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Archive for February, 2011

Release of the 2011 IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Monday, February 28th, 2011

The IACC has released the 2011 Strategic Plan. I have quoted the announcement below, which includes the links: The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) and the Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC) are pleased to announce the release of the 2011 IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research. The updated Strategic Plan contains 16 [...]

US plan for autism research: focus on environmental causation re-emphasized

Monday, February 28th, 2011

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee has released the 2011 Strategic Plan. This maps out the proposed directions that government funded research should take in regards to autism in the coming years. The area that gets the most scrutiny is causation research, so I am blogging it first. Once again, the IACC has put forth a [...]

Pain assessment among non-communicating intellectually disabled people described by nursing staff

Monday, February 28th, 2011

How does a person with different communication get appropriate medical care? This is a problem that I think about a lot. When Pediatrics published Recommendations for evaluation and treatment of common gastrointestinal problems in children with ASDs, there was much debate about what it said or didn’t say about GI problems and autism. Leaving all [...]

At the Boston Conservatory, autistic students learn from music lessons

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

From Boston.com: At the Boston Conservatory, autistic students learn from music lessons The Boston Conservatory is renowned for its intensive training in the performing arts, but on Saturday mornings, this Fenway institution offers a unique program: providing music lessons to children and young adults with autism. I really appreciate it when people work to give [...]

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