Autism News

A TEAM of staff, parents, friends and family from a Wirral special needs school is taking part in next month's Race For Life in tribute to its head teacher who is battling breast cancer.

What a perfect surprise for two "almost teens:" A day trip to Bellingham and an Old Navy shopping spree.

In autism, brain regions tailored to respond to voices are poorly connected to reward-processing circuits, according to a new study by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Discovery of a mutant gene responsible for a disease is a milestone, but for most conditions, it may be only a first step towards a treatment or cure.

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Yossi Blum, the creator of D-bur, a communications software program for the speech impaired, tests his product at the Ezertech convention held at the Israel Trade and Convention Center in Tel Aviv.

The causes, symptoms, and effects of autism are some of the most puzzling mysteries in all of psychology and neuroscience, but researchers at Stanford University may have connected a few of the dots.

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Jun. 19, 2013 - JERICHO, N.Y. -- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County presents the Cornell 4-H Cup, a charity benefit for Hurricane Sandy relief on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. on Long Island's North Fork, hosted by the Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp, located at 3186 Sound Avenue in Riverhead, New York.

The vast majority of Durham's youth follow a familiar pattern of achievement: elementary school, high school, college, university or trades training and that all-important first full-time job.

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Discovery of a mutant gene responsible for a disease is a milestone, but for most conditions, it may be only a first step towards a treatment or cure. Understanding Rett Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, is further complicated by the fact that the implicated gene controls a suite of other genes...

In autism, brain regions tailored to respond to voices are poorly connected to reward-processing circuits, according to a new study by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The research could help explain why children with autism struggle to grasp the social and emotional aspects of human speech...

Dr. Mitchell Roslin, Chief of Obesity Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, joins UTTM to discuss the American Medical Association officially recognizing obesity as a disease.

Women exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with low pollution, according to a U.S. study published Tuesday.

Washington, Jun 19: Women exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with low pollution, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health .

A JUDGE has asked for an explanation after an Amman Valley man was given a caution after admitting a series of sex offences.

Annapolis, MD, June 19, 2013 -- -- Cathy Purple Cherry, AIA, LEED AP, Principal and Owner of Purple Cherry Architects presented a workshop at the 2013 National AutismOne Conference held on May 23rd 25th in Chicago, IL.

In the seven years since a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the neck down, Ben Trockman has stopped paying attention to stares from strangers, or at least he's stopped being bothered by them.

School's out and more than 5 million kids, teens, and adults are already looking forward to visiting Disneyland and Disney World this summer.