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Lucie Dudgeon from Bridge Street, Lockerbie, said the proposals to be raised at the education committee tomorrow would raise awareness of the condition and "help hundreds of parents".

The camels are coming! Actually, they're already here. In fact, the current camel population in the U.S. is approximately 5,000 and predicted to increase.

As children develop and grow, their perception of the world alters and morphs. Their impression of right and wrong progresses, they develop a deeper understanding of empathy and their sense of danger and risk improves.

One of the worst forms of ethical negligence in the United States is the trend of parents forgoing vaccinations for their children.

There is evidence for some adverse events associated with routine vaccines recommended for children in the United States, although these events are rare, according to a review published online July 1 in Pediatrics .

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you would think that I spend a lot of time discussing autism spectrum disorders .

She was a terrible fit on "The View," but at least the presence of tight producer control and a diverse set of co-hosts kept her from spewing anti-vaccine views.

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Pregnant women who live near agricultural fields where pesticides are sprayed are at increased risk of having a child with autism, a study suggests.

"Call me crazy, but I hear things that torture me on an unrelenting basis that never, ever, ever shut up.

The researchers concluded that the MMR vaccine was not associated with the onset of autism spectrum disorder .

SINGAPORE: A group of children from low-income homes who have learning disorders such as autism, dyslexia and attention deficit disorder will soon get subsidised therapy, under a new programme to be piloted in the North East district.

Florida is the second state in the country to create an Education Savings Account program, writes Stephanie Lynn at the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.

It's new research that may have come in handy for concerned parents as a measles outbreak spread through parts of Canada last year: childhood vaccines are safe and don't lead to autism, a scientific review suggests.

Crowds settled at jam-packed Canada Place and all around Coal Harbour to watch the fireworks on Canada Day.

According to Autism Action Partnership, the cost of therapies and treatments for a child with autism can exceed $40,000 to $60,000 per year.

Pregnant women who live near fields and farms where pesticides are used had a significantly higher risk than other women of delivering children with autism or other developmental delays, according to a new UC Davis study.

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Parents worried about having their children vaccinated take note: a new study published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics has found that immunization-related side-effects are extremely rare, and that there is no evidence linking them to serious health issues such as leukemia or autism spectrum disorders .

A project that screened scientific titles and papers on safety of vaccine concluded that vaccination for children is safe.