... But Bell, of Autism Speaks, disagrees. "Autism is a diagnosis you receive from a medical professional," he says. "School and teachers do not give an autism diagnosis." A 'Holistic' Perspective All of the costs discussed above are only the direct costs of treating autism. Ganz estimates that families also, indirectly ...
... for the rest of their lives? It's a big question. Are we delivering the best services that we know about to the children with autism across the country, so that whatever capability they have of developing better before they become adults rendering them less vulnerable as adults: Are we ...
Veteran reporter Robert MacNeil and producer Caren Zucker will tell the story of "Autism Now" in a 6-part broadcast series beginning Monday, April 18, 2011 on the PBS NewsHour. In a preview conversation with Hari Sreenivasan, MacNeil describes why the series brought him back to the NewsHour.
A study that linked the Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism was "fraudulent," and based on manipulated data and patient records, according to an investigation published Thursday in the British Medical Journal. It may be the final death knell for the 1998 study that claimed the link. In February ...
... autism. He is also co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine. "That initial publication [in the Lancet] gave birth to the notion that vaccines can cause autism." The original study examined 12 children in Britain and put forth the hypothesis that the MMR vaccine could be a cause of autism. In ...
... it does in girls. Autism symptoms actually spread across a range of disorders known as [autism spectrums disorders](http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-pervasive-developmental-disorders/index.shtml) -- which include [autism](http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/autism/DS00348), [Asperger disorder](http://www.mayoclinic.com/health ...
... old son, Camden, trying as best as possible to get inside his brain. Camden was born with a condition called Noonan Syndrome, and also with autism. The first explains his short stature and wide-set eyes; the second, his difficulties in communicating and in social interaction. MARGUERITE KIRST-COLSTON: The ...
ELIZABETH BRACKETT: He did it by analyzing 170-year-old strands of the famous composer's hair. Walsh began trying to understand what elements in the autistic child's body or brain chemistry had gone awry. This research led to what he saw as a remarkably high correlation between autism ...
... about 18,000 per year to about 2,200. But members of Kennedy's committee have voiced discomfort with vaccinating all newborns. Cynthia Nevison, an autism and environmental researcher, presented at the meeting. Nevison has written opinion pieces published by Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine advocacy organization Kennedy ...
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