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Wirral school staff and parents team up for Race For Life

Autism News from Topix - 3 hours 12 min ago
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.
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Girls like any other (video): Documentary aims to shed light on Asperger's

Autism News from Topix - 3 hours 20 min ago
What a perfect surprise for two "almost teens:" A day trip to Bellingham and an Old Navy shopping spree.
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In Children With Autism, Voices May Not Trigger Brain's Reward Centers

Autism News from Topix - 3 hours 41 min ago
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.
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Discovery Of A Mutant Gene In Rett Syndrome

Autism News from Topix - 3 hours 41 min ago
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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Autism linked to air pollution, brain wiring

… as likely to have an autistic child than peers in low-pollution … and autism. One in 50 U.S. children is diagnosed with autism … Control and Prevention. Children with autism may be unresponsive to people … are key diagnostic criteria for autism. Typical infants listen to human …
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Tech for the disabled pricey, but helpful

Autism News from Topix - 4 hours 28 min ago
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.
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Human voice may be senseless for children with autism

Autism News from Topix - 4 hours 39 min ago
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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Exposure to high pollution levels during pregnancy may double risk of having autistic kids

… study to examine links between autism and air pollution across the … . They looked at associations between autism and levels of pollutants at … metal exposure-were associated with higher autism risk as well. Women who … . Most pollutants were associated with autism more strongly in boys than …
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NoFo Polo: Jazz Guitar Great Matt Marshak Slated to Headline June 22 Cornell 4-H Cup Charity Benefit

Autism News from Topix - 4 hours 49 min ago
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.
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Special people, regular jobs in Durham Region

Autism News from Topix - 4 hours 57 min ago
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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Autism studies find links to air pollution, brain-wiring disconnect

… as likely to have an autistic child compared with peers in … and autism. One in 50 U.S. children are diagnosed with autism … Control and Prevention. Children with autism may be unresponsive to people … social deficits in children with autism," Daniel Abrams, a postdoctoral …
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Discovery Of A Mutant Gene In Rett Syndrome

Medical News Today - 5 hours 27 min ago
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...
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In Children With Autism, Voices May Not Trigger Brain's Reward Centers

Medical News Today - 5 hours 27 min ago
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...
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Video: Obesity recognized as a disease

Autism News from Topix - 5 hours 29 min ago
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.
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Prenatal exposure to pollution may increase autism risk in kids: study

Autism News from Topix - 5 hours 44 min ago
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.
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Exposure to high pollution levels during pregnancy may double risk of ...

Autism News from Topix - 5 hours 49 min ago
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 .
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Judge's explanation call for sex offences caution

Autism News from Topix - 6 hours 36 sec ago
A JUDGE has asked for an explanation after an Amman Valley man was given a caution after admitting a series of sex offences.
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Purple Cherry Presented Workshop for National AutismOne Annual Conference

Autism News from Topix - 6 hours 12 min ago
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.
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See me: Acknowledge the person first, not the disability

Autism News from Topix - 6 hours 21 min ago
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.
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Lines 'n' Lies at Disney

Autism News from Topix - 6 hours 27 min ago
School's out and more than 5 million kids, teens, and adults are already looking forward to visiting Disneyland and Disney World this summer.
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