Autism News

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The extradition of an autistic London man accused of hacking into US military networks is a "disgrace", MPs have heard.

A cackle and a giggle can mean different things. Scientists say there are two types of laughter: the kind that comes from pure glee, and the kind that's meant to send a social message .

Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation to help families with autistic children, but it's not the bill he wanted.

Catastrophic epilepsy - characterized by severe muscle spasms, persistent seizures, mental retardation and sometimes autism - results from a mutation in a single gene, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears in the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.

The London News.Net Tuesday 7th July, 2009 London, July 7 : A new piece of research suggests that when it comes to learning new behaviours, autistic kids rely more on their own internal sense of body position rather than external cues, typically used by developing children.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to release new data on the prevalence of autism later this year, but a Howard County mother and her friends who have a total of six autistic children born to the same community said they want answers.

A few days after he arrived at boot camp here, Joshua Fry no longer wanted to be a Marine.

Fifty-one members of parliament in the House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster have signed an early day motion tabled by Lee Scott MP backing the call of the UK Autism Foundation for a substantial increase in the carer's allowance for all carers looking after children and adults with autism and Asperger's Syndrome.

The backlog of autistic children waiting for crucial therapy in Ontario is growing and in some cases leaving parents to pick up the tab for costly treatment, critics said Tuesday.

Washington, July 3 : A new study suggests that children with autism need to be taught in smaller groups.

The National Law Journal reports on a settlement in Michigan involving payment for autism treatments by insurance companies.

Many autism treatment centers are incorporating the use of Bentonite clay in their successful treatment regimens.

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HOPE, the charity for adults with autism and learning disabilities, welcomes the progress of the Autism Bill through Parliament.

Governor Joe Manchin will be signing an autism insurance bill Tuesday afternoon.

The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court ruling that an autistic child from Ohio is not entitled to private education at taxpayer expense.

A Vanderbilt University study is backing what parents of autistic children may have suspected for years.

New laws taking effect Wednesday in Alabama will provide more care for women with cancer, coordinate services for Alabamians with autism, and use state buildings to honor American military missing in action.

New state laws taking effect Wednesday will provide more care for women with cancer, coordinate services for Alabamians with autism, and use state buildings to honor American military missing in action.