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Lately, Autism has been getting more and more attention in the news. This page provides links to some of those news articles, and television shows that have talked about autism. In all cases, please be aware that the Canadian National Autism Foundation does not endorse or recommend any of the information contained within our pages or the links to other sites. It is your responsibility to use these pages as information to build your knowledge and to ask questions of other professionals with whom you trust. Articles about Various Issues What Happens When They Grow Up? ~ featured in Newsweek Health, November 27, 2006
Coping with Life as a Grown-Up with Autism ~ Newsweek, December 11, 2006. When Does Autism Start? ~ featured in Newsweek Magazine, February 28, 2005 series on Autism 'The New Age of Autism' Scientists Hope to Identify Early Markers of Autism in Babies as Young as Six Months ~ featured in Newsweek Magazine, February 20, 2005 and in the Schafer Autism Report
How About Not 'Curing' Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading ~ featured in the New York Times, December 20, 2004
Sheriff: Deadly fight provoked ~ PERRIS: An autistic man's family sayshe was not responsible for a tussle that preceded his death~ The Press Enterprise, July 26, 2006
Experts Question Prevalent Stereotypes about Autism ~ University of Wisconsin-Madison ~ February 20, 2006
Autistic Kids Benefit from Dads' Involvement ~ University of Florida Health Science Center ~ April 2005
Inside Autism ~ CNN ~ September 2006
Articles about Education
Pupils 'must look away to think' ~ BBC News ~ January 2006
Photo Essay~ Inside A School for Autistic Children ~ Time Magazine
Articles about the Brain NEW - New Test Spots Autism Signs in 9 Month Old Infant ~ CTV.ca ~ May 15, 2008 (Go to the right hand side of the page and click on Mel Rutherford under Your Health)
NEW - Mac Test May Catch Autism Earlier ~ Hamilton Spectator ~ May 15, 2008
NEW - New Test to Detect Autism at 9 Months ~ The Globe and Mail ~ May 16, 2008
New Test May Unlock Autism Secrets ~ how an MRI can measure how an individual's brain processes light and motion Ties That Bind Mother And Child ~ One theory behind autism's symptom of social indifference is that the brain might be incapable of forming strong social bonds without feedback from its opioid reward system -- like the pleasure a baby should feel from loving parental care. UCSD Researchers Find Brain Overgrowth During First Year of Life in Autism ~ University of California, San Diego News Release
What Causes Autism ~ Discovery Health
Scientists Make Gut-Brain Connection to Autism ~ CBC News, September 2007
Articles about Mercury and Vaccines NEW Autism & Vaccines ~ CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Autism: Unraveling the mystery. Families Argue Autism Vaccine Link ~ CNN News, June 5, 2008
Study Casts Doubt on Autism-Vaccine Link ~ CTV News, January 7, 2008
Vaccine Links To Autism? ~ Alex Donnelly had abnormal levels of mercury in his body; his father thinks there's a connection between vaccinations and the autism he developed.
ABC's Primetime Live Report on Autism: Yellow Journalism At It's Worst ~ SafeMinds Calls Upon ABC News to Make On-Air Correction; 'Investigative' Report Appears to Lack Even Most Basic Facts The vaccine preservative contains mercury ~ During the 1990s, autism silently exploded across the United States, affecting up to 15 times as many children as it did in the prior decade.
A Neverending Story ~ Even as researchers report once again that there is no link between a vaccine preservative and the way kids develop, parents of children with autism continue to press their cases against drugmakers. A coming wave of lawsuits?
Articles about Genetics and Autism Genetic Flaw Appears to Increase the Risk of Autism ~ as featured on CTV News, January 9, 2008
Autism Gene ~ a report on a study done by Columbia Univeristy ~ as featured on News Channel 9
Doctors want to screen out embryos with Autism ~ The Sunday Times Britain ~ June 18, 2006
Tracing The Origins of Autism: A Spectrum Of New Studies ~ Environmental Health Perspectives, July 2006
Video Clips of Autism in the News
NEW - Video CHCH TV News Report ~ Detecting Autism at 9 Months ~ May 2008
A collection of inspiring video clips in the news
Other Interesting Tid Bits Autism Linked to Parents with High Level of Education ~ UK Telegraph News
Missing Link Between Madness and Genius ~ UK Telegraph News
Alert Card for Autism is Launched (in England) ~ An alert card to help emergency services identify when they are dealing with someone with an autism-related condition. ~ BBC News
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