The great debate
Four large studies have now compared the risk of autism in children who received vaccines containing thimerosal to those who received vaccines without thimerosal. The studies were consistent, clear and reproducible — the incidence of ...
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The Best Autism Children's Books
As more children are being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, families are looking for unique ways to tell their children about autism.
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Clinic Notes: Language and Autism
Language and speech problems are apparent in children with autism. Many children with autism only understand the literal aspects of language and not what is implied or metaphorical. For example, I was recently trying to get a new child ...
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Autism: Stuck in an Information Cascade
It is more common than any other developmental disability, childhood cancer, and diabetes. Recently, there has been an increase in the diagnosis of autism in children. Whether this has to do with an improvement [...]
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Autism Yesterday
But watch “Autism Yesterday” and you see and hear a different story – something I have come to know after speaking with thousands of parents in over 30 states: These tireless advocates for children are neither crazy nor stupid. ...
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A is for Autism and Vitamin A
She explains how autistic children see the world, and why they behave the way they do (the stimming, the flapping, the lack of eye contact). She explains what the physiological reasons are for those behaviors. ...
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The Cost of Autism
Ana Leurinda, a family therapist and founder of Brilliant Minds in Destin, said if autistic children are allowed to get early treatment, “they will be able to live in society, hold jobs, live independently.” ...
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More Autism Awareness (a film, a study, and a press release)
More support, it appears, for the theory that autism cases are not necessarily on the rise over the last 15-20 years, but rather physicians are better trained to diagnose, more services are available to identify those children, ...
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A is for Autism and Vitamin A
She was talking about how vitamin A deficiency plays a role in causing autism. She explains physiologically why the lack of vitamin A and other nutrients causes problems with vision and language. She explains how autistic children see ...
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Autism
For example, identical twins are much more likely than fraternal twins or siblings to both have autism. Similarly, language abnormalities are more common in relatives of autistic children. Chromosomal abnormalities and other ...
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