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Are more rich kids autistic?

Friday, August 28th, 2009

That is the question researchers at the University of Wisconsin studied in a recent paper in the Wisconsin Medical Journal: Socioeconomic Disparity in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Wisconsin. The brief report looked at the data used in the 2002 CDC prevalence study that reported 1 in 150 children are diagnosed with autism [...]

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Univeristy of Miami to get $20M for autism research

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

The John P. Hussman Foundation has pledged $20 million to the University of Miami’s Institute of Human Genomics. Mr. Hussman has supporting and personally working with Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance and Dr. Jeffery Vance of the Institute of Human Genomics at the University of Miami. The Institute will be renamed the John P. Hussman Institute for [...]

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Are autistic kids less healthy?

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

This is a question that comes up a lot: is the general health of autistic children lower than, say, typically developing children or children with other developmental delays? Actually, few people make the comparison to other developmental delays, but it is worth doing. The National Survey of Children’s Health gives us some information to address [...]

Posted in Autism, Epidemiology, Science | 7 Comments »

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy passes

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Senator Ted Kennedy has passed away. The Kennedy family is well known worldwide. He was well known in his own right as a powerful senator for over 40 years (third longest tenure in the U.S. senate in history). His family has included many prominent politicians and citizens. The Kennedy family has a history of supporting [...]

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