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Flu Season Precautions for Children with Autism
Winter has been particularly harsh this year and in some areas, weather conditions have made the flu season difficult to contend with as Influenza cases are continuing to spread rapidly. The University of Wyoming reports widespread cases…
Autism Sunday and Autism Twitter Storm on February 13th
The International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome aka
"Autism Sunday," will be observed this
Sunday, February 13, 2011. The annual event, which was originally started in 2002 by
UK
residents Ivan and…
Bill Gates Says Anti-Vaccination Groups “Kill Children”
In a recent one-on-one interview with CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Bill Gates discussed his foundation's $10 billion pledge over the next ten years to develop and deliver vaccinations to children worldwide. When the recent Andrew Wakefield…
Shock Treatment for Children with Autism?
According
to the Washington Post, Electroconvulsive
Therapy Machines (ECT) will soon be required to undergo the same rigorous
testing as other medical equipment currently on the market.
A 1974 law mandating the
close…
Large Lawsuit Settlement Sets Poor Precedent
A federal judge in West Palm Beach, Florida has
finalized a settlement, awarding a mother of a child with autism $427,000
for an incident that took place nearly three years ago, when her son was voted
out of kindergarten by his…
Update on Wrongful Death of Los Angeles Man with Autism
The Los Angeles Times is reporting
that a federal jury has awarded $1.7 million dollars to the parents of an autistic man killed by a Los Angeles police officer.
Mohammed Usman Chaudhry was a Pakistani-American with high functioning…
Video Games Used to Enhance Skills of Those with Autism
An eleven-year-old autistic boy in Edgewood, Washington with a keen interest for X-Box games, was recently labeled a ¨Cheater¨ by Microsoft for allegedly tampering with his account to boost his gaming scores. This comes from a boy who…
Therapist Charged With Sexually Assaulting Autistic Child
A disturbing case
that will get the blood boiling has emerged from South Carolina today, which
involves a male therapist who has allegedly sexually assaulted an autistic child
under the age of 11. Details are sketchy at this point, but a…
Poll Suggests Autism-Vaccine Debate Divides More Than Ever
In what is probably the best indicator yet of just how divided the nation is on the autism-vaccine controversy, a new Harris Interactive/Healthday poll released today shows that fifty-two percent of Americans think that vaccines do not…
When a Child with Autism is Unwelcome at Church
In a recent from Wretched Radio, host Todd Friel described an unfortunate situation involving a woman who's son was turned away from several churches because of his autism. In the clip, Friel laments at how the woman and her child are…