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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 CDC to introduce 'Autism Case Training' curriculum ~ "Autism Case Training A Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Curriculum"will educate future pediatri- cians on the fundamental components of identifying,diagnosing,and managing autism spectrum disorders through real-life, case-based scenarios.The cirricu- lum is a flexible, interactive learning tool that emphasizes practical skills for patient and parent interaction. The curriculum consists of seven case- based studies that can be taught individually or as part of a series.~October 2011 Early, Intensive Therapy Better for Kids With Autism, Study Finds ~ Social,communication skills improved more when treatment started at early age~ October 2011 Promising Drug Treatment for Improving Language, Social Function inPeople with Autism ~ The beta blocker propranolol, a drug widely used to treat hypertension and anxiety disorders,may also be beneficial for improving language and social function in people with autism. ~ October 2011 The level and nature of autistic intelligence II: What about Asperger Syndrome? ~Asperger individuals' scores are much higher when they are evaluated by a test called Raven's Progressive Matrices, which encompasses reasoning, novel problem-solving abilities, and high-level abstraction. By comparison, scores for non-Asperger individuals are much more consistent across different tests. Interestingly, Asperger participants' performance on Raven's Matrices was associated with their strongest peaks of performance on Wechsler. ~ September 2011 People Affected By Autism Believe Increase Is 'Real,' Not Diagnostic ~ Medical News Today, December 11, 2009 Extreme Preemies Might Have Higher Autism Risk ~ ABC News, January 29, 2009
Three Reasons Not to Believe in an Autism Epidemic ~ Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Michelle Dawson, and H. Hill Goldsmith New Clues to Autism's Cause ~ Time, July 2008 A Link Between Autism and Testosterone? ~ Time, January 15, 2009 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 Robot Playmates Monitor Emotional State of Children with Autism ~ Science Daily 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) Mac Test May Catch Autism Earlier ~ Hamilton Spectator ~ May 15, 2008 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
Federal government has paid out vaccine autism compensation awards to83 families ~ But enough claims have been awarded to indicate thegovernment's secret awareness of the link between a vaccine and autism while publicly denying it. ~ September 2011 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 Autism Research: Breakthrough Discovery on the Causes of Autism ~ researchers from the University of California, Davis called "Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism" (i) discovered a profound and serious biological underpinning of autism -- an acquired loss of the ability to produce energy in the cells, damage to mitochondria (the energy factories in your cells), and an increase in oxidative stress (the same chemical reaction that causes cars to rust, apples to turn brown, fat to become rancid, and skin to wrinkle).These disturbances in energy metabolism were not due to genetic mutations,which is often seen in mitochondrial problems, but a condition the children studied acquired in utero or after birth. ~ December 2010
Autism Linked to Genes that Govern How the Brain is Wired ~ Time, April 28, 2009
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
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 CTV.ca | Evidence lacking for special diets in autism ~ An expert panel says there's no rigorous evidence that digestive problems are more common in children with autism compared to other children, or that special diets work, contrary to claims by celebrities and vaccine naysayers. 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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