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Bill seeks coverage for autism services

Lunden Warren turned 3 on Oct. 3, a cause for celebration for most - but not an entirely happy day for Lunden's parents.

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Related Topix: Health, Massachusetts, Education Etc.

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Autism is not a dirty word

We all know what Pierre Lellouche meant a ' should we mind if the Conservatives are called 'autistic'? Actually, yes, we should "They have one line and they just repeat one line.

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Related Topix: Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Tocqueville Connection

French minister rapped for 'over the top' attack on British party

In his original comments published by the Guardian newspaper Thursday,Lellouche launched an extraordinary broadside against Conservative leaderDavid Cameron, saying his party's approach had castrated Britain in Europe.

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Related Topix: Conservatives (UK), Health

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Time

'I Am Autism' Advocacy Video Sparks Controversy

Few medical conditions rival autism as a magnet for controversy. Practically everything about the disorder - its cause, its treatment, the way it is diagnosed, how it is studied - is subject to bitter dispute, sometimes to the point of death threats .

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Related Topix: Health

BBC

Has 'autism' become a term of abuse?

A French politician has used the term "autism" to criticise the Tory Party's policy on Europe.

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Related Topix: Health, Conservatives (UK)

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Independent

Can cannabis improve autism?

The debate over its risks has split political and scientific opinion in Britain.

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Related Topix: Health, Drugs, Medicine, Psychiatry, ADHD, Food and Drug Administration, Homeopathy

Spiked

Autism: moving beyond the quest for a cure

Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, author most recently of Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion , was invited by the Progress Educational Trust to speak at the debate 'From Autism to Asperger's: Disentangling the Genetics and Sociology of the Autistic Spectrum' which took place in the UK Houses of Parliament on the evening of 20 October.

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Related Topix: Health, Genetics, Biology, Science

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

France: 'Autistic Tories have castrated UK in Europe'

French Europe minister says David Cameron's pledge to reclaim EU powers is 'pathetic' and will leave Britain isolated Pierre Lellouche: 'It's very sad to see Britain just cutting itself out from the rest.

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Related Topix: Conservatives (UK), Health, Nicolas Sarkozy

Seattle Weekly

The Horse Boy: Autism, Unfortunate. So Is the Movie

Runs at Varsity, Fri., Nov. 6Thurs., Nov. 12. Not rated. 93 minutes. There's a moment in this documentary when the father of its subject, an autistic child named Rowan, explains his son's intrinsic understanding of nature by showing how he has organized his animal toys by species.

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Related Topix: Health, Movies, Entertainment

Surreycomet.co.uk

Morrisey matches Hollywood in Rain Man

The popular film-to-play craze saw two British actors more famous for their comedy performances step into the shoes of Hollywood heavy weights at Richmond Theatre this week.

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Related Topix: Health, Oliver Chris

Tue Nov 03, 2009

City of Boston

Mayor Menino to Receive Award for Excellence in Serving the Autism Community

The award, which is being given to an elected official for the first time, recognizes the Mayora s work in establishing the first highly technological program for adolescents in Boston Public Schools, organizing the first Mayora s Autism Summit last April, and creating an Autism Taskforce Committee to put ideas into action.

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Related Topix: Health, Boston, MA

Science Blog

Clinical tests begin on medication to correct Fragile X defect

There has to date been no medication that could alter the disorder's neurologic abnormalities.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Health

Gasparilla Gazette

Free youth autism screenings at hospital

What Free autism screening When Friday from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Where Ronald McDonald Care Mobile at Cape Coral Hospital Information Call 985-3608 to schedule Local toddlers can get a free autism screening Friday outside of Cape Coral Hospital.

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Related Topix: Health, Fort Myers Metro, Cape Coral, FL

The Dispatch

A Powerful Identity, a Vanishing Diagnosis

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 5:13 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 5:13 a.m. It is one of the most intriguing labels in psychiatry.

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Related Topix: Health

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Ruling deals a blow to denials of autism treatment

A tactic used by insurance companies to deny expensive behavioral therapy to autistic children has been deemed illegal by a Los Angeles judge.

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Related Topix: Health, Los Angeles County, CA, Santa Monica, CA

Boston Business Journal

Testing begins for drug to treat autism

Seaside Therapeutics LLC has begun a Phase 1 clinical trial for a drug target designed to treat Fragile X Syndrome, the most common inherited form of mental impairment and the most common known cause of autism.

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Related Topix: Health, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Providence Journal

More children are being diagnosed as autistic

Each year, more children - nationally and locally - are identified as having some form of autism.

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Related Topix: Health, Providence, RI

Sun Nov 01, 2009

SeacoastOnline

GoandDo: Theater and education in 'Autistic License'

Theater and education in 'Autistic License' A pairing of theater and education is taking on a big topic: Autism.

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Related Topix: Health, Theater, Arts, Healthcare Law, Law, Boston, MA

Sat Oct 31, 2009

NewsChannel 8

Autism Walk on National Mall Stirs Controversy

Thousands of people converged on the National Mall Saturday for a great cause -- fighting autism.

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Related Topix: Health, National Mall, US National Parks

Eastbourne Today

Don't write off people with autism says MP Pevensey and Westham MP...

PEVENSEY and Westham MP Greg Barker is backing a National Autistic Society campaign to stop adults with autism being written-off by the employment and benefits system.

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Related Topix: Health, East Sussex County, England, United Kingdom,

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