Autism

Middle Eastern Families Help Scientists Pinpoint Autism Genes

The hunt for gene mutations that contribute to autism has proceeded slowly, largely because autism encompasses a spectrum of diseases. Just as its symptoms vary widely among individuals, so do the genetic mutations that cause them. Now, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Christopher Walsh, in collaboration with scientists and physicians in the United States, Turkey, [...]

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Children With Autism In Illinois To Have Health Insurance Coverage

Gov. Blagojevich uses amendatory veto to expand House Bill 4255 requiring health insurance companies in Illinois to also cover a range of autism treatment for youth until the age of 21. Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today used his amendatory veto power to expand House Bill 4255 to require insurance companies to cover autism diagnosis, occupational [...]

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Common Mechanisms May Underlie Autism’s Seemingly Diverse Mutations

Many of the seemingly disparate mutations recently discovered in autism may share common underlying mechanisms, say researchers supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The mutations may disrupt specific genes that are vital to the developing brain, and which are turned on [...]

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Autism Genes Tied To Glitches In Early Learning

Some cases of autism may be a failure of the young brain to wire itself properly in response to a baby’s social and physical surroundings, according to a new systematic analysis of disease genetics. The newfound mutations may interfere with the brain’s ability to create the connections normally sculpted by a child’s early experiences, report [...]

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Global Health Trax Fights Autism With Jenny McCarthy

Actress and author Jenny McCarthy has established herself as a tireless crusader in the search for an autism treatment and advocate for nutritional regimens to help manage autism. McCarthy incorporated the Global Health Trax(TM) (GHT) flagship specialty probiotic product, ThreeLac(TM), into her autistic son’s nutritional regimen and shared her experience about fighting autism in her [...]

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Michael Savage Autism Assessment

Michael Savage spoke of autism that made national headlines. On his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage claimed that autism is “[a] fraud, a racket. … I’ll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it’s a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out. That’s what autism is.” Two [...]

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Autism Struggles Is Disrupted Communication In Brain

In Autism, faulty brain connections conceal intentions of others. Picking up on innuendo and social cues is a central component of engaging in conversation, but people with autism often struggle to determine another person’s intentions in a social interaction. New research from Carnegie Mellon University sheds light on the neural mechanisms that are responsible for [...]

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Montana To Screen Children Under Five For Autism

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) wants to identify the number of Montana children under five who have autism, state officials said Wednesday. To help pinpoint that information, DPHHS will spend $384,000 to offer free autism screenings at various clinics across the state effective immediately. The effort will create a list of [...]

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Radio Comments On Michael Savage Autism Remarks

There have been numerous calls in recent days for Michael Savage, who hosts “The Michael Savage Show” for Talk Radio Network (the “Network”), to be fired or suspended for his brief 84 seconds of commentary concerning autism during the July 16th broadcast of the Show. Promptly after the Network’s management learned of the comments in [...]

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20 Audio Clips of Michael Savage’s Comments On Autism

Michael savage is quickly becoming and Autism “expert.” His comments on Autism ignited a national debate and protests. Now the Radio Network released his 20 Audio Clips of Michael Savage’s Comments On Autism which we bring to our readers. 1. Savage says the real cases of autism need our sympathy and support. 2. Savage says [...]

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Gene Expression In Autism Eyed For Diagnostic Test

Researchers have launched an effort to detect profiles of gene expression associated with autism that could some day form the basis of a diagnostic test for the disorder. The study, supported by a new grant from NIMH’s Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science, is searching for “signatures” in patterns of such expression in autism [...]

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New Hampshire Governor Signs Bill Creating Autism Council

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch took the next step toward implementing an ambitious State Plan to improve services to individuals with autism and related disabilities. This bill establishes the NH Council on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The Council includes representatives from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Department of Education, the Autism [...]

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