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3 hrs ago | Northern Virginia Daily

Student asks peers to appreciate people with autism

Mackenzie, who just completed the sixth grade at Signal Knob Middle School, decided to take her personal experience with autism, and encourage her classmates to "stop and think" before making fun of kids like her.

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Related Topix: Health, Kids, Family

12 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

New Market Research Report: aFraxis Inc. - Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare - Deals and Alliances Profile

It is engaged in developing treatments for Fragile X syndrome and autism. aFraxis Inc. - Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare - Deals and Alliances Profile provides you comprehensive data and trend analysis of the company's Mergers and Acquisitions , partnerships and financings.

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19 hrs ago | CiteULike

Genes related to sex steroids, neural growth, and social-emotional...

Genetic studies of autism spectrum conditions have mostly focused on the "low functioning" severe clinical subgroup, treating it as a rare disorder.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

CiteULike

Global Prevalence of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders

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Medical News Today

"Automated Conversation Coach" Enhances Interpersonal Skills

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US have produced a computer program that helps individuals practise interpersonal skills so they feel more comfortable in job interviews or going on a first date.

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Related Topix: Computers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science, Computer Science, Switzerland, World News, Health

Bloomberg

Some Autistic Children Don't Find Pleasure in Hearing Voices, Study Shows

Children with autism spectrum disorder may not perceive human voices as pleasurable because of a physical disconnect between the brain regions involved in speaking and those linked to rewards, a study suggests.

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Related Topix: Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Where's Edward?

He's an avid juggler, fitness enthusiast and a budding naturalist. And it's through those hobbies Ed Hibbard has kept himself busy.

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Related Topix: Health

The Guardian

George Widener: the incredible life of the man makes art for robots | Alex Bellos

Yet his fixation with calendars has ultimately turned him into a celebrated artist whose striking paintings of numbers, cities, maps and machines have been exhibited all around the world.

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The Columbus Dispatch

Guidelines stir debate over mental diagnoses

The long-awaited, much-debated new guidelines for diagnosing mental illness have been released, and although some complain about the changes, others say there's good reasoning behind them.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Psychiatry, Health, Columbus, OH

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Examiner.com

US media blackout: Court rules that MMR Vaccine caused autism

In a SouthMilwaukeeNow.com article dated June 14 and entitled, ' Italian Court Rules MMR Vaccine Caused Autism: US Media Blacks Out Story,' author Kristan Harris writes about the Italian court that ruled in favor of the Bocca family whose nine-year-old son became autistic after receiving the MMR vaccine.

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Related Topix: Health, Mumps

Hales Corners

New Study Shows The Amish Don't Get Autism? And They Don't Get Vaccinations: Possible Link?

People outside the alternative health community are often confused by the lack of autism in the Amish people.

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Related Topix: Vaccinations, Health

RecordNET

Characters raise awareness, but reality is different

Lodi Unified autism specialist Karen Honkala said that when many Americans think of autism, the most common reaction is for them to pull a quote or a memory from the 1988 Hollywood film "Rain Man," which starred Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman as the Babbitt brothers.

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Related Topix: Health, Celebrities, Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Games, Blackjack

The Daily News Journal

Autism 24/7: Aiming for SuperDad

Dads are fixers. If there's a puzzle, they are typically on top of it, looking for a way to solve it.

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Related Topix: Health, Kids, Family

Journal Gazette

Everything Jake can do

A few years ago, a friend, whose child attends a school for kids with learning disabilities, tried to start a book club for parents at the school.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Medicine, ADHD, Health, Hamilton County, IN

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Medical Daily

Virtual Conversation Coach Helps Overcome Social Awkwardness, Public Speaking Anxiety [VIDEO]

An automated conversation coach, which helps socially anxious users practice speaking skills for job interviews, dates, public speeches, and other settings, may be especially useful for people with social phobias, Asperger's, and high-functioning autism.

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Related Topix: Health, Computers

Edmonton Journal

Protests against PDD uncertainty continue at Alberta Legislature

Christina DeBoulet returned to the steps of the legislature Friday with a crowd of about 250 to let the government know she is still worried about the future of a program that serves disabled Albertans.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

American Institute of Biological Scie...

The Genetics of Autism

Over the last decade the genomics revolution has profoundly changed our understanding of autism and autism spectrum disorders .

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Related Topix: Health, Genetics, Medicine, Biology, Science

South Milwaukee

Italian Court Rules MMR Vaccine Caused Autism: US Media Blacks Out Story

The debate over vaccines continues as an Italian court ruled in favor of the Bocca family whose nine-year-old son became autistic after receiving the MMR vaccine.

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Related Topix: Health, Mumps, Genetics, Medicine

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Seattle Times

Austic kids may hold key to solving complex problems

The world needs all kinds of minds, says Temple Grandin, who holds a doctorate in animal science.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Health, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing 787

Examiner.com

Autism Continuing Education and Training

Recent studies indicate that the prevalence rate for autism spectrum disorders is 78% higher than just 10 years ago.

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Related Topix: Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Psychology, Science