Autism News and Views
Autism Centre, Ghana
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The Autism Centre is a local support and education centre for children with autism that was founded in 1998 by a mother of a child with autism in Ghana. AACT's mission is to support the families of children with autism. In order to achieve this mission, AACT focuses on two primary areas: 1) promoting awareness and understanding of autism in Ghana ; and 2) providing training and educational services to children with autism in order for them to function more effectively in society.
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NAA Action Alert: The Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act
NAA ACTION ALERT
The Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act
Fellow parents at the National Autism Association feel the introduction of HR 4247, the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act, by Chairman George Miller (D-CA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) is a critical and necessary start to ending dangerous, even deadly, restraint and seclusion practices in our special education classrooms.
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Some Surprising Unexpected Moments
Last night around ten in the evening, I was flipping thought the television channels.
A extra tidbit that I found interesting
Information from Designs for Health Science First.
These results leave me speechless.
Verbal apraxia, a condition often associated with autism, is a speech disorder in which a person has trouble saying what he or she wants to say correctly and consistently.
According to a recent, a group of autistic children who were given a combination of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E demonstrated dramatic improvements in speech, imitation, eye contact, and behavior
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Autism Therapy: essential fatty acids (EFA)
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Videos
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 The First Dads of Autism: Life ...By AutismOne, 11 years 39 weeks agoAO/GR 2012 Conference. Mark Blaxill, MBA.
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 Startup company succeeds at hiring ...By Steve Janak, 12 years 33 weeks agoStartup company Aspiritech was created out of a mother's passion to create jobs for her son that more closely matched his unique talents and abilities. |
Audio
Weekend 30 Minute Autism Global News in Review - 09/25/10
Originally Aired Sat, 09/25/2010 - 12:00pmRob, Debra and Mike open the show like Bozo's then produce a big show reviewing articles about Arbaclofen and its positive affect on ASD symptoms, language skills are more important in young boys in regulating behavior and emotions, the long and short term effects of antibiotics on the bacterial flora of the gut, the difficulties of reprogramming cells, the raging debate over the danger og endocrine disrupters like BPA and active brain "spindles" and what they mean for deep restful sleep.
Weekly Global Autism News in Review - 30min. - 09-22-2010
Originally Aired Wed, 09/22/2010 - 12:00pmRob, Debra and Mike Sidell produce a show which reviews articles about how children with ASD improve their thinking skills over time, new info on Oxytocin - trust elixir does not foster gullibility, mental activity may stave off the symptoms of dementia, children's fitness contributes to the development of their brain, CDC does another study to defend vaccines and narcolepsy and the flu vaccine Pandemrix.
