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Autism answers from a little girl’s experience

by Shanell Mouland - Dear Kate, How come you only eat beige foods? I think you might be malnourished and your parents need to force you to eat something with nutritional value. I would make my child...

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Autistic son’s regression at school prompts parent concerns

When the Cogburns first learned their son, Timmy, was autistic, they knew their lives would change drastically and involve many challenges. What they did not know, however, is that one of their biggest...

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My daughter with autism and her caregiver

by Eileen Flood O’Connor - Having wrestled the boys to bed, I return to the kitchen to find Vangie reading my daughter Erin the Disney story Lilo and Stitch. I begin to load the dishwasher as Vangie’s...

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Breaking the autism news to your child

by Mari-Jane Williams - It’s a conversation that requires  more thought and planning than talks about sex, money, religion or drugs. For parents of a child who has an autism spectrum disorder,...

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Book inspired by family’s experience with regressive autism

by Mark Johnson - “Life, Animated” is a personal story about autism and a family’s attempt to pierce the disorder’s social isolation in order to reconnect with their youngest son. They had to find a...

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What about support systems for adults with autism?

by Renee Gordon and Dr. Barry Gordon - The picture you probably have in your mind of autism is that of a child. But autism is almost always — if not always — a condition that lasts for life. We are the...

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Like my son with autism, Siri doesn’t pick up on social cues

by Judith Newman - Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri. Gus has autism, and Siri, Apple’s “intelligent personal assistant” on the...

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We mistakenly assume children with autism will not achieve literacy

by Dr. Marion Blank - In recent years, there have been a number of inspiring reports on non-verbal (i.e., non-speaking) children with autism displaying masterful language via reading and writing. One...

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Parents lead effective language therapy for kids with autism

by Mandy Oaklander - Parents can learn how to give effective therapy to their children with autism, a new study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry finds. Researchers at Stanford...

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Autism should not be used as an excuse for behavior

by Lauren Swick Jordan - When TJ was in fourth grade, he was in a school performance of Peter Pan. TJ and three other boys were the tail of the crocodile, each standing thisclose to the boy in front of...

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Parents of autistic children upset by Seinfeld comments

by Kim Rossi Stagliano – When Kim Stagliano saw an “NBC Nightly News” clip of Jerry Seinfeld saying he’s on the autism spectrum, the first thing she did was get angry. The next thing she did was get on...

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Student pratices and learns social skills with lunch buddies

by Jeff Truesdell - Kansas teen Tate Smith’s diagnosis of autism at age 2 sent his mother, Lisa, scrambling for answers. But first came the dread. “I saw Tate’s future go down the drain right in front...

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Jerry Seinfeld has no substantial connection to autism

by Rogel Alpher - Jerry Seinfeld told an American television interviewer recently that he believes he is slightly autistic. A bit on the spectrum. Autism lite. Seinfeld based his public self-diagnosis...

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Responsive parent interaction benefits children with autism

by Kristelle Hudry - Since the condition was first recognized in the 1940s, parents have been and felt blamed for their children’s autism. Today, most people no longer believe this, but a lingering...

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Mother’s advocacy efforts support students with autism

by James D. Watts Jr. - Many visitors to the home of Keenan and Kim Grayson are greeted by their highly energetic and enthusiastically vocal 10-year-old son, Asher. Like many young people his age,...

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Strangers nationwide send boy with autism Christmas presents

by Ted Land - It can be so hard to shop for some people during the holiday season, especially kids, who always want the latest video games, movies, and toys. This year, a boy in Blaine, Washington,...

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I hope police stays away from my black son with autism

by David Dennis Jr. - Two months ago, my wife and I sat in the Marcus Autism Center’s exam room and heard the doctors tell us our son, Langston, had Autism Spectrum Disorder. I can’t articulate how I...

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