is anorexia the female Asperger’s?” asks Janet Treasure, Professor of Psychiatry at King's College, London, and head of the Eating Disorders Unit at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, in the August 17th Times Online. Noting that “we now realise is that we need to be looking at underlying neural networks in the brain

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• Arthur Miller, Daniel Miller, and Denial

  Published: August 17, 2007, 12:41 pm

  Tags: Literature, Living Arrangements, History, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Celebrities, Children, Denial, Down Syndrome, Health, Literature, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Play

  Charlie looking over at me as he sat eating watermelon and a hamburger at the table this evening, his eyes big, his face happy and all of him deeply tanned from ocean swimming and time on the beach: It’s the kind of moment that you hope you can always remember, Charlie enjoying the things he likes (and that I know he likes) and revelling in

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• It's Better With Charlie

  Published: August 28, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Travel, Adulthood, Living Arrangements, History, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Developmental Disability, Down Syndrome, Education, Family, Health, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Vanity Fair

  like Daniel Miller, has Down Syndrome. Notes the August 28th Daily Herald (Utah): [Now 84-year-old Rose] has had her son by her side since the day four decades ago when she told off a doctor for suggesting she leave her newborn in the care of the state. “I said ‘How can you insult me like that?’ ” Facing the ravages of

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• Arthur Miller's Secret

  Published: August 31, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Drama, Disability Rights, Family, Stereotypes, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Denial, Down Syndrome, Drama, Education, Family, Health, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Theater, Vanity Fair

  birth of a child with Down syndrome can be a tremendous trauma, to say nothing of a strain on a marriage. Zinoman notes that “it was more common in the '60s to institutionalize a child with Down syndrome than it is today.” It is the case that the discovery that one’s child is disabled is difficult news for parents to hear, and

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• Nutritional Problems That May Occur For The Pregnant Dog

  Published: December 2, 2006, 4:12 am

  Tags: Dog Care, Dog Nutrition, Pregnant Dog, Caring For Pregnant Dog, Fading Puppy Syndrome, Nutrition For Pregnant Dog

  Most nutritionists agree that reproduction is the most critical stress encountered by a female dog. While the healthy male dog can sire hundreds of puppies without any stress whatever, the female is called upon to use tremendous amounts of energy and nutrients during pregnancy and lactation.

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