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Robert MacNeil returns to PBS NEWSHOUR to report on Autism Today

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

The PBS Newshour is one of the premiere news programs in the US. Many will remember it as the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, for Robert Macneil and Jim Lehrer. Robert MacNeil is returning from retirement to present a series of episodes on autism for autism awareness month. Aside: wow, has it really been 16 years since Robert [...]

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Wired: iPads Are Not a Miracle for Children With Autism

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Wired has a piece up that purports to go against the hype on the iPad: iPads Are Not a Miracle for Children With Autism. It’s a provocative statement (even he says so). I wanted to say that it is a big strawman. For the most part the hype isn’t so big as to place the [...]

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Social-sexual education in adolescents with behavioral neurogenetic syndromes

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

A recent paper abstract I read brought up a very important topic which I don’t see discussed much: sex education for adolescents with developmental disabilities. I don’t know how good the paper itself is, but I agree with the conclusion: “Social and sexual education programs are of the utmost importance for adolescents with neurogenetic developmental [...]

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Telescoping of caregiver report on the Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised.

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

One issue that comes up a lot is the reliability of parents’ memories about the development of their children. This can be especially hard the more time that passes and we look back, potentially “telescoping” events. In a recent study, researchers from the University of Michigan, including Catherine Lord, look at telescoping of reports. What [...]

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