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Autism and autism – two shades of the same thing

Monday, May 30th, 2011

I’m quite lucky really. Once my ex and I separated I started seeing someone else. This other person also has a child with autism. Now that we live together I have experience of two shades of autism. My own child has profound learning difficulties as well as autism. My step child’s issues are more to [...]

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College students on the autism spectrum: Prevalence and associated problems

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

A recent study by a team at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has investigated the prevalence of autism within a university population. The paper, College students on the autism spectrum: Prevalence and associated problems, found a groups of students who met the diagnositic criteria for autism but were previously undiagnosed. Here is the abstract: [...]

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Why are some autism groups silent on the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act?

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Last week, the Combating Autism Reathorization Act was introduced into the U.S. legislature last week. Many organizations were ready with quick responses: the Autism Science Foundation, ASAN, and Autism Speaks to name a few. How about the organizations which promote the idea that autism is a vaccine injury? Organizations like Generation Rescue, the National Autism [...]

Posted in ASAN, Advocacy, Autism, Autism Science Foundation, Autism Speaks, Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy, National Autism Association, Orgs | 6 Comments »

ASAN: Tell Congress “No” to Three More Years of the Same On Autism Policy

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

The Combating Autism Re-authorization Act (CARA) has been started in the U.S. legislature. The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) has issued a position statement on the bill: Today, Senators Menendez and Enzi will be introducing legislation extending the Combating Autism Act for three more years. The Combating Autism Act was passed in 2005 without the involvement [...]

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